Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in the Main Wetland Habitats    within Louisiana's Barataria Basin
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The major focus of this one.year research period will be a                      synthesis of previously collected data on carbon and nitrogen                   cycling in three wetland habitats of the Barataria Basin,                       Louisiana . the freshwater upper basin, the brackish middle basin               and the saline lower basin.  In addition to the synthesis of                    extant data, a small field research effort will do two things: 1)               determine the importance of fertilizers and sewage as nitrogen                  sources to Barataria Basin; and 2) determine the amount of a                    denitrification product, N.2, that is trapped in the sediments.                 The synthesis will include modeling at two hierarchical levels;                 detailed process level models for each of the three major                       habitats in the basin, and models that are less detailed, but                   link the three major habitats.  The models will be validated with               extant and newly collected field data that will not have been                   used in model development.                                                                                                                                      Newly collected field data will result from state.of.the.art                    measurement technologies.  For example, stable isotope ratios of                nitrogen (.1.5N/.1.4N) will be used to distinguish fertilizer and               sewage nitrogen sources from each other.                                                                                                                        The significance of this research is that it will provide                       important basic information on the functioning of one of our                    country's major wetland ecosystems.  Data on the carbon and                     nitrogen cycles and how humankind is changing them are necessary                if we are going to wisely manage this valuable wetland resource.                                                                                                Dr. Patrick and his colleagues at Louisiana State University have               productive records in wetlands research.  The institutional                     support available to them is of very high quality,
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