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Facilities: Reno EcoCELLs The centerpiece of the Frits Went Laboratory includes four Ecologically Controlled Enclosed Lysimeter Laboratories, or EcoCELLs. |
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A. Exterior view of the Frits Went Laboratory glasshouse.
B. Building floor plan showing location of EcoCELLs and EcoPods. C. Side view of an EcoCELL showing the upper level of the glasshouse and lower mechanical level. D. Looking down into the lower mechanical level from the glasshouse upper level. In the center are the four load cells upon which the lysimeter / rhizotron is mounted. The unique aspects of these CELLs are that they take a technique commonly used to measure gas fluxes to and from leaves and applies it at the community level, two steps higher in the ecological hierarchy. The CELLs allow, for the first time, full plant-canopy gas exchange experiments conducted under well-defined, pre-chosen conditions (e.g., at elevated CO2 concentrations). By measuring fluxes at the "traditional" lower scales simultaneously with measurements in these mesocosms, studies of material exchange between soil and plants, soil and the atmosphere, and plants and the atmosphere can all be linked. This allows models that have attempted to integrate from lower scales to the community level to be tested - again for the first time.
For more information on the EcoCELLs, please contact Mr. Bill Coulombe at (775) 674-7038 or via email at Bill.Coulombe@dri.edu. |
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Ecocell Specifications
