AskScience AMA Series: We are a plant ecology research lab working on the fate of abandoned cranberry bogs. Ask Us Anything! |
- AskScience AMA Series: We are a plant ecology research lab working on the fate of abandoned cranberry bogs. Ask Us Anything!
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- What's the deepest aquifer in the world?
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| Posted: 09 Oct 2017 05:00 AM PDT Hi Reddit! We are a plant ecology research lab at Monmouth University. We recently conducted a study investigating community succession after abandonment in abandoned cranberry bogs within the New Jersey Pinelands. Since the 1860's, the cultivation of the native American cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon, has been a major agricultural practice in the New Jersey pinelands. The pinelands have been well suited for cranberry production due to the sandy, organically rich soil and abundant sources of freshwater. Although cranberry agriculture can represent over a third of wetlands in the pinelands, the industry has been on the decline as it has moved to other regions of the country. As a result, many bogs have been abandoned. The effects of abandonment have not been investigated thoroughly. In this study, we explored the fate of bogs and examined bog succession after abandonment from time zero (an active cranberry bog) to 60 years abandoned in flooded and unflooded communities. A full inventory of plant and invertebrate species were collected from cranberry bogs of different ages from three locations. Community diversity and structure were determined from the inventories and a chronosequence for bog succession was developed. When a cranberry bog was left to dry, conversion from a wet savanna to either a mesic mixed forest or wooded swamp was observed. A cranberry bog that remained flooded transitioned to a lake, spung, or pond. With this information, recommendations can be made onto how the lands should be managed in the future in order to maintain healthy and native communities. Ask us your ecological questions and we'll be on around 1pm Eastern Time (17 UT) to start answering! Ask us anything! [link] [comments]  |
| Would you be able to walk on lava, or sink slightly? Posted: 09 Oct 2017 01:57 AM PDT If you stood on lava would you go in even a tiny bit, or would it be like walking on something solid? [link] [comments]  |
| How does Gravitational Potential vary beneath the Earth's surface? Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:03 AM PDT I know that beneath a uniform body's surface, the gravitational field strength decreases linearly from a maximum magnitude (at the surface) to zero at the centre. However, I am yet to come across anything that describes how gravitational potential varies beneath the surface of the Earth. To my knowledge, if the Earth were a point mass, the potential would keep decreasing (relative to the infinite-distance reference point), and would have a value of -infinity at the centre. Given that the Earth is spherical (and assuming you could travel straight through the planet), how would the gravitational potential vary inside the planet? And what would the gravitational potential be at the centre? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:53 AM PDT If I had to guess, it would be some kind of algae that converts CO2 to O2 the fastest. What determines this in a plant? [link] [comments]  |
| What's the deepest aquifer in the world? Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:14 AM PDT |
| Does the sound/type of an alarm you wake up to affect the way you perceive your sleep quality? Posted: 08 Oct 2017 03:53 PM PDT *Assuming you sleep for the exact same time For example, if you wake up to your phone's alarm ringing or someone knocking at your door, would your sleep quality change? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Why do cucumbers become a darker shade of green when they get picked? Posted: 08 Oct 2017 09:31 PM PDT |
| Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:43 AM PDT Ex: We may not be aware of other languages until we are exposed to a conversation that we can't understand; at that point we now know we don't possess the ability to speak multiple languages. Is this similar with Sociopaths? They see the emotion, are aware of it and just understand they lack it or is it more of a confusing observation that can't be understood or explained by them? [link] [comments]  |
| Is it possible to solidify a pure noble gas? Posted: 08 Oct 2017 01:10 PM PDT |
| How does releasing of 10 satellites in one go works? Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:15 AM PDT SpaceX just released 10 Iridium satellites from Falcon 9 second stage in orbit. Doesn't it mean that all of them will travel in a cluster together? Isn't the point of communication satellites is to be spread-out evenly to provide continuous coverage like GPS? [link] [comments]  |
| Why don't children or get BO the same as adults until after puberty? Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:14 AM PDT |
| Are there any insects that pass through both a caterpillar stage and a nymph stage? Posted: 08 Oct 2017 09:07 PM PDT |
| Is there any reason why the most stable elements in the periodic table are all gases? Posted: 09 Oct 2017 06:48 AM PDT |
| Can the impact of an asteroid ignite a gas gaint? Posted: 09 Oct 2017 05:51 AM PDT If a big enough asteroid hit a gas gaint cause enough heat to ingite the entire planet? [link] [comments]  |
| Does a Fetus have the same blood type as the mother when it is in the womb? Posted: 08 Oct 2017 11:40 AM PDT |
| Posted: 08 Oct 2017 09:52 PM PDT |
| How much does the toothpaste you use really affect your dental hygiene? Posted: 08 Oct 2017 10:43 AM PDT |
| Besides water, are there any other materials that are less dense when solid than when liquid? Posted: 08 Oct 2017 11:30 PM PDT |
| How do we perceive various sounds simultaneously? Posted: 08 Oct 2017 12:01 PM PDT To clarify, I am talking about the auditory system. I understand that sound vibrations resonate the tympanic membrane, then the ossicles, etc. However, we are able to hear many different sounds, even at the same time. How do all those sounds and all those frequencies not "mush together" during its vibrational travel within the ear (particularly in the fluid of the cochlea)? How do we separate the frequencies and perceive their individual sounds despite them vibrating the structures of the ear simultaneously? Perhaps this questions relates more to physics than of physiology? [link] [comments]  |
| Why do all species DNA helixes spin the same direction? Posted: 08 Oct 2017 10:55 AM PDT |
| Does the Hubble Telescope have a variable depth of field or just a very deep one? Posted: 08 Oct 2017 11:12 PM PDT |
| Did Menopause happen a lot earlier when the average lifespan was drastically shorter? Posted: 08 Oct 2017 10:15 AM PDT |
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