USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5004Hydrologic and Water-Quality Conditions During Restoration of the Wood River Wetland, Upper Klamath River Basin, Oregon, 2003

Hydrologic and Water-Quality Conditions During Restoration of the Wood River Wetland, Upper Klamath River Basin, Oregon, 2003–05

Table 12. Losses of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus from soil cores, and comparison to Redfield ratio factors, Wood River Wetland, upper Klamath River basin, Oregon.

[Data from Snyder and Morace (1997) and D.T. Snyder (U.S. Geological Survey, unpub. data, 1997). Shading indicates cores closest to the ground-water piezometer nests. Redfield ratio factor: The loss ratio divided by the Redfield ratio (by weight); that is, a ratio of 1 would indicate balanced loss, whereas ratios greater than 1 indicate greater relative loss. Abbreviations: C, carbon; N, nitrogen; P, phosphorus]

Wetland unit	Core name	Loss ratios			Redfield ratio factor
Wetland unit	Core name	C:N	C:P	N:P	5.7 C:N	41 C:P	7.23 N:P
North Unit	WRR-05	16	18,479	1,123	3	451	156
North Unit	WRR-08	18	712	39	6	2	0.2
	WRR-04	15	583	38	2	369	155
South Unit	WRR-01	15	10,715	706	1,880	17	260
	WRR-02	17	700	42	7	2	0.3
	WRR-10	15	927	64	3	23	9
	WRR-09	15	718	46	2	379	173

	Average	17	4,690	294	4	240	97
	NU average	18	6,591	400	4	274	104
	SU average	16	3,265	214	5	190	87

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