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Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5004

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
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
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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