Vertical Movement of Metals  in the  Ap Soil Horizon in a Pitch Pine Forest, North Haven, CT

                The data presented below are the product of a senior laboratory research
                project (Biology 475) done by Carey Knecht at Yale University, under the
                guidance of Forestry School Professor Tom Siccama.  Field sampling took
                place October 1998 at a pitch pine site in North Haven, CT.
 
 

• Introduction and Background
• Abstract
• History of lead research
• Introduction to the forest floor and soil layers
• Patterns of lead consumption and pollution
• Introduction to other elements in the study
• Site Information
• Location
• Land use history
• Geology and soils
• Methods
• Field
• Laboratory
• Calculations
• Results
• Forest floor
• Mineral soil
• Conclusions
• References
• Acknowledgments