Distribution of black carbon in ponderosa pine forest floor and soils following the High Park wildfire

Boot, C. M.; Haddix, M.; Paustian, K.; Cotrufo, M. F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3029-2015

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22 May 2015

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| 22 May 2015

Distribution of black carbon in ponderosa pine forest floor and soils following the High Park wildfire

C. M. Boot, M. Haddix, K. Paustian, and M. F. Cotrufo

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SC C7444: 'a few technical comments by U. Hanke and D. Wiedemeier', Daniel Wiedemeier, 18 Dec 2014
- AC C9252: 'response to short comment by D. Wiedemeier', Claudia Boot, 06 Apr 2015
RC C7547: 'Overall a nice paper, needs refocus in the discussion section', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Dec 2014
- AC C9256: 'response to Anonymous Referee #1', Claudia Boot, 06 Apr 2015
RC C8006: 'referee report on bg-2014-461', Anonymous Referee #3, 12 Jan 2015
- AC C9260: 'response to Anonymous Referee #3', Claudia Boot, 06 Apr 2015
RC C8577: 'Interactive comment on “Distribution of black carbon in Ponderosa pine litter and soils following the High Park wildfire” by C. M. Boot et al.', Anonymous Referee #4, 09 Feb 2015
- AC C9263: 'response to Anonymous Referee #4', Claudia Boot, 06 Apr 2015

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AR by Claudia Boot on behalf of the Authors (08 Apr 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 Apr 2015) by Kaiyu Guan

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Black carbon (BC) includes everything from charred wood to soot, making it difficult to measure and limiting our understanding of the amount in soils. We studied the effects of fire severity and degree of hillslope on BC quantities in forest floor and soil samples after the High Park wildfire that took place in northwestern Colorado, June 2012. Using molecular markers we found that the majority of BC remained in the litter 4 months post fire, regardless of fire intensity or degree of hillslope.