You have performed a litterbag experiment using a 10 g sample of pine needles in
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You have performed a litterbag experiment using a 10 g sample of pine needles in a coniferous stand at Coweeta. At the end of 0.80 years, the dry mass of your sample is 8.5 g. Calculate a value of k from these data. k = You have performed a litterbag experiment using a 10 g sample of pine needles in a coniferous stand at Coweeta. At the end of 0.80 years, the dry mass of your sample is 8.5 g. Calculate a value of k from these data. k = You have performed a litterbag experiment using a 10 g sample of pine needles in a coniferous stand at Coweeta. At the end of 0.80 years, the dry mass of your sample is 8.5 g. Calculate a value of k from these data. k =Explanation / Answer
0.80x365 =292 days
(-k) = ln ('litter dry weight remaining'/'initial litter dry weight')/'number of days of exposure'
(-k) = ln (8.5/10)/292
(-k) = -0.00055
(k) = 0.00055-------------answer