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Sap flow sensors at Blackwater National Wildlife Preserve

By Eastern Ecological Science Center
Two sensors drilled into a tree with wires hanging out the back
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Close up of the newly installed sap flow sensors at Blackwater National Wildlife Preserve. These sensors were installed by EESC's Justine Neville and Ken Krauss of the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Lafayette, LA. These sensors will be used to analyze how the trees in a marsh ecosystem respond to changing ecological and climatic conditions.

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