Establishing Baselines for Nitrogen Cycling in Mammoth Cave National Park Forests

This project will establish baseline information regarding soil processes and is intended to direct development of MACA's long-term soil biological monitoring. The work will accomplish the following: 1. Evaluate seasonal patterns of soil biotic activity of MACA's dominant forest community types over a 2-year period. 2. Integrate soil biological parameters into MACA's network oflong-term monitoring of ecological integrity of the Park's forest ecosystems.