Implications of Using USDA-NCSS Bulk Density to Estimate Carbon Stocks in Forest Soils Across the Southeastern United States

Allan R Bacon1, Katherine Akers2, Josh Cucinella3, Sabine Grunwald4, Eric J Jokela3, Daniel Markewitz2, Marshall A. Laviner5, Jason G Vogel6, Timothy Martin3, Thomas D. Fox5, Michael Kane2, Gary F Peter7, John M Davis3 and Christopher Wade Ross8, (1)University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (2)University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forest Resources, Athens, GA, United States, (3)University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Gainesville, FL, United States, (4)University of Florida, Soil and Water Science, Gainesville, FL, United States, (5)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (6)Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, (7)University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, United States, (8)University of Florida, Soil and Water Science, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States