Ultra-low-cost manual soil respiration chamber

Zawilski, Bartosz M.; Bustillo, Vincent

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-51-2024

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-51-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-51-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

Research article

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04 Mar 2024

Research article |

| 04 Mar 2024

Ultra-low-cost manual soil respiration chamber

Bartosz M. Zawilski and Vincent Bustillo

Model code and software

BMx280MI Gregor Christandl https://github.com/christandlg/BMx280MI

Adafruit_SCD30 adafruit https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_SCD30

Adafruit-GFX-Library adafruit https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-GFX-Library

Adafruit_SSD1306 adafruit https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_SSD1306

Adafruit_GPS adafruit https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_GPS

RTClib adafruit https://github.com/adafruit/RTClib

Short summary

Manual chambers for soil respiration monitoring can be cost-effective yet rather accurate devices. The described chamber is relatively low in cost and entirely built from commercial parts, which makes it very accessible for almost everybody. Our chamber is robust, simple to operate, and very suitable for a large-scale punctual campaign and for educational purposes. Oxygen sensors bring some more insights into our soil respiration understanding.