Photosynthetic Capacity within the Phantom Gas Field Project

and other species whose success is affected by unnatural sound.  It is unknown how/if noise affects ecosystem functioning, including ecosystem services such as carbon storage.  To test how noise affects ecosystems, we are broadcasting recorded natural gas-well-compressor noise in sagebrush steppe outside of Boise.  Our component of this large-scale, collaborative project is to quantify insect herbivory and plant physiology.