Scientific research assistance | Explore the mystery of soil carbon cycle LICA soil respiration monitoring system assists cutting-edge scientific research
PS-9000 portable soil carbon flux automatic measurement system
Soil respiration is an important part of terrestrial ecosystem carbon flux and has a decisive impact on global carbon cycle and climate change research. How to accurately measure greenhouse gas fluxes such as CO2, CH4, and N2O? How to achieve long-term, stable, and high-precision monitoring in extreme environments?
How to achieve long-term, stable, and high-precision monitoring in extreme environments?
With 16 years of technical experience, LICA has launched a series of soil respiration monitoring systems such as SF-3000/3500, PS-9000, PS-3000, and PS-3010. Sales exceeded 539 sets, 2,287 respiration chambers (as of the end of 2024), and are widely used by domestic and foreign research institutions and universities. Papers published cover journals such as nature communication, Journal of Environmental Management, and Science of the Total Environment!
SF-3500 Series Multi-Channel Soil Gas Flux Measurement System
PS-3010 Ultra-Portable CH4/CO2 Soil Respiration System
Research Trust - Some Literature
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Yan, Z.; Kang, E.; Zhang, K.; Hao, Y.; Wang, X.; Li, Y.; Li, M.; Wu, H.; Zhang, X.; Yan, L.; Zhang, W.; Responses of Microbial CAZymes Genes and the Net CO2 Exchange in Alpine Peatland Following 5 Years of Continuous Extreme Drought Events. ISME Communications 2022, 2 (1), 115. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-022-00200-w.
Yang, A.; Niu, Y.; Yu, X.; Wang, H.; An, M.; Che, R. Changes in Soil Oxidase Activity Induced by Microbial Life History Strategies Mediate the Soil Heterotrophic Respiration Response to Drought and Nitrogen Enrichment. Front. Microbiol. 2024, 15, 1375300. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1375300.
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Yu, X.; Hao, Y.; Yan, Z.; Li, Y.; Yang, A.; Niu, Y.; Liu, J.; Kang, E.; Zhang, K.; Yan, L.; Zhuang, W.; Zhang, X.; Kang, X. Effects of Gradient Warming on Carbon and Water Fluxes in Zoige Plateau Peatland. Water 2025, 17 (2), 241. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17020241.
Kang, E.; Li, Y.; Zhang, X.; Yan, Z.; Zhang, W.; Zhang, K.; Yan, L.; Wu, H.; Li, M.; Niu, Y.; Yang, A.; Wang, J.; Kang, X. Extreme Drought Decreases Soil Heterotrophic Respiration but Not Methane Flux by Modifying the Abundance of Soil Microbial Functional Groups in Alpine Peatland. CATENA 2022, 212, 106043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106043.
Yan, Z.; Wang, J.; Liu, Y.; You, Z.; Zhang, J.; Guo, F.; Gao, H.; Li, L.; Wan, S. Maize/Peanut Intercropping Reduces Carbon Footprint Size and Improves Net Ecosystem Economic Benefits in the Huang-Huai-Hai Region: A Four-Year Study. Agronomy 2023, 13 (5), 1343. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051343.
Yan, Z.; Kang, E.; Zhang, K.; Li, Y.; Hao, Y.; Wu, H.; Li, M.; Zhang, X.; Wang, J.; Yan, L.; Kang, X. Plant and Soil Enzyme Activities Regulate CO2 Efflux in Alpine Peatlands After 5 Years of Simulated Extreme Drought. Front. Plant Sci. 2021, 12, 756956. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.756956.
Wang, X.; Li, Y.; Hao, Y.; Kang, E.; Han, J.; Zhang, X.; Li, M.; Zhang, K.; Yan, L.; Yang, A.; Niu, Y.; Kang, X.; Yan, Z. Soil Temperature and Fungal Diversity Jointly Modulate Soil Heterotrophic Respiration under Short-Term Warming in the Zoige Alpine Peatland. Journal of Environmental Management 2024, 370, 122778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122778.
Chen, Y.; Qin, W.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, X.; Feng, J.; Han, M.; Hou, Y.; Zhao, H.; Zhang, Z.; He, J.-S.; Torn, M. S.; Zhu, B. Whole-Soil Warming Leads to Substantial Soil Carbon Emission in an Alpine Grassland. Nat Commun 2024, 15 (1), 4489. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48736-w.
Chen, Y.; Qin, W.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, X.; Feng, J.; Han, M.; Hou, Y.; Zhao, H.; Zhang, Z.; He, J.-S.; Torn, M. S.; Zhu, B. Whole-Soil Warming Leads to Substantial Soil Carbon Emission in an Alpine Grassland. Nat Commun 2024, 15 (1), 4489. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48736-w.
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Ma, L.; Zhong, M.; Zhu, Y.; Yang, H.; Johnson, D. A.; Rong, Y. Annual Methane Budgets of Sheep Grazing Systems Were Regulated by Grazing Intensities in the Temperate Continental Steppe: A Two-Year Case Study. Atmospheric Environment 2018, 174, 66–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.11.024.
Li, S.; Ma, Q.; Zhou, C.; Yu, W.; Shangguan, Z. Applying Biochar under Topsoil Facilitates Soil Carbon Sequestration: A Case Study in a Dryland Agricultural System on the Loess Plateau. Geoderma 2021, 403, 115186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115186.
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Jing-jing, Z.; Jin-song, Z.; Ping, M.; Ning, Z.; Jian-xia, L. Change of Soil CH4 Fluxes of Ｒobinia Pseudoacacia Stand During Non-Growing Season and the Impact Factors.
Yang, L.; Zhang, Q.; Jin, H.; Ma, Z.; Jin, X.; Marchenko, S. S.; He, R.; Spektor, V. V.; Chang, X. CO2 and CH4 Fluxes from Forest Soil in the Northern Da Xing’anling Mountains in Northeast China during the Freezing and Thawing Periods of near-Surface Soil in 2018–2019. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 2023, 38 (4), 275–285. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2023.2208874.
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Shu, Y.; Chuying, G.; Jiayin, H.; Leiming, Z.; Guanhua, D.; Xuefa, W.; Guirui, Y. Modelling Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from a Broad-Leaved Korean Pine Forest in Changbai Mountain: Forest-DNDC Model Validation.
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LICA Excellent Scientific Research Achievement Support Fund
Award Fund Name
LICA Excellent Scientific Research Achievement Support Fund
Purpose and Significance
LICA United Technology Limited is a professional company focusing on ecological and environmental scientific research. We represent, develop, produce and sell high-quality ecological and environmental instruments, and provide customers with excellent after-sales service. In order to better support the scientific research and innovation work of scientific researchers, and at the same time enhance the brand image of the company in scientific research services and social feedback, we established a three-year public welfare first phase award fund in 2021, which has achieved good public welfare results and contributed a small amount to scientific research services. In order to better serve and give back to the society, it is decided to establish a second phase award fund.
Award period
Three years (2025-2027)
Award method and award conditions
1. Use the instruments independently developed and produced by LICA United Technology Limited, and clearly indicate the manufacturer, name and model of the instrument in the article (see Article 5 for detailed requirements);
2. The article must be published within the award period (2025-2027);
3. Article requirements: limited to Chinese core journals and SCI journals;
4. This award is for the first author of the article, and the first author shall apply for this award. If there are multiple co-first authors, please coordinate the award attribution and distribution matters by yourself;
5. Award standards:
1) Domestic core journals 1,000 yuan/article;
2) SCI journals: impact factor below 10 (not including 10), award 2,000 yuan/article; impact factor 10 and above, award 5,000 yuan/article;
3) Chinese core journal catalog and SCI impact factor, the data published in the previous year shall prevail;
4) The article shall prevail upon publication;
Award product model and company name
(I) This fund is applicable to the following products independently developed and produced by LICA:
1. LI-2100 Automatic Vacuum Extraction System/ LI-2100 Automatic Cryogenic Vacuum Distillation Water Extraction System
2. LI-2200 Automatic Vacuum Extraction System/ LI-2200 Automatic Cryogenic Vacuum Distillation Water Extraction System
3. SF-3500/SF-9000/PS-9600/PS-3000 Series/PS-9000/PS-2000 Series Soil Greenhouse Gas Flux Monitoring System/ Soil Greenhouse Gas Flux Monitoring System
4. IRIS Airborne Hyperspectral Lidar Combined System/ LR1601 Airborne Hyperspectral Lidar Combined System/ 300L2 Airborne Hyperspectral System 300L2 Aieborne Hyperspectral System/ 300TC Airborne Hyperspectral System 300TC Airborne Hyperspectral Compact System
5.IRIS Plant Phenotype Measurement System/HPPA Hyperspectral Plant Phenotype System
6.IRIS Solar Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Monitoring System/iSIF Solar Induced Fluorescence Monitoring System
7. HS1000/HS2000 Hyperspectral Sensor/Hyperspectral Sensor
(II) Company Name:
Beijing LICA United Technology Limited.
Bonus Payment Procedure
The first author of the article submits an application, and the bonus will be issued within one month after it is reviewed and approved by the Award Fund Review Group.
Other Matters
1. The winners must bear the corresponding income tax;
2. The right to interpret this policy belongs to the company.