Pattern and control of primary production
Plant growth in most ecosystems forms the base or “primary” component of the food web. The amount and type of plant growth in an ecosystem helps to determine the amount and kind of animals (or “secondary” productivity) that can survive there.
North Temperate Lakes LTER: A Research Sampler
Poster Number: 139 Presenter/Primary Author: Emily Stanley The vision for North Temperate Lakes (NTL) LTER is to gain a comprehensive understanding of lakes and lake districts at longer and broader scales than has been traditional in limnology.
Harvard Forest LTER V: New Science, Synthesis, Scholarship, and Strategic Vision for Society
Poster Number: 137 Presenter/Primary Author: David Foster The Harvard Forest LTER program (HFR) is a two decade-strong, integrated r
The Baltimore Ecosystem Study: From Sanitary to Sustainable City
Poster Number: 131 Presenter/Primary Author: Steward Pickett The Baltimore Ecosystem Study has focused on fundamental questions of ecosystem structure and function during its first two funding cycles. Building on this foundation, the project is evolvin
Palmer LTER: Long-Term Ecological Research on the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem: Looking Back in Time Through Marine Ecosystem Space.
Poster Number: 129 Presenter/Primary Author: Hugh Ducklow The Palmer Station region on the western shore of the Antarctic Peninsula, site of Palmer LTER, is one of the most rapidly warming regions on Earth, especially in winter.
Elevation as a Predictor of Marsh Vulnerability to Sea-level Rise along the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Poster Number: 128 Presenter/Primary Author: Talia Dibbell To evaluate vulnerability of salt marshes to sea level rise at the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) LTER, experiments are under way to identify the optimum elevation for growth of Spartina alternif
