Patterns and frequency of site disturbances
Disturbances often shape ecosystems by periodically reorganizing or destroying them, allowing for significant changes in plant and animal populations and communities.
Seasonal changes in open water area in the vicinity of penguin colonies near Palmer Station, northwestern Antarctic Peninsula
Poster Number: 266 Presenter/Primary Author: Sharon Stammerjohn The sea ice season in the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region shows some of the fastest rates of change observed globally since 1979. The Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research (PAL LTER)
Land Ocean Interaction in the Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
Poster Number: 263 Presenter/Primary Author: Dan Reed The Santa Barbara Coastal LTER (SBC) is an interdisciplinary research and education program established in April, 2000 to investigate the role of land and ocean processes in structuring ecosystems
Long-Term Ecological Research on Colorado Shortgrass Steppe
Poster Number: 255 Presenter/Primary Author: John Moore The Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological research (SGS-LTER) project is entering its final year of a more than 30-year history (1982-2014) of research and engagement within the LTER network.
The Watershed Approach in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study
Poster Number: 250 Presenter/Primary Author: Peter Groffman In the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), we are conducting long-term watershed studies to provide a basis for comparison of urban ecosystems with other ecosystem types within the LTER netowrk and to
Interaction of hydrodynamics and corallivory control growth of branching Acropora
Poster Number: 239 Presenter/Primary Author: Hunter Lenihan Coral community shifts are a common, recent phenomenon across reefs in the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific, and have been related in time and space to catastrophic natural disturbances, especially storm
