Core Research Areas
Sea Ice and Plankton Ecology at Palmer Station
Poster Number: 67 Presenter/Primary Author: Hugh Ducklow One of the tenets of polar oceanography is the dependence of phytoplankton blooms on sea ice retreat and subsequent water column stratification.
Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBR)
Poster Number: 65 Presenter/Primary Author: Charles Driscoll The overall goal of the HBR-LTER program is to improve understanding of the response of Northern Forest ecosystems to natural and anthropogenic disturbances.
Impacts of eastern hemlock mortality on ecosystem function
Poster Number: 61 Presenter/Primary Author: Katherine Elliott Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) mortality mediated by hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA, Adelges tsugae) infestation is affecting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem processes.
Long-term soil water dynamics across a desert basin: Broad-scale climatic drivers and local heterogeneity
Poster Number: 49 Presenter/Primary Author: Michael Duniway In arid and semiarid ecosystems, plant community composition and production is primarily limited by soil water availability. Soil profile development and soil-vegetation feedbacks can influen
Jornada Basin LTER: Landscape linkages and state changes across spatial and temporal scales
Poster Number: 47 Presenter/Primary Author: Debra Peters Chihuahuan Desert landscapes exemplify the ecological conditions, vulnerability, and management challenges in arid and semi-arid regions around the world.
