2012 LTER ASM - Site Science

Riparian Nitrogen Dynamics in Tropical Forest Groundwaters: A Challenge to Our Understanding of Near-Stream Ecosystem Function

rbrereton — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:03:31 +0000

Poster Number:

402

Presenter/Primary Author:

Richard Brereton

Riparian zones are widely understood to control the flux of water, nutrients, and carbon from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems.

Student Poster:

Yes

Testing effects of water stresses and herbivory on habitat differentiation among diverse willow communities in central Minnesota

xwei — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:26:54 +0000

Poster Number:

401

Presenter/Primary Author:

Xiaojing Wei

Co-Authors:

Jeannine Cavender-Bares

Student Poster:

Yes

Physical Context in the California Current Ecosystem: Mesoscale Front during E-Front Study

adeverneil — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 09:11:46 +0000

Poster Number:

400

Presenter/Primary Author:

Alain De Verneil

Co-Authors:

PJS Franks and Dan Rudnick

Student Poster:

Yes

Spatial and inter-annual variability of net community productivity in the western Antarctica Peninsula region

khuang — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:16:18 +0000

Poster Number:

399

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kuan Huang

Co-Authors:

Hugh Ducklow

Co-Authors:

Oscar Schofield

Co-Authors:

Michael Bender

Student Poster:

Yes

Linking the near- surface camera-based phenological metrics with leaf chemical and spectroscopic properties

Jim Tang — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:09:45 +0000

Poster Number:

398

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jim Tang

Co-Authors:

Xi Yang

Co-Authors:

John Mustard

Co-Authors:

Johanna Schmitt

Plant phenology is an important indicator of climate change.

Microstegium vimineum is associated with changes in nitrogen availability and fluxes across a broad landscape

tursell — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:12:31 +0000

Poster Number:

397

Presenter/Primary Author:

Tara Ursell

Co-Authors:

Robert J. Warren II, Ashley D. Keiser, Jeffrey Norman, John Barrett, Mark A. Bradford

Student Poster:

Yes

Differential zooplankton trophic responses to environmental perturbations in the California Current Ecosystem

mlandry — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:44:40 +0000

Poster Number:

396

Presenter/Primary Author:

Michael Landry

Co-Authors:

Moira Décima

Co-Authors:

Brian Popp

¹⁵N isotopic compositions of zooplankton species in the California Current Ecosystem (CCE) vary over interannual and decadal scales of climate variability, but the extent to which those

Predator: prey size relationships of marine zooplankton: Testing the 10:1 hypothesis with stable isotopes

mlandry — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:25:17 +0000

Poster Number:

395

Presenter/Primary Author:

Michael Landry

Co-Authors:

Lisa Della Ripa

Co-Authors:

Moira Décima

Co-Authors:

Christina Bradley

Co-Authors:

Brian Popp

Size-based theories of energy flow in marine plankton ecosystems, as well as numerous conceptual models, assume that predators and prey are linked, on average, by a body length ratio of 10:1.

Forest metacommunity structure along an elevational gradient in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico (LUQ)

jzimmerman — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:03:30 +0000

Poster Number:

394

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jess Zimmerman

Co-Authors:

Steven Presley

Co-Authors:

Michael Willig

Metacommunity theory provides a rich framework for identifying structure along environmental gradients and for evaluating the relative contributions of local and regional processes in molding biolo

Climatic Controls on Stream Flow in the McMurdo Dry Valleys

cjaros — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:47:29 +0000

Poster Number:

393

Presenter/Primary Author:

Chris Jaros

Co-Authors:

Dr. Diane McKnight

Large variations in meltwater generation (ave.