2012 LTER ASM - Spatial and temporal distribution of populations selected to represent trophic structure

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

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

Pelagic community responses to a deep-water front in the California Current Ecosystem: The CCE A-Front Study

mlandry — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:05:00 +0000

Poster Number:

386

Presenter/Primary Author:

Michael Landry

Co-Authors:

Mark Ohman

Co-Authors:

Ralf Goericke

Co-Authors:

Andrew Taylor

Co-Authors:

Julian Koslow

Co-Authors:

Ty Samo

Co-Authors:

Mati Kahru

In October 2008, we investigated pelagic community composition and biomass, from bacteria to fish, across a sharp frontal gradient overlying deep waters south of Point Conception, California.

Zooplankton aggregation at glider-detected ocean fronts in the California Current Ecosystem

mohman — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:09:54 +0000

Poster Number:

376

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jesse Powell

Co-Authors:

Mark D. Ohman

Here we report the results from six years of front observations from 2006 through 2011 along two transect lines within the Southern California Current System (SCCS) using autonomous gliders.

The California Current Ecosystem (CCE) LTER site: Mechanisms underlying ecosystem transitions

mohman — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:47:52 +0000

Poster Number:

375

Presenter/Primary Author:

Mark Ohman

Co-Authors:

25 co-authors

The CCE-LTER site is a coastal upwelling biome forced by physical processes on a variety of time and space scales.

Variation in copepod egg production rate across spatial gradients in the California Current Ecosystem

cnickels — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:24:27 +0000

Poster Number:

371

Presenter/Primary Author:

Catherine Nickels

Co-Authors:

Mark D. Ohman

Areas of the ocean where two water parcels meet, know as fronts, define regions of sharp spatial gradients.

Student Poster:

Yes

Patch-burn grazing and demographic performance of grassland songbirds

bsandercock — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:20:14 +0000

Poster Number:

360

Presenter/Primary Author:

Brett Sandercock

Co-Authors:

Christopher Then

Co-Authors:

Jennifer Sojka

Co-Authors:

William E. Jensen

Population declines in grassland birds are an emerging conservation crisis in North America. Changes in rangeland management associated with intensification of agricultural production are tho

The effects of surrounding habitat on plant, pollinator, and plant-pollinator interaction richness and abundance

vpfeiffer — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:55:33 +0000

Poster Number:

352

Presenter/Primary Author:

Vera Pfeiffer

Co-Authors:

Julia Jones

Co-Authors:

Matt Betts

Co-Authors:

Andy Moldenke

Montane meadows comprise less than 5% of the landscape of the western Cascades of Oregon, but they provide habitat for diverse species of plants and pollinators.

Student Poster:

Yes

Waterbirds in the Plum Island Sound Estuary, Massachusetts: Historical trends and current patterns

rbuchsbaum1 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:46:47 +0000

Poster Number:

350

Presenter/Primary Author:

Robert Buchsbaum

Because they are highly mobile and migratory, the presence and activity of birds in a region is a reflection of both local and global trends.