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Working Group Proposals

The following a proposals for working groups that have been submitted are pending approval.
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Dissolved organic material (DOM) Workshop -

Dissolved organic material (DOM) is a major pool of organic carbon in all aquatic ecosystems and has high concentrations in soil interstitial water.

Diane McKnight Information exchange 07/19/12 Working Group Session 6 - Thursday
Information Management Committee Annual Meeting -

Information Management Committee (IMC) Annual Meeting will take place all day on Sunday September 9.

Margaret O'Brien Ancillary meetings 07/16/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 1 - Sunday
Information Management Committee Annual Meeting -

Information Management Committee (IMC) Annual Meeting will take place all day on Sunday September 9.

Margaret O'Brien Ancillary meetings 07/16/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 2 - Sunday
Quantification of structural legacy effects via synthesis of long-term records and eco-hydrologic modeling -

Structural legacy effects impose fundamental controls on the function and evolution of ecosystems.

Daniel Bain Product oriented 07/13/12 Working Group Session 1 - Monday
Quantification of structural legacy effects via synthesis of long-term records and eco-hydrologic modeling -

Structural legacy effects impose fundamental controls on the function and evolution of ecosystems.

Daniel Bain Product oriented 07/13/12 Working Group Session 2 - Monday
Interactive Visual Analysis Promotes Exploration of Long-Term Ecological Data -

Long-term ecological data are crucial in helping ecologists understand ecosystem function and environmental change.

Tuan Pham Information exchange 07/12/12 Working Group Session 2 - Monday
Promotion of Population of Emission Factors in the IPCC Emission Factor Database -

The primary goals for this session are to familiarize participants with work of the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Programme, identify potential data contributions for estimating GHG...

Kimberly Wickland Information exchange 07/12/12 Working Group Session 3 Tuesday
Identifying synergies between LTER and NEON -

This working group will serve; I) to further foster active communication on issues of shared concern, and ii) to identify opportunities for joint initiatives between LTER and National Ecological...

Henry Loescher Information exchange 07/11/12 Working Group Session 2 - Monday
Sustainability of Coastal Ecosystems - Challenges and Solutions -

Coastal ecosystems have great value to humans.  They are highly valued as places to live and provide a wealth of ecosystems services including food, storm protection, nutrient removal, and...

Anne Giblin Information exchange 07/11/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday
Sustainability of Coastal Ecosystems - Challenges and Solutions -

Coastal ecosystems have great value to humans.  They are highly valued as places to live and provide a wealth of ecosystems services including food, storm protection, nutrient removal, and...

Anne Giblin Information exchange 07/11/12 Working Group Session 3 Tuesday
Sustainability of Coastal Ecosystems - Challenges and Solutions -

Coastal ecosystems have great value to humans.  They are highly valued as places to live and provide a wealth of ecosystems services including food, storm protection, nutrient removal, and...

Anne Giblin Information exchange 07/11/12 Working Group Session 4 Tuesday
Developing a Cross-site Vegetation Data Portal for the LTER Network -

This working group will examine the possibility of developing a data portal to provide access to vegetation data being gathered in the LTER network. The primary emphasis will be on ecosystem...

Mark Harmon Information exchange 07/10/12 Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday
Using Remote Sensing Tools to Calculate Biomass Consistently Across LTER Sites. -

Accurate estimation of terrestrial biomass on regional to global scales is a key step towards better understanding the global carbon cycle.  Remotely sensed data have become the primary...

Kyle Cavanaugh Product oriented 07/10/12 Working Group Session 3 Tuesday
LTER Communication Committee -

The LTER Communication Committee will hold a meeting at the LTER ASM to discuss current business. An agenda will be circulated in advance of this meeting.

Marcia Nation Ancillary meetings 07/09/12 Ad-hoc Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday (Lunch)
Identifying alternative indicators for the detection of abrupt transitions in ecosystems: a consideration of time scale and community parameters -

As climate change continues to accelerate, many ecosystems are poised for frequent abrupt and irreversible transitions (Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005).  In order to enhance prediction...

Emily Rivest Product oriented 07/05/12 Working Group Session 3 Tuesday
SCALER: Scale, consumers and lotic ecosystem rates -

This will be a workshop on methods for the SCALER project. The project is planned to be performed at or near 5 LTER stream sites (ARC, BNZ, CWT,KNZ, LUQ), and is a precursor for STREON.

Walter Dodds Brain storming 07/01/12 Working Group Session 1 - Monday
SCALER: Scale, consumers and lotic ecosystem rates -

This will be a workshop on methods for the SCALER project. The project is planned to be performed at or near 5 LTER stream sites (ARC, BNZ, CWT,KNZ, LUQ), and is a precursor for STREON.

Walter Dodds Brain storming 07/01/12 Working Group Session 2 - Monday
US LTER International Committee Meeting -

The US LTER International Committee will meet to brainstorm new activities and review progress on current projects.   

Kristin Vanderbilt Ancillary meetings 06/27/12 Ad-hoc Working Group Session 1 - (Monday Lunch)
Exploring Integrating Socioecological Connections within LTER: Considering the Coweeta Listening Project (CLP) as a Model -

In this working group, we will  brainstorm about how LTER scientists can translate long term ecological science into more democratically-produced forms of knowledge that are meaningful and...

Nik Heynen Brain storming 06/21/12 Working Group Session 4 Tuesday
Foundation species in North American forests -

Fondation species are species that define ecosystem structure, exert strong bottom-up control on distribution and abundance of associated species, and modulate fluxes of nutrients and energy.

Aaron Ellison Information exchange 06/11/12 Working Group Session 6 - Thursday
Foundation species in North American forests -

Fondation species are species that define ecosystem structure, exert strong bottom-up control on distribution and abundance of associated species, and modulate fluxes of nutrients and energy.

Aaron Ellison Information exchange 06/11/12 Working Group Session 7 - Thursday
Graduate Student Symposium -

Past graduate student symposiums have led to productive interactions between graduate students through career panel discussions, graduate student presentations on cross site work, and student-led...

Kimberly La Pierre Ancillary meetings 06/11/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 1 - Sunday
Graduate Student Symposium -

Past graduate student symposiums have led to productive interactions between graduate students through career panel discussions, graduate student presentations on cross site work, and student-led...

Kimberly La Pierre Ancillary meetings 06/11/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 2 - Sunday
GIS Data and Tools for the LTER: resources for site research and synthesis -

In this workshop there will be presentations on GIS data and tools available for the LTER, discussions of options for data access at specific LTER Sites, as well as introductions to plans for...

Adam Skibbe Information exchange 06/08/12 Working Group Session 1 - Monday
Hydrologic Variability across Climatically, Geologically, and Morphologically Similar Watersheds: Implications for stream ecosystems and ecological thresholds for anthropogenic change. -

The “reference” stream or watershed concept is the basis for the design of many ecological studies and water quality assessments as well as paired watershed studies.  For such studies, it is...

Rhett Jackson Brain storming 06/07/12 Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday
 
 
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