Pattern and control of primary production
Plant growth in most ecosystems forms the base or “primary” component of the food web. The amount and type of plant growth in an ecosystem helps to determine the amount and kind of animals (or “secondary” productivity) that can survive there.
The Virtual Notebook: a flexible approach to improving research metadata
Poster Number: 80 Presenter/Primary Author: Philip Tarrant A major challenge for all research institutions is the long term curation of digital research data.
Post-clearcut dynamics of carbon, water and energy exchanges in a mid-latitude, temperate forest environment
Poster Number: 78 Presenter/Primary Author: mvanderhoof Temperate forests store a large amount of carbon vulnerable to release from climate change, disturbance and land conversion processes. Temperate forests also play an important role in regulat
Classification of salt marsh vegetation using edaphic and remote sensing-derived variables
Poster Number: 77 Presenter/Primary Author: Christine Hladik Salt marshes are well known for their striking macrophyte zonation patterns. Although many variables affect species distribution, soil salinity and waterlogging have been shown to be two of t
A Laboratory Comparison of Two Minirhizotrons for Measuring Fine Root Turnover: The CID Bio-Science, Inc. CI-600 and RhizoSystems, LLC AMR-A Minirhizotrons
Poster Number: 76 Presenter/Primary Author: Joshua Roberti The NEON design for measuring ecological change includes minirhizotrons for quantifying fine root biomass production and turnover. A manual minirhizotron (i.e.
Object-Oriented Land-Cover Mapping of CAP-LTER using High Resolution Aerial Orthophotography
Poster Number: 74 Presenter/Primary Author: Xiaoxiao Li High spatial resolution imagery is useful for a variety of research endeavors undertaken by the CAP-LTER. Parts of the site have been assessed using expensive QuikBird data.
