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.
Sustainable seagrass restoration in the Virginia Coastal Bays: assessment of sediment and water qualities
Poster Number: 36 Presenter/Primary Author: Alia Al-Haj Restoration of eelgrass (Zostera marina) has been successful in the Virginia coastal bays, where >17 km2 of eelgrass has been restored since 2001.
Re-defining Aboveground Net Primary Productivity (ANPP) for Complex Terrain: A Case Study from the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
Poster Number: 35 Presenter/Primary Author: Fox Peterson Many environmental factors, such as temperature, precipitation, and nutrient balances, have been associated with the rate of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) in forest ecosystems, and in
SEVILLETA LTER: Pulse dynamics in aridland ecosystems at multiple spatial and temporal scales
Poster Number: 33 Presenter/Primary Author: Scott Collins Although water is the key limiting resource in aridland ecosystems, most arid land soils are also chronically low in nutrients and organic matter.
Scale, Consumers and Lotic Ecosystem Rates (SCALER)
Poster Number: 25 Presenter/Primary Author: Janine Rueegg A key aim of SCALER is to allow extrapolation of typical experiments in streams to scales relevant to use or protection of the environment (i.e.
Blue carbon in freshwater marshes on the barrier islands of Virginia
Poster Number: 22 Presenter/Primary Author: Emily Adams Recent research has shown that wetland systems play an important role in carbon sequestration. The concept of sequestration in tidal systems has been termed “blue carbon.” The vast majo
