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 Moorea Coral Reef LTER Site
Poster Number: 274 Presenter/Primary Author: Sally Holbrook The Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) LTER site, established in 2004, explores community and ecosystem effects of pulsed perturbations and slowly changing environmental drivers on coral reefs, ecologically a
Mapping Phytoplankton and Related Physical-Chemical Variables within the Duplin River Tidal Drainage in Georgia
Poster Number: 271 Presenter/Primary Author: John Schalles In 2006 hyperspectral imagery of the Duplin River tidal watershed at Sapelo Island (Georgia Coastal Ecosystems), we documented striking spatial variation in phytoplankton chlorophyll patterns withi
Biotic mechanisms contributing to the stability of productivity differ along a gradient of rainfall variability
Poster Number: 268 Presenter/Primary Author: Lauren Hallett Productivity increases with precipitation across spatial gradients but does not as closely track precipitation over time, nor does high variability in precipitation lead to highly unstable producti
Evaluating and Exploring Patterns of Satellite-predicted Forest Phenology in the Southern Appalachians
Poster Number: 267 Presenter/Primary Author: Jeff Hepinstall-C... Current research indicates that warming global temperatures are capable of altering phenological cycles in deciduous forests. Potential climate inducted changes to deciduous forest phenology
The impact of climate forcing on the phenology of ecological processes in the North Temperate Lakes
Poster Number: 264 Presenter/Primary Author: Jacob Walsh Recent studies have shown that physical processes and biological communities are impacted to varying degrees by global climate change.
