2012 LTER ASM - Pattern and control of primary production

Spatial and inter-annual variability of net community productivity in the western Antarctica Peninsula region

khuang — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:16:18 +0000

Poster Number:

399

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kuan Huang

Co-Authors:

Hugh Ducklow

Co-Authors:

Oscar Schofield

Co-Authors:

Michael Bender

Student Poster:

Yes

Increased Connectivity in a Polar Desert Resulting from Climate Warming: McMurdo Dry Valley LTER Program

dmcknight — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:50:17 +0000

Poster Number:

392

Presenter/Primary Author:

Diane McKnight

The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) is a polar desert on the coast of East Antarctica, a region that has not yet experienced the climate warming that is now occurring elsewhere.

Detecting the sensitivity of desert herbaceous plant responses to co-occurring atmospheric compounds

ecook — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:41:56 +0000

Poster Number:

379

Presenter/Primary Author:

Elizabeth Cook

Co-Authors:

Sharon J Hall

Cities occupy a small land area globally, yet atmospheric compounds generated from human-dominated ecosystems have significant impacts on protected lands within and beyond urban boundaries. D

Student Poster:

Yes

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.

Complex Mountain Landscapes RCN-SEES: Advancing our social and environmental understanding of complex mountain landscapes and their vulnerability to environmental change.

amckee — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:29:06 +0000

Poster Number:

369

Presenter/Primary Author:

Arthur McKee

Co-Authors:

Jim Gosz

Co-Authors:

Robert Crabtree

Co-Authors:

Todd Norton

Co-Authors:

Sandra Pinel

Co-Authors:

Jack Stanford

Mountain-valley environments are complex landscapes characterized by steep biophysical gradients with many areas experiencing profound socioeconomic transitions such as rapid population growth and

Effects of increased snow on growth response and allocation patterns of arctic plants

caddis — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:56:23 +0000

Poster Number:

368

Presenter/Primary Author:

Claire Addis

Co-Authors:

M. Syndonia Bret-Harte

Warming in the Arctic has led to an increase in shrub cover on the tundra and has been well documented in arctic Alaska.

Student Poster:

Yes

Investigating ecological function of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) communities present in KBS-LTER agronomic treatment soils under low nutrient and drought conditions.

bgottshall — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:37:36 +0000

Poster Number:

367

Presenter/Primary Author:

Brad Gottshall

Co-Authors:

Sarah Emery

Agricultural systems will be facing a new challenges in the future as the climate changes.

Student Poster:

Yes

Salix shrub expansion over the past 62 years in rocky mountain alpine tundra

aformica — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 01:23:37 +0000

Poster Number:

359

Presenter/Primary Author:

Adam Formica

Co-Authors:

Emily C. Farrer

Co-Authors:

Katharine N. Suding

Global change factors are causing a shift in tundra vegetation in that woody plants are encroaching into herbaceous-dominated communities.

Quantifying the physiology of structurally complex arctic vegetation and implications for ecosystem function in a shrubbier tundra

aformica — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 01:14:38 +0000

Poster Number:

358

Presenter/Primary Author:

Adam Formica

Co-Authors:

Kevin Griffin

Co-Authors:

Natalie Boelman

As conditions become more favorable in some arctic regions for shrub growth, shrubs will not only expand laterally, but they will grow thicker and taller, altering the physical structure of the can

Student Poster:

Yes