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Ecosystem Ecology

Flooding farm fields, draining wetlands, and damming rivers: The effects of hydrologic regime change on nutrient cycling

Working Group Reports Final reports:  FinalReport_HydroEco_2012LTERASM.pdf Participant list:  Attendess_HydroEcoWrkingGrop_2012LTERASM.xlsx An ecosystem’s hydrology is one of the strongest driving forces determining its structure, function, and rate at which it supplies valued services (e.g., denitrification). Session:  Working Group Session 2 - Monday Room Assignment:  Ruesch Auditorium - Dodge (50)

Changes in litter chemistry during decomposition: pathways and patterns

Working Group Reports Final reports:  Final Report Decomposition of plant litter is a fundamental biogeochemical process, integral to energy and nutrient cycling and soil formation. Session:  Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday Room Assignment:  Longs Peak - Granite Pass (85)

Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Research at Coweeta LTER

Poster Number:  117 Presenter/Primary Author:  Seth Gustafson This poster explains some of the graduate research efforts at the Coweeta LTER that attempt to integrate social and ecological elemen

A southern hemisphere observatory – building on seventy five years of environmental data

Poster Number:  116 Presenter/Primary Author:  Nicky Allsopp The South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) took over responsibility for the monitoring of streamflow in the Jonkershoek Valley in 2009.  The Jonkershoek catchment experiments,

Investigating tree species effects on plant-soil-microbial feedbacks in Alaskan boreal forest

Poster Number:  115 Presenter/Primary Author:  April Melvin In Alaskan boreal forest, fire is a common disturbance that can alter successional trajectories and plant-soil-microbial (PSM) feedbacks.

 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER