Habitat Preservation/Restoration
Assessing the importance of seagrass habitat restoration to “blue carbon” sequestration in the shallow coastal zone
Poster Number: 82 Presenter/Primary Author: Jill Greiner Seagrass meadows are highly productive habitats and provide many important ecosystem services to the coastal zone, including carbon and nutrient sequestration. Organic carbon accumulates in s
Plant and animal diversity in restored and disturbed reaches along the urbanized Salt River in central Arizona.
Poster Number: 60 Presenter/Primary Author: Heather Bateman Riparian areas provide important ecosystem services.
Foundation species in North American forests
Working Group Reports Final reports: ASM foundation species workshop - final report.pdf Participant list: Workshop Participant names.docx Fondation species are species that define ecosystem structure, exert strong bottom-up control on distribution and abundance of associated species, and modulate fluxes of nutrients and energy. Session: Working Group Session 6 - Thursday Working Group Session 7 - Thursday Room Assignment: Longs Peak - Diamond East (125)
Communicating LTER Science Part I and II
Working Group Reports Final reports: Comm Sci Working Group Report for LTER ASM 2012.pdf Participant list: Attendees Communicating LTER Science WG Sessions 1 and 2.pdf The LTER 30-year review identified improving communication of LTER science as a high priority. Session: Working Group Session 1 - Monday Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday Room Assignment: Ruesch Auditorium - Sweet (50)