Working Group Proposals
The following a proposals for working groups that have been submitted are pending approval.
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Dissolved organic material (DOM) Workshop - Dissolved organic material (DOM) is a major pool of organic carbon in all aquatic ecosystems and has high concentrations in soil interstitial water. |
Diane McKnight | Information exchange | 07/19/12 | Working Group Session 6 - Thursday | |
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Documenting and executing workflows and algorithms: towards model repositories in ecology -
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Francisco Bonet | Brain storming | 09/05/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday (Lunch) | |
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Drupal Ecological Information Management System - Paving LTER Science's last mile -
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Inigo San Gil | Product oriented | 04/03/12 | Working Group Session 6 - Thursday | |
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Drupal Ecological Information Management System - Paving LTER Science's last mile -
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Inigo San Gil | Product oriented | 04/03/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
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Ecological Homogenization of Urban America - Meeting of investigators involved in an NSF Macrosystems Biology Program funded project. We need to meet on Tuesday, September 11 from 4 - 6 and are requesting a room for this meeting. |
Peter Groffman | Ancillary meetings | 08/23/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday | |
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Ecological Research from a Truly Long-Term Perspective: What Needs to be Done Today to Support Ecological Analysis in 2100? - Ecological Research from a Truly Long-Term Perspective: What Needs to be Done Today to Support Ecological Analysis in 2100? |
Susan Stafford | Product oriented | 07/19/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Engagement of Arts and Humanities in LTER Sites and Programs - Over the past six years a strong working group concerned with engaging arts/humanities in LTER site programs has formed and prospered. We held well-attended workshops at the previous two... |
Frederick Swanson | Information exchange | 05/30/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Engagement of Arts and Humanities in LTER Sites and Programs - Over the past six years a strong working group concerned with engaging arts/humanities in LTER site programs has formed and prospered. We held well-attended workshops at the previous two... |
Frederick Swanson | Information exchange | 05/30/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Environmental Histories in the LTER Network - Environmental history is emerging as an important field within the LTER network. |
Adrian Howkins | Brain storming | 07/24/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Establishing Digital Collections of LTER Educational Resources - Educational digital libraries house unprecedented, high-quality collections of resources submitted by stakeholders like graduate and undergraduate students, scientists and teachers. |
Beth Simmons | Information exchange | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Exploring Integrating Socioecological Connections within LTER: Considering the Coweeta Listening Project (CLP) as a Model - In this working group, we will brainstorm about how LTER scientists can translate long term ecological science into more democratically-produced forms of knowledge that are meaningful and... |
Nik Heynen | Brain storming | 06/21/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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Flooding farm fields, draining wetlands, and damming rivers: The effects of hydrologic regime change on nutrient cycling - 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). |
Lauren Kinsman | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Foundation species in North American forests - 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. |
Aaron Ellison | Information exchange | 06/11/12 | Working Group Session 6 - Thursday | |
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Foundation species in North American forests - 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. |
Aaron Ellison | Information exchange | 06/11/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
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Frontiers in Ecosystem Science: Energizing the Research Agenda - Ecosystem science has a long history as a core program at the National Science Foundation (NSF), and although topics of research have fluctuated over the years as in any program, it retains a... |
Peter Groffman | Ancillary meetings | 04/03/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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Future of LTER Fungal/Bacterial Environmental Genomics Studies - Long-term ecological studies have provided meaningful information on diversity and ecology of animals, plants, fungi and bacteria, and the impact of climate change on these communities. |
Sharon Cantrell | Information exchange | 07/24/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Future of LTER Fungal/Bacterial Environmental Genomics Studies - Long-term ecological studies have provided meaningful information on diversity and ecology of animals, plants, fungi and bacteria, and the impact of climate change on these communities. |
Sharon Cantrell | Information exchange | 07/24/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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GIS Data and Tools for the LTER: resources for site research and synthesis - In this workshop there will be presentations on GIS data and tools available for the LTER, discussions of options for data access at specific LTER Sites, as well as introductions to plans for... |
Adam Skibbe | Information exchange | 06/08/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Graduate Student Symposium - Past graduate student symposiums have led to productive interactions between graduate students through career panel discussions, graduate student presentations on cross site work, and student-led... |
Kimberly La Pierre | Ancillary meetings | 06/11/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 1 - Sunday | |
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Graduate Student Symposium - Past graduate student symposiums have led to productive interactions between graduate students through career panel discussions, graduate student presentations on cross site work, and student-led... |
Kimberly La Pierre | Ancillary meetings | 06/11/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 2 - Sunday | |
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Hydrologic Variability across Climatically, Geologically, and Morphologically Similar Watersheds: Implications for stream ecosystems and ecological thresholds for anthropogenic change. - The “reference” stream or watershed concept is the basis for the design of many ecological studies and water quality assessments as well as paired watershed studies. For such studies, it is... |
Rhett Jackson | Brain storming | 06/07/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Identifying alternative indicators for the detection of abrupt transitions in ecosystems: a consideration of time scale and community parameters - As climate change continues to accelerate, many ecosystems are poised for frequent abrupt and irreversible transitions (Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). In order to enhance prediction... |
Emily Rivest | Product oriented | 07/05/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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Identifying synergies between LTER and NEON - This working group will serve; I) to further foster active communication on issues of shared concern, and ii) to identify opportunities for joint initiatives between LTER and National Ecological... |
Henry Loescher | Information exchange | 07/11/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Impacts of land-use change on carbon and nitrogen cycling: a cross-site opportunity - Increasing human demands for food, energy, and space has resulted in the conversion of forest and grasslands to intensively used lands. |
Leilei Ruan | Brain storming | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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Information Management Committee Annual Meeting - Information Management Committee (IMC) Annual Meeting will take place all day on Sunday September 9. |
Margaret O'Brien | Ancillary meetings | 07/16/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 1 - Sunday |
