Working Group Proposals
The following a proposals for working groups that have been submitted are pending approval.
Title |
Organizer | Format | Submitted | Edit | Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
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 | |
|
Drupal Ecological Information Management System - Paving LTER Science's last mile -
DEIMS
|
Inigo San Gil | Product oriented | 04/03/12 | Working Group Session 6 - Thursday | |
|
Drupal Ecological Information Management System - Paving LTER Science's last mile -
DEIMS
|
Inigo San Gil | Product oriented | 04/03/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
|
Documenting and executing workflows and algorithms: towards model repositories in ecology -
|
Francisco Bonet | Brain storming | 09/05/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday (Lunch) | |
|
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 | |
|
Disappearing Cryosphere - The cryosphere, that portion of the Earth’s surface where water is in solid form for at least one month a year, has been shrinking in response to climate warming. |
Hugh Ducklow | Brain storming | 07/24/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
|
Developing Multimedia LTER Resources: LTER Collaboration with OdysseyEarth.com and Everglades Digital Library - The objective of this brainstorming session is to gauge the interest level and develop a cross-site collaboration plan for producing an LTER video series and/or multimedia resources. |
Nicholas Oehm | Brain storming | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
|
Developing a Cross-site Vegetation Data Portal for the LTER Network - This working group will examine the possibility of developing a data portal to provide access to vegetation data being gathered in the LTER network. The primary emphasis will be on ecosystem... |
Mark Harmon | Information exchange | 07/10/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
|
Decomposition project - A joint project for students in Israel and the USA as part of the LTER-EDU program. - LTER-EDU is an educational project that offers school students an opportunity to be partners in the LTER global monitoring effort. |
Saleit Ron | Information exchange | 07/26/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
|
Data package construction for Landsat imagery - In a working group session Tuesday, participants were introduced to a collection of long-term (1984-2011) Landsat imagery currently being assembled for every LTER site to be housed in the LTER NIS... |
Margaret O'Brien | Ancillary meetings | 09/11/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday (Lunch) | |
|
Connections between BCO-DMO and LTER - There are 5 OCE-funded coastal and marine LTER sites: SBC, MCR, GCE, PIE and CCE, who contribute data to the LTER repository. |
Margaret O'Brien | Ancillary meetings | 09/09/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 2 (Dinner) | |
|
Community Convergence or Divergence in Resource Manipulation Experiments -
|
Kimberly La Pierre | Brain storming | 08/27/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 1 - (Monday Lunch) |
