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Key Findings

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Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Microzooplankton

Northeast U.S. Shelf
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Shifts in Phytoplankton Phenology are Associated With Warming Trends

Northeast U.S. Shelf
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Challenging the Pulse-Reserve Paradigm

Sevilleta LTER
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Climate Variability Interacts with Average Weather Conditions

Sevilleta LTER
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Conceptual and Empirical Advances in Desert Microbial Ecology

Sevilleta LTER
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Climate Change Will Impact Lower Elevation Forests First

Luquillo LTER
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Drought in Rainforests is Increasing in a Warming World

Luquillo LTER
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Hurricane Frequency Impacts Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

Luquillo LTER
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Controls on Nitrogen Fluxes to Estuaries

Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
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Microbial Dormancy and Diversity

Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
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Sea-level Rise and Storms are Altering Salt Marshes

Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
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Consumers Respond Unexpectedly to Nutrient Enrichment

Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
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A Landscape that Requires Disturbance

Konza Prairie LTER
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Variable Resistance, High Resilience of Tallgrass Prairie to Climate Change

Konza Prairie LTER
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Non-Equilibrium Dynamics are Nearly Ubiquitous and Spatially Complex

Konza Prairie LTER
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Phytoplankton are the Breadbasket of the Kelp Forest

Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
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Giant Kelp Shapes an Entire Ecosystem

Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
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Fires Mobilize Nutrients to the Ocean

Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
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Kelp Forests are Surprisingly Resilient to Unprecedented Warming

Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
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Severe Fires Drive Shifts from Black Spruce to Broadleaf Dominance

Bonanza Creek LTER
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Thawing Permafrost and Increasing Wildfires Will Likely Amplify Climate Warming

Bonanza Creek LTER
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Partnerships with Local Communities Facilitate Knowledge Exchange

Bonanza Creek LTER
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Browsing by Large Herbivores Influenced Ecosystem Function

Bonanza Creek LTER
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A Longer Snow Free Season is Likely to Speed Up Warming

Bonanza Creek LTER
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El Niño and Warm Anomalies Restructure the Ecosystem

California Current Ecosystem LTER
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