Konza_rainfall_exp

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The Rainfall Manipulation Plots (RaMPs) at the Konza Prairie (KNZ) LTER.

brigham_pcr

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Brigham prepares a PCR reaction to amplify the DNA extracted from the soil microbial samples.

plot_sampling_niwot

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Researchers at the Niwot LTER collect data at their study plots.

sand_hopper

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Sand hoppers, crustaceans that spend the majority of their lives on the sand, swarm a giant kelp blade. Beached kelp is their main source of nutrition, and less nutritious kelp might have severe repercussions for beach communities.

kelp_wrack

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Kelp wrack, or dead kelp that washes up on beaches, provides important nutrients and habitat to the otherwise barren beach ecosystem.

kelp_stalks.

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Giant kelp reaches towards the sky off of Santa Barbara. Kelp forests provide food, habitat, and protection to reef communities and are some of the most biodiverse marine environments on the planet.

Arctic_research_women

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The Strom Lab taking over the wheelhouse on the R/V Sikuliaq.

ana_aguilar_islas

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Ana and her lab team prepare to deploy a trace metal CTD on an unusually sunny day in the Northern Gulf of Alaska.

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Kelley, the award-winning “best pourer” of the NGA-LTER, filters a deck-board incubation experiment.