Estuaries play an outsized role in the global carbon budget. Credit Steven Pennings.
Although estuaries are small in area, they play an outsized role in the global carbon budget. Steven Pennings Steven Pennings
Sea level rise alters wetland function. credit Steven Pennings
A long-term experiment at the GCE LTER revealed that rising sea levels would negatively affect tidal freshwater marshes. Steven Pennings
River flow supports marsh production. credit Steven Pennings
Long-term monitoring of salt marsh plant production revealed the role of river flow. Andy Penninman
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Ecotone interface between mangrove and sawgrass in lower Shark River Slough. Stephan Davis Stephan Davis
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Eddy covariance tower at SRS-6 in lower Shark River before (left) and after (right) Hurricane Irma. (left) Jordan Barr (right) Edward Castaneda
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Dr. Greg Starr and Dr. Justin Cummings working on the eddy covariance and meteorological tower near TS/Ph-1b in Taylor Slough. Edward Linden
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Adam Rosenblatt (Ph.D. student) holding one of his study subjects, an American alligator, in the Shark River estuary. Rand Rosenblatt Rand Rosenblatt
Soil Resources
CDR Experiment E141 – BioCON (Biodiversity, CO2, and N) / TeRaCON (Temperature, Rainfall, CO2, and N) experiments. Susan Barrott
Chronic N Enrichment
CDR Experiment E002 – Long-Term Nitrogen Addition to Disturbed Vegetation. Jacob Miller
Biodiversity increases
Left =1994 Big Biodiversity herbaceous community plots. Rectangular grid adjacent to lower right corner of Big Bio = 2012 forest biodiversity experiment (FAB l) high density forest plots. Far right gridded section = 2015 forest biodiversity experiment (FAB ll) low density plots. Forest Isbell
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