The connections between humans and oceans run deep. Kelp forests, plankton, estuaries, and coral reefs support robust and diverse food webs, feeding both body and spirit. The destructive effects…
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New Participants Welcome: Synthesis Ideas from Science Council Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions from the Science Council meetings often evolve into synthesis working groups. The 2016 meeting was no exception, with a lively and challenging series of discussions resulting in six…
Site Lightning Talks 2019
Each year at the annual LTER Science Council Meeting, site leaders present 5-minute lightning talks describing interesting new science at their sites. In 2019, in preparation for the decadal review…
LTER Road Trip: Finding Pika Poo
Ashley Whipple studies pika in the Colorado mountains.Credit: E Zambello/LTER-NCO CC BY 4.0 My second morning at the Niwot Ridge LTER dawned warm but windier than the day before, and…
LTER Road Trip: Restoring the Minnesota Bison
Lounging bison at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve.Credit: E Zambello/LTER-NCO CC BY 4.0 Dr. Chad Zirbel, a postdoc at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (CDR), and his intern stood in…
Education Digital Library
Find Resources Submit a Resource Contact The LTER Education Digital Library Project is a collection of reviewed and annotated digital resources relating to the ongoing efforts of the Long…
About the LTER Network
The events that reshape ecosystems can be infrequent and often unpredictable. Major droughts, hurricanes, the arrival of a new species, or a shift in ocean currents can dramatically affect…
2018 NSF LTER Symposium: Understanding Our Ocean Connections
April 19, 2018, 8:30 a.m. – Noon National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia Room # W2210 and W2220 Each year, the National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)…
Information Management
Credit: PIxabay CC-0Purpose The Long-Term Ecological Research Network includes research sites inside and outside the U.S. representing a wide variety of ecosystems and research emphases. At each site an information…
What makes a network work? Collaboration in the LTER Network
A network analysis of cross-site collaboration shows influence of ecosystem type and a cohort funding effect. Analysis is based on shared authorship from multiple sites among LTER papers published in…
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