…burrow around the edge of a creek. Representative of intertidal marshes throughout the world, the coastal salt marsh described in this book is typically shared by both land and marine…
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Engaging Communities
…help identify camera trap photos. By pairing students, interested residents, or stakeholders with scientists to further scientific research, community science helps to engage non-scientists in the research process and make…
Community Science
…Community science programs rely on curious and interested people who wish to share their observations with each other and the world. Learn more about LTER research sites operating exciting community…
Alligators, rulers of the swamps, link marine and freshwater ecosystems
Ecologists at the National Science Foundation (NSF) Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER site, one of 28 NSF LTER sites in the U.S. and around the world, used radio or GPS transmitters…
Lessons from the Arctic: Ecological Research with Lasting Value
…Arctic landscape, long-term datasets are essential for discerning trends of change and resilience. Ed Rastetter, principal investigator of NSF’s Arctic Long-Term Ecological Research, discusses ongoing research at Toolik Lake, Alaska….
Resilience on the Prairie: Disturbance Effects on Grassland Plant-Pollinator Communities
…of grasslands around the world have been destroyed or converted for human use, either for agricultural or urban development. In North America, for example, only four percent of the once…
Buried Treasure: How studying fungus-plant interactions can improve forest management
…that seem to be the most effective in determining mycorrhizal effects on ecosystems. The report provides insights that focus the direction of future research and aim to improve ecosystem modeling…
LTER Road Trip: Within the SALTEx Marsh
…the famous Disney song, I was in a “whole new world.” SALTEx stands for “Seawater Addition Long Term Experiment,” a project that began in 2011 and encompasses six 3×3 meter…
Back from the dead: Moorea’s coral reefs make astounding recovery
Pocillopora grandis in Mo’orea, French Polynesia. Credit: Ryan McMinds (CC BY 2.0) Coral reefs the world over have been hammered in recent years by everything from disease outbreaks and storm…
LTER Road Trip: The MegaMe Monsoon Experiment
A grad student eats lunch at Sevilleta LTER site. Credit: E Zambello/LTER-NCO CC BY 4.0 Across the world, shrubs are encroaching on landscapes. In Virginia, they take over coastal islands;…


