Susanne Menden-Deuer, University of Rhode Island, NSF Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER Site The Northeast U.S. Shelf generates millions of dollars in revenue from fishing, energy development and shipping. It’s also…
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Presentation: Giant Kelp Forests: Stepping Stones to Biodiversity (Cavanaugh)
Kyle Cavanaugh, University of California-Los Angeles, NSF Santa Barbara Coastal LTER Site Giant kelp is an example of a foundation species—one that physically modifies its environment and provides food and…
Presentation: The Future of Coral Reefs: Does It Depend on Help from Fish? (Burkepile)
Coral reefs are a hub of marine biodiversity. They provide food, recreation and shoreline protection to some 1 billion people. But reefs around the globe have seen 50 to 90…
Presentation: Plausible Freshwater Futures (Kucharik)
Scenarios can help communities think about alternative futures, but using them to drive decisions requires data. In Wisconsin’s Yahara Watershed, researchers are combining data and modelling from the Northern Temperate…
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Presentation: Legacy of Acid Rain-A Tale of Two Species (Driscoll)
Air pollution control efforts have succeeded in reducing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions, but decades of acid rain have leached calcium and magnesium from Northeastern forest soils. These changes…
Presentation: Fire and ice: Carbon cycling feedbacks to climate (Mack)
About 30% of global carbon stocks reside in the vegetation and deep, carbon-rich soils of Arctic tundra and boreal forest biomes. Wildfires—which are becoming more frequent with warmer and drier…
Presentation: Beyond Desertification (Bestelmeyer)
One of the classic state-change stories is that over-grazing and drought turn grasslands into shrubby, degraded landscapes. Land managers strive to avoid such irreversible changes, using strategies based on models…
Marsh Equilibrium Theory: Feedbacks and Tipping Points
Marsh Equilibrium Theory: Feedbacks and Tipping Points – James Morris, Baruch Istitute, University of South Carolina, Plum Island Ecosystems LTER…
Forest NPP: Examining spatial and temporal heterogeneity within the LTER Network
Forest NPP: Examining spatial and temporal heterogeneity within the LTER Network – Mark E. Harmon (AND), John Battles (HBR), Audrey Barker Plotkin (HFR), Jim Clark (CWT), Grizelle González (LUQ), Michelle…
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