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…both streams and terrestrial vegetation to nutrient amendments are still being documented after 9 years. Lake trout manipulations take many years to show effects as these long-lived fish may change…

…cities in general, better and more sustainable places to live. CAP research will extend its focus on the theory of Urban Ecological Infrastructure (UEI) as a critical bridge between the…

…and the livelihoods of large numbers of U.S. residents. The site encompasses a National Marine Sanctuary and constitutes major spawning habitat for most of the epipelagic fish biomass in the…

Approximately 50% of the U.S. population lives within 80 km of a coast. As human populations proximal to coasts increase, demands for the natural resources and services that coastal ecosystems…

…biodiversity conservation, and ecological and social resilience. Forests are complex ecosystems, dominated by long-lived organisms, and are highly connected to adjacent ecosystems at many scales. Long-term research at the Hubbard…

…to a general advance of knowledge in ecology. While twenty percent of the world population lives in river basins fed by melt waters from snow or glaciers, we know very…

…snowmelt, the amount of water flowing downstream, and the length of the snow-free growing season. While more than one-sixth of the world’s population lives in river basins fed by snow…

…the in the region. Adelie populations at the five major colonies studied near Palmer Station have all shown a gradual decrease in numbers over thirty years. The Peninsula runs perpendicular…

…evolutionary history of intense selection by both drought and herbivory, leading to an ecosystem that is very well adapted to withstand grazing by domestic livestock. The distinctive features of the…