Coweeta LTER

Shocking fish for sampling at CWT LTER

Location

Latitude: 35

Longitude: -83.5

Elevation: 686

Biome: Deciduous Forest

Site Details

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Grant History:

LTER-08: DEB–1637522
LTER: Examining Long-term Southern Appalachian Ecosystem Dynamics through Interactions and Indirect Effects
Start Date: March 1, 2017

LTER-07: DEB–1440485
LTER: The Interacting Effects of Hydroclimate Variability and Human Landscape Modification in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Start Date: February 1, 2015

LTER-06: DEB–0823293
Southern Appalachia on the Edge – Exurbanization & Climate Interaction in the Southeast
Start Date: November 1, 2008

LTER-05: DEB–0218001
LTER: Consequences of Land Use Change in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Start Date: November 1, 2002

LTER-04: DEB–9632854
Long-Term Studies of Disturbances as They Affect Ecological Processes in Landscapes of the Southern Appalachians
Start Date: October 15, 1996

LTER-03: DEB–9011661
Long-term Studies of Ecosystem Response to Disturbance Along Environmental Gradients at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
Start Date: January 1, 1991

Coweeta LTER Image Gallery

A researcher in an orange vest stands atop a brown and green forest floor with white sampling equipment in front of her and a round puck of soil below her feet.

female researcher in creek holding crayfish

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A view of Transect #327 on a steep hillside in Coweeta Forest.

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View from the observation tower at Coweeta

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A red legged salamander from Coweeta LTER site.

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A tagged tree on transect #327 in Coweeta Experimental Forest.

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