2021 LTER Site Lightning Talks: November 8, 2021

On Monday, November 8, 2021 each LTER site will give a 5 minute lightning talk about a current research initiative within the overarching theme of human-environment interactions. Lightning talks are open to the public, so please share widely!

There are three hour-long sessions throughout the day, with time for mingling and follow-up questions interspersed.

9 am-10 am PST/Noon-1 pm EST: Restoration and Managed Ecosystems and Historical influences/legacies
11 am -12 pm PST/2-3 pm EST: Environmental Justice and Vulnerability to Extreme Events
1 pm – 2 pm PST/ 4-5 pm EST: Human Dominated Ecosystems, including one Interdisciplinary talk and one Climate Variability talk

Talk topics and titles are subject to updates, so be sure to check here later for a final schedule.

Attendees must register to receive a zoom link.

9 am-10 am PST, Monday November 8

Day	Site	Speaker	Focus	Topic
11.08.21	Konza Prairie	Jesse Nippert	Restoration and Managed Ecosystems	Alternative stable states in tallgrass prarie
11.08.21	Virginia Coast Reserve	Matthew Reidenbach	Restoration and Managed Ecosystems	Restoration and management of seagrass meadows and oyster reefs
11.08.21	Bonanza Creek	Michelle Mack	Restoration and Managed Ecosystems	How disturbance ecology informs wildfire mitigation at the Bonanza Creek LTER
11.08.21	Santa Barbara Channel	Robert Miller	Restoration and Managed Ecosystems	Effects of fishing on spiny lobster and evidence (no evidence) of fishing-induced trophic cascades.
11.08.21	Northeast US Shelf	Heidi Sosik	Restoration and Managed Ecosystems	Plankton, forage fish, and climate: Implications for a managed large marine ecosystem
11.08.21	Plum Island Ecosystems	Anne Giblin	Historical Influences/Legacies	Sediment supply and sea level rise along the east coast
11.08.21	Georgia Coastal Ecosystems	Victor Thompson	Historical Influences/Legacies	Human legacies on the Georgia coast
11.08.21	McMurdo Dry Valleys	Adrian Howkins	Historical Influences/Legacies	Human impacts of researchers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
11.08.21	California Current Ecosystem	Lihini Aluwihare	Historical Influences/Legacies	A new look at DDT in food webs of the California Current Ecosystem.
11.08.21	Cedar Creek	Elizabeth Borer	Historical Influences/Legacies	Disturbance and recovery in grassland ecosystems

11am-12 pm PST, Monday November 8

Day	Site	Presenter	Focus	Topic
11.08.21	Harvard Forest	Jonathan Thompson	Environmental Justice	Incorporating environmental justice criteria in land conservation prioritization systems
11.08.21	Andrews Forest	Michael Nelson	Environmental Justice	Andrews LTER land acknowledgement and practical syllogism
11.08.21	Sevilleta	Jennifer Rudgers	Vulnerability to Extreme Events	Extreme events and their legacies
11.08.21	Hubbard Brook	Peter Groffman	Vulnerability to Extreme Events	Shooting a moving target: evaluating ecosystem response to extreme events in a changing world
11.08.21	Moorea Coral Reef	Robert Carpenter	Vulnerability to Extreme Events	How reefs respond to marine heatwaves
11.08.21	Northern Gulf of Alaska	Russ Hopcroft	Vulnerability to Extreme Events	Marine heat waves and other warm anomalies.
11.08.21	Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems	Craig Tweedie	Vulnerability to Extreme Events	Vulnerability of Beaufort Sea coast native communities and ecosystems to rapid coastal erosion
11.08.21	Luquillo	Christopher Nytch	Vulnerability to Extreme Events	Hurricanes at the Luquillo LTER
11.08.21	Jornada Basin	Niall Hanan	Vulnerability to Extreme Events	Extremes and marbles in shrub encroached drylands
11.08.21	Niwot Ridge	Nancy Emery	Vulnerability to Extreme Events	Alpine tundra responsiveness to warming

1 pm-2 pm PST, Monday November 8

Day	Site	Presenter	Focus	Topic
11.08.21	Baltimore Ecosystem Study	Peter Groffman	Human Dominated Ecosystems	Watershed dynamics, human-environment perceptions, and more: four years of research at the BES
11.08.21	North Temperate Lakes	Emily Stanley	Human Dominated Ecosystems	Agricultural and urban influences on aquatic ecosystems
11.08.21	Kellogg Biological Station	Nick Haddad	Human Dominated Ecosystems	Resilience and human-environment interconnections in working landscapes: People and place in the KBS LTER
11.08.21	Minneapolis-St. Paul	Sarah Hobbie	Human Dominated Ecosystems	An overview of the newest LTER site, Minneapolis-St. Paul
11.08.21	Central Arizona-Phoenix	Dan Childers & Kelli Larson	Human Dominated Ecosystems	Socio-ecological research in the most human dominated ecosystem: cities
11.08.21	Florida Coastal Everglades	Kevin Grove	Interdisciplinary	Unbounding interdisciplinary research in the LTER network
11.08.21	Arctic LTER	Ed Rastetter	Climate Variability	Ecosystem response to climate trends, climate variability, and ecosystem openness
11.08.21	Palmer LTER	Oscar Schofield	Vulnerability to Extreme Events	Episodic extreme events and observed food web changes.