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Saturday Posters
 

A comparative study of native and introduced Phragmites australis haplotypes in Virginia

Lead Author: Thomas J. Mozdzer
Co-Authors: Joseph C. Zieman
Abstract

 

A Strategy for Determining the Physiological Potential of Uncultivated Soil Bacteria

Lead Author: Kristin Huizinga
Co-Authors: J.L. Rodrigues, B.P. Keough, J.A. Breznak, and T.M. Schmidt
Abstract

 

Active Layer Freeze/Thaw in the Hyporheic Zones of Streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Lead Author: Karen Cozzetto
Co-Authors: Diane McKnight, Peter Conovitz
Abstract

 

Agricultural Landscapes in Southwest Michigan: 200 Years of Transition

Lead Author: Alan Rudy
Co-Authors: Craig Harris, Brian Thomas, Siena Kaplan, Michelle Worosz, Maya McCoy
Abstract

 

Allochthonous vs. Autochthonous Sources of Nutrients in a Coastal Lagoon - A Monitoring Program

Lead Author: Amber Kozak
Co-Authors: Iris C. Anderson, Karen J. McGlathery
Abstract

 

Alpine Ecology and Experiential Learning at the Niwot Ridge LTER

Lead Author: Diane McKnight
Co-Authors: Jane Larson and Hector Galbraith
Abstract

 

An experimental stream facility to evaluate ecosystem function of prairie streams

Lead Author: Keith Gido
Co-Authors: Katie Bertrand
Abstract

 

Analysis of High Elevation Ecosystems: The Niwot Ridge-Green Lakes Valley LTER Program

Lead Author: Tim Seastedt
Co-Authors: W. D. Bowman, N. Caine. Diane McKnight, Alan Townsend, Mark Williams, Todd Ackerman, Patrick Bourgeron, Pam Diggle, Mark Losleben, Robert (Buck) Sanford, Steve Schmidt, Herm Sievering, Katharine Suding, and Carol Wessman
Abstract

 

Anthropogenic influences on biological uptake and transformations of nitrogen and phosphorus in southern California coastal streams

Lead Author: Julie Simpson
Co-Authors: Al Leydecker
Abstract

 

Assessing semi-arid grassland recovery from livestock grazing

Lead Author: Lydia Zeglin
Co-Authors: Deanna Pennington, Robert Parmenter, James Gosz, James Brunt
Abstract

 

BASE FLOW AS A SOURCE OF NUTRIENTS SUPPORTING MACROALGAL BLOOMS IN A VIRGINIA COASTAL LAGOON

Lead Author: Jennifer W. Stanhope
Co-Authors: Iris C. Anderson, James E. Perry, William G. Reay
Abstract

 

Belowground meristem populations as regulators of grassland dynamics: A cross-site study

Lead Author: Harmony J. Dalgleish
Co-Authors: David C. Hartnett, Gail W. T. Wilson, Emily J. Benson
Abstract

 

Biogeochemical impacts of major reservoirs on the Kalamazoo River system

Lead Author: Nicole Reid
Co-Authors: Steve Hamilton
Abstract

 

Biogeochemical processes stabilizing soil aggregates from agricultural ecosystems

Lead Author: Eun-Jin Park
Co-Authors: Heather.A. Dopp, Alvin.J.M. Smucker
Abstract

 

Biogeochemistry and Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in a Salt Marsh

Lead Author: Cassondra Thomas
Co-Authors: Linda Blum
Abstract

 

Biogeochemistry in the hyporheic zone of an alpine stream.

Lead Author: Matthew Miller
Co-Authors: Diane McKnight
Abstract

 

Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program/Sevilleta Schoolyard: Combining Long-Term Monitoring with Community Outreach

Lead Author: Kim Eichhorst
Co-Authors: Mary Dwyer, Dan Shaw, Mary Stuever, Cliff Crawford
Abstract

 

Building a GIS of the Kellogg Biological Station LTER Site

Lead Author: Suzanne Sippel
Co-Authors: Phil Robertson
Abstract

 

Canopy Microclimate Effects of Three Desert Shrub Species

Lead Author: Gregory Bonito1
Co-Authors: Scott Collins1, Doug Moore1, John Vande Castle1, William K. Michener 1, Kevin Delin 2
Abstract

 

Canopy Nitrogen Uptake at a Colorado Subalpine Spruce-Fir-Pine Forest

Lead Author: Timothy Tomaszewski1,2
Co-Authors: Richard L. Boyce2, Herman Sievering1,2
Abstract

 

Changes in Agrarian, Human and Natural Systems of the Flint Hills of Kansas

Lead Author: Leonard Bloomquist
Co-Authors: Gerad Middendorf, and Derrick Cline
Abstract

 

Changes in Soil Carbon, Aggregation and Trace Gas Fluxes Immediately Following Cultivation of an Undisturbed Soil Profile

Lead Author: A. Stuart Grandy
Co-Authors: G.P. Robertson
Abstract

 

Changes in Soil Organic Carbon Cycling as Juniper Forests Invade Tallgrass Prairie: A delta 13C Stable Isotope Approach

Lead Author: Dixie Smith
Co-Authors: Roxane Fagan, Loretta Johnson
Abstract

 

Characterization of Microbial Communities in the Luquillo Experimental Forest Using Molecular Markers such as FAME and DNA.

Lead Author: F. J. Rivera-Figueroa
Co-Authors: L. M., García-Orta, C. A. Cruz-Rodríguez, S. A. Cantrell
Abstract

 

Characterization of regional crop dynamics using a modeling framework for management and visualization of information

Lead Author: Stuart Gage
Co-Authors: Manuel Colunga-Garcia, Gene Safir, Steve DelGrosso, and Peter Grace
Abstract

 

Community composition in space and time: examination of fauna and flora at Konza Prairie

Lead Author: Dawn Kaufman
Co-Authors: Donald W. Kaufman, Glennis A. Kaufman
Abstract

 

Community Structure of Small Rodents and their Fleas on the Shortgrass Steppe:

Lead Author: Dan Tripp
Co-Authors: Mike Antolin
Abstract

 

Comparative and interactive effects of two keystone rodent species, prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni) and banner-tailed kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis), on plants and animals in the northern Chihuahuan Desert

Lead Author: Ana Davidson
Abstract

 

Comparative Observations of Long-Term Ecological Research Site Vegetation

Lead Author: John Vande Castle
Abstract

 

Comparison of spring annual seed bank diversity relating to Dipodomys spectabilis mounds

Lead Author: Terri Koontz
Co-Authors: Heather Simpson
Abstract

 

Connecting communities with their watersheds and coastal oceans through integrated environmental education

Lead Author: Ali Whitmer
Co-Authors: Jenifer Dugan
Abstract

 

Controls on oligohaline marsh macrophyte zonation and production within a New England estuary (Plum Island Ecosystem LTER)

Lead Author: Robert J. Daoust
Co-Authors: James T. Morris
Abstract

 

Crop uptake, nitrification, and denitrification in a continuous corn agroecosystem

Lead Author: Claire McSwiney
Co-Authors: G. Philip Robertson
Abstract

 

Decomposition in the forest-alpine tundra ecotone of the Colorado Front Range.

Lead Author: Robert L Sanford Jr
Co-Authors: Cynthia L Withington
Abstract

 

Detecting changes in Atlantic lagoonal salt marsh habitat using current and historic aerial imagery

Lead Author: R. M. Erwin
Co-Authors: Geoffrey Sanders and Diann Prosser
Abstract

 

Determination of the minimal glucose amendment for maximal initial respiratory response of soil organisms using substrate induced respiration.

Lead Author: Marcela Zalamea
Co-Authors: Grizelle González
Abstract

 

Development of a simulation environment for the management and visualization of information from simulation models applied to a regional scale

Lead Author: Stuart Gage
Co-Authors: Manuel Colunga-Garcia, Gene Safir, Jiaquo Qi, Asif Prasla
Abstract

 

Diatoms as Indicators of Water Quality in a Tropical River in Northeast Puerto Rico

Lead Author: Brynne Bryan
Abstract

 

Differences in growth, water use and hydraulic constraints on small and large Larrea tridentata

Lead Author: Juliana Medeiros
Co-Authors: Will T. Pockman
Abstract

 

Differential Effects of Soil and Substrate Nitrogen on Leaf Litter Decomposition in Two Puerto Rican Forests

Lead Author: Heather E. Erickson
Co-Authors: Patricia Soto Oliver, Jana E. Compton
Abstract

 

Direct and indirect effects of fire on shrub expansion in a mesic grassland

Lead Author: Jana L. Heisler1,2
Co-Authors: John M. Briggs1, Alan K. Knapp2, John M. Blair,2 and Amy Seery2
Abstract

 

Do predation and host plant quality interact to regulate soybean aphid?

Lead Author: Douglas Landis
Co-Authors: Alejandro Costamagna, Kurt Thelen, Christina DiFonzo, Matthew O’Neal
Abstract

 

Does legacy C fuel soil food webs in the Antarctic Dry Valleys?

Lead Author: J.E. Barrett
Co-Authors: Ross Virginia, Diana Wall and Andy Parsons
Abstract

 

DYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF BARRIER ISLAND MORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGY FROM 1996 TO 2002 DOCUMENTED USING HIGH-RESOLUTION GPS-GIS TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING SURVEYS, VIRGINIA COAST RESERVE

Lead Author: Craig Kochel
Co-Authors: Charles R. Carlson, Philip H. Smith, Byron K. Light
Abstract

 

Dynamics of Evapotranspiration in Semiarid Grassland and Shrubland during the Summer Monsoon Season, central NM

Lead Author: Shirley Kurc
Co-Authors: Eric Small
Abstract

 

Ecological interpretation and assessment of ecosystems using environmental acoustic data and analysis

Lead Author: Stuart Gage
Co-Authors: Brian Napoletano
Abstract

 

Ecosystem Drivers of Rodent-borne Disease Outbreaks: New studies at the Sevilleta LTER Site.

Lead Author: Robert Parmenter
Co-Authors: Terry L. Yates, Nitant Kenkre, Gregory Glass, James Mills, Darrin Carrol, Kenneth Gage, and Michael Kosoy.
Abstract

 

Effect of developed land use and wetlands on hydrologic DON losses from the Ipswich River watershed, MA

Lead Author: Brian Pellerin
Co-Authors: Wil Wollheim, Charles Hopkinson, William McDowell, Michael Williams, Charles Vorosmarty, Michelle Daley
Abstract

 

Effects of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs on Plant Community Structure and Species Composition on the Shortgrass Steppe

Lead Author: Laurel Hartley
Co-Authors: James K. Detling
Abstract

 

Effects of cropping system diversity on weed communities in a row-crop diversity experiment at the KBS LTER

Lead Author: Richard Smith
Co-Authors: Katherine L. Gross
Abstract

 

Effects of sediment resuspension on light availability and implications for primary productivity in Hog Island Bay, Virginia

Lead Author: Sarah Lawson
Co-Authors: Karen McGlathery, Patricia Wiberg
Abstract

 

Effects of the frequency and duration of tidal inundation on salt marsh macrophytes

Lead Author: Diana Rodriguez
Co-Authors: James T. Morris, Helen L. Marshall
Abstract

 

Effects of tillage on species richness and composition of soil basidiomycetes in agroecosystems

Lead Author: Michael Lynch
Co-Authors: R. Greg Thorn
Abstract

 

Environmental Cyber-Infrastructure Needs for Distributed Sensor Networks

Lead Author: Michener, W.K
Co-Authors: Estrin, D., Bonito, G.M.
Abstract

 

Estimating cheatgrass abundance from LANDSAT Imagery

Lead Author: John Bradford
Co-Authors: William Lauenroth, Kenneth McGwire
Abstract

 

Evaluation of the relative importance of nitrification and denitrification in nitrous oxide production: application of isotopomers

Lead Author: Nathaniel Ostrom
Co-Authors: Adam J. Pitt, Robin Sutka, Peggy H. Ostrom, Timothy Bergsma, Hasand Gandhi, John Breznak
Abstract

 

Examining the roles of animals in ecosystem structure and functioning across a biome transition zone: A summary of Sevilleta LTER studies.

Lead Author: Robert Parmenter
Abstract

 

External Forcing of the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem: Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions in the Palmer LTER Region

Lead Author: Sharon Stammerjohn
Co-Authors: Doug Martinson, Raymond Smith, Richard Iannuzzi
Abstract

 

Extrapolating Carbon Sequestration Rate from Plot to Regional Scales.

Lead Author: Jiaguo Qi
Co-Authors: Stephen South, David Lusch, David Skole and Stuart Gages
Abstract

 

Farm decisions, P management and water quality

Lead Author: Pete Nowak
Co-Authors: Perry Cabot, Sarah Bowen
Abstract

 

Flow of predatory insects in an agricultural landscape: a 14-year synthesis

Lead Author: Stuart Gage
Co-Authors: Manuel Colunga-Garcia, Charles McKeown
Abstract

 

Gene flow in a metapopulation of black-tailed prairie dogs on the shortgrass steppe-LTER

Lead Author: Lisa Savage
Co-Authors: Mike Antolin
Abstract

 

Grassland plant functional groups exhibit inherent photosynthetic differences under non-limiting conditions.

Lead Author: Jesse Nippert
Co-Authors: Phil Fay, Alan Knapp
Abstract

 

Harmful Algal Blooms in the Santa Barbara Channel

Lead Author: Clarissa Anderson
Co-Authors: Mark Brzezinski
Abstract

 

Historicizing ecological restoration: a case study of a California coastal wetland

Lead Author: Anita Guerrini1
Co-Authors: Jenifer Dugan 2
Abstract

 

History of coffee cultivation determines soil nutrients and tree species composition in the Luquillo Experimental Forest (LUQ), Puerto Rico.

Lead Author: Jess Zimmerman
Co-Authors: R. M Kalwani, M. Warren, and L. Rohena.
Abstract

 

Hurricanes, Climate, and Nutrient Availability Drive Litterfall Production in the Luquillo Experimental Forest

Lead Author: Matthew Warren1
Co-Authors: Jess K. Zimmerman1, Xiaoming Zou1, D. Jean Lodge2, and Lawrence Walker3
Abstract

 

Impact Of Macroalgal Mats On Per Capita Grazing Rates In A Temperate Coastal Lagoon

Lead Author: Jennifer Rosinski
Co-Authors: Karen J. McGlathery
Abstract

 

Impacts of Agricultural Land Use on Aquatic Communities in Small Temperate Coastal Watersheds: The Use of Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators of Nutrient Enrichment

Lead Author: Diane Barnes
Co-Authors: Karen McGlathery, Jay Zieman
Abstract

 

Influence of soil management on bacterial morphotype diversity in soil aggregates.

Lead Author: Heather Dopp
Co-Authors: E.J. Park, A.J.M. Smucker
Abstract

 

Influence of the forest-tundra ecotone and environmental variables on subalpine forest at Niwot Ridge, Colorado.

Lead Author: Laura Mujica-Crapanzano
Co-Authors: Patrick BOURGERON, Hope HUMPHRIES
Abstract

 

Integrating Science and Education at the Plum Island Ecosystem Long Term Ecological Research site.

Lead Author: Elizabeth B. Duff
Co-Authors: Dr. Robert Buchsbaum, Dr. David Burdick, Susan Brown, Greg Chmura, Diane Cooper, John Halloran, Nancy Nicholson, Jenny Meyer
Abstract

 

Inter-annual variation in production across a dynamic coastal landscape

Lead Author: Donald Young
Co-Authors: John Porter, Frank Day, Robert Christian
Abstract

 

International Contributions to the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (MCM-LTER) Program

Lead Author: Ian Hawes
Co-Authors: Johanna Laybourn Parry, Martyn Tranter, Emily Roberts, William Marshall
Abstract

 

JOURNEY TO EL YUNQUE: A MODELING APPROACH TO LUQ LTER EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

Lead Author: Steven McGee
Co-Authors: J. Zimmerman, S. Croft
Abstract

 

K-12 Education Activities and Research at the Shortgrass Steppe LTER

Lead Author: John C. Moore
Co-Authors: Howard Horton, Meghan Quirk
Abstract

 

Lake Fryxell Food Web

Lead Author: Kerry McKenna
Co-Authors: D. Moorhead, J. Laybourn-Parry
Abstract

 

Land-atmosphere interactions at the Shortgrass Steppe LTER

Lead Author: Adriana Beltran-Przekurat 1
Co-Authors: Roger Pielke Sr. 1, Michael Coughenour2, Indy Burke 3 and Jack Morgan 4
Abstract

 

Linking Biogeochemistry with Microbial Diversity and Function in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Lead Author: Jill A. Mikucki
Co-Authors: Christine F. Foreman, Brent C. Christner, and John C. Priscu
Abstract

 

Linking Temporal Variation in Bacterial Community Structure with Ecosystem Properties in a Temperate Estuarine Complex

Lead Author: Linda Blum
Co-Authors: Mike Lowit
Abstract

 

Long Term Ecological Research at the Valles Caldera National Preserve in Northern New Mexico.

Lead Author: Robert Parmenter
Abstract

 

Long-term ecosystem education through the Kellogg Biological Station’s K12 Partnership for Science Literacy

Lead Author: Glenn Green and Tim Parshal
Abstract

 

Long-term impacts of non-native decapods on fish community composition, recruitment, and survivorship

Lead Author: Theodore Willis
Co-Authors: John Magnuson
Abstract

 

Long-term Manipulation of Rainfall and Temperature in Mesic Grassland: The RaMPs Facility at Konza Prairie

Lead Author: Alan Knapp
Co-Authors: John M. Blair, Phillip A. Fay, Jonathan D. Carlisle, Scott L. Collins and Melinda D. Smith
Abstract

 

LTER Data Sets for TIEE (Teaching Issues & Experiments in Ecology)

Lead Author: Charlene DAvanzo
Co-Authors: Bruce Grant, Jason Taylor, Dan Udovic
Abstract

 

LTER Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Intersite Comparsion (DONIC)

Lead Author: Mark Williams
Co-Authors: Diane McKnight, William McDowell, John Melack, and Josh Schimel
Abstract

 

Methanol-Induced Shifts in Acidobacterial Diversity and Isolation of a Novel Acidobacterium from Soil

Lead Author: Stephanie A. Eichorst
Co-Authors: B.S. Stevenson, C.D. Engles, J.A. Breznak, T.M. Schmidt
Abstract

 

Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Snow in a Rugged Alpine Valley

Lead Author: Tyler Erickson
Co-Authors: Mark W. Williams
Abstract

 

Molecular characterization of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE): Preliminary results

Lead Author: Kathleen Parish (1)
Co-Authors: Nagamitsu Maie (1), Vera Jones (2), George Wolff (2), Heike Knicker (3), Ronald Benner (4), Rudolf Jaffé (1)
Abstract

 

Morphostatic Long-Term Hypsometric Analysis of Coastal Bay Environments, Hog Island Bay, Virginia

Lead Author: Kathleen Overman
Abstract

 

Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Fire in South African Savannas and North American Prairies

Lead Author: David Hartnett1
Co-Authors: Andre Potgieter2, Gail Wilson1
Abstract

 

Mycorrhizal symbiosis and insect herbivory in tallgrass prairie

Lead Author: Abigail R. Kula
Co-Authors: David C. Hartnett, Gail W.T. Wilson
Abstract

 

N retention as a function of land use and watershed size in northeastern MA.

Lead Author: Wil Wollheim
Co-Authors: Brian Pellerin, Charles Vorosmarty, Charles Hopkinson
Abstract

 

Near-continuous sampling of soil N2O emissions.

Lead Author: Sven Bohm
Co-Authors: Phil Robertson
Abstract

 

Nitrogen Saturation Experiments in the Bisley Watersheds and Rio Icacos: Soil Trace Gas Emissions and Solution Chemistry Responses

Lead Author: Jordan Macy1
Co-Authors: William H. McDowell1, Frederick N. Scatena2
Abstract

 

North Temperate Lakes LTER

Lead Author: Steve Carpenter
Co-Authors: NTL CoPIs
Abstract

 

Nutrient dynamics of tropical rainforest streams

Lead Author: Jody Potter
Co-Authors: Bill McDowell
Abstract

 

Nutrient Loading to Mediterranean Coastal Streams and Nutrient Export Coefficient Modeling

Lead Author: Timothy H. Robinson
Co-Authors: A. Leydecker, J. M. Melack and A. A. Keller
Abstract

 

Open Source Web Services Infrastructure for the LTER Network Climate Data Collections

Lead Author: Tony Fountain
Co-Authors: Longjiang Ding, Peter Arzberger
Abstract

 

Palmer LTER Outreach: Education-by-Design

Lead Author: Karen S. Baker
Co-Authors: Beth Simmons, Dawn Rawls
Abstract

 

Palmer LTER: Feeding modes of larval and juvenile Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, and implications for winter survival

Lead Author: Stephanie Oakes
Co-Authors: Robin Ross and Langdon Quetin
Abstract

 

Palmer LTER: Information Flow and Management

Lead Author: Karen S. Baker
Co-Authors: Anna K. Gold, Frank Sudholt, Helena Karasti, Geoffrey C. Bowker
Abstract

 

Palmer LTER: Patterns of distribution of major zooplankton species west of the Antarctic Peninsula over a 10-year period

Lead Author: Robin Ross
Co-Authors: Langdon Quetin, Doug Martinson, Rich Iannuzzi, Sharon Stammerjohn and Ray Smith
Abstract

 

PALMER, ANTARCTICA LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECT "Long-Term Ecological Research on the Antarctic marine ecosystem: Climate migration, ecosystem response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment"

Lead Author: Hugh Ducklow1
Co-Authors: K. S. Baker2, A. C. Clarke3, W. R. Fraser4, D. G. Martinson5, L. B. Quetin6, R. M. Ross6, R. C. Smith6, M. Vernet2
Abstract

 

Partitioning of Mineralized Nitrogen in Subtidal Sediments of Hog Island Bay, a Shallow Coastal Lagoon on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Lead Author: Frank M Parker III
Co-Authors: Iris C Anderson, Karen McGlathery
Abstract

 

Patterns and causes of variation in NPP in the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera

Lead Author: Andrew Rassweiler
Co-Authors: Katie Arkema, Dan Reed, Dick Zimmerman
Abstract

 

Patterns of Primary Production in a Coastal Lagoon: Implications for Nitrogen Retention and Turnover

Lead Author: Karen McGlathery
Co-Authors: Kim Holzer, Mads Thomsen, Christy Tyler, Peter Berg
Abstract

 

Persistent Organic Pollutants in Antarctic Air

Lead Author: Alessandra Cincinelli
Co-Authors: Hugh Ducklow and Rebecca M. Dickhut
Abstract

 

Plague epizootics in prairie-dog colonies associated with El Niño climatic events

Lead Author: Paul Stapp
Co-Authors: Mark Ball, Michael Antolin
Abstract

 

Plant species influence on N2O and NOx gas emissions from soils

Lead Author: Terry Loecke
Co-Authors: G. Phil Robertson
Abstract

 

Productivity across the landscape: a comparison of row crops to a successional forest gradient

Lead Author: Andrew T. Corbin
Co-Authors: Timothy Bergsma, G. Philip Robertson
Abstract

 

Push-pull tracer studies for in-situ measurement of denitrification rates in stream sediments

Lead Author: Amy J. Burgin
Co-Authors: Stephen K. Hamilton
Abstract

 

Redefining riparian zones in tropical montane rainforests

Lead Author: Tamara Heartsill
Co-Authors: T.A.Crowl
Abstract

 

Regional Scaling of Biogeochemistry in a Larrea tridentata Ecotone: Implications for Carbon Sequestration in the Southwestern United States

Lead Author: Bryan Brandel
Co-Authors: Carol Wessman
Abstract

 

Relationship of host preference in fungi to rates of leaf decomposition in Puerto Rico.

Lead Author: D.Jean Lodge1
Co-Authors: Mirna Santana2 & Patti Lebow1
Abstract

 

Relationships between species richness, community evenness, and invasibility through time in Michigan successional old fields

Lead Author: Sarah Emery
Co-Authors: Katherine Gross
Abstract

 

Research and Monitoring for Elwha River Ecosystem Restoration

Lead Author: Jim Allaway
Co-Authors: Brian Winter, Jerry Freilich
Abstract

 

Residence Time Variation in a Shallow Coastal Lagoon: Hog Island Bay, VA

Lead Author: David Fugate
Co-Authors: Iris Anderson1, Carl Friedrichs1, Karen McGlathery2
Abstract

 

Resource Discovery Initiative for Field Stations

Lead Author: W. Michener
Co-Authors: J. Beach, B. Benson, G. Bonito, J. Brunt, M. Jones, R. Nottrott, J. Porter, M. Stromberg, K. Vanderbilt 1, A. Withey
Abstract

 

Resource Linkage and Evidence for “Bottom-Up” Control In Arid Ecosystem Rodent Communities: Species vs. Community Analysis.

Lead Author: Mike Friggens
Co-Authors: Robert R. Parmenter
Abstract

 

Response of pigments in sea ice algae to ultraviolet radiation exposure – time series studies

Lead Author: Wendy Kozlowski
Co-Authors: Maria Vernet
Abstract

 

Response of sandy beach ecosystems to macrophyte wrack subsidies from coastal reefs

Lead Author: Jenifer Dugan1
Co-Authors: David Hubbard 2 and Henry M. Page 1
Abstract

 

Responses of soils, seeds, and seedlings to organic matter and fertilizer additions in Puerto Rican landslides

Lead Author: Aaron Shiels
Co-Authors: Lawrence Walker, Daniel Thompson
Abstract

 

Scenarios to Assess Vulnerability and Resilience of the Northern Highland Lake District, Wisconsin

Lead Author: Liz Levitt
Co-Authors: Steve Carpenter, Garry Peterson
Abstract

 

Science Environment for Ecological Knowledge (SEEK)

Lead Author: William Michener
Co-Authors: C. Berkley, G. Bonito, B. Ludaescher, A. Stewart
Abstract

 

Seasonal above-ground net primary production in black grama grassland and creosotebush shrubland on the Sevilleta LTER: 1999-2002.

Lead Author: Esteban Muldavin
Co-Authors: Doug Moore, Dave Lightfoot, and Karen Wetherill.
Abstract

 

Seasonal variation in mainland high marsh pond communities at the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER Site

Lead Author: James K. Dame
Co-Authors: Robert R. Christian
Abstract

 

Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research

Lead Author: E. F. Kelly1
Co-Authors: I. C. Burke
Abstract

 

Social and Environmental Factors Affecting Western Corn Rootworm Tolerance of Host Crop Rotations

Lead Author: Alan Rudy
Co-Authors: Brian Thomas, Craig Harris
Abstract

 

Soil carbon stabilization in reforested tropical pastures

Lead Author: Erika Marin-Spiotta1
Co-Authors: Whendee L. Silver1, Rebecca Ostertag2
Abstract

 

SOURCE WATERS AND FLOWPATHS IN A SEASONALLY SNOW-COVERED CATCHMENT, COLORADO FRONT RANGE, USA

Lead Author: Fengjing Liu
Co-Authors: Mark Williams, Nel Caine
Abstract

 

Spatial analysis of landscape dominance by two exotic coccinellids, Harmonia axyridis and Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Lead Author: Charles H. McKeown
Co-Authors: ,Manuel Colunga-Garcia, and Stuart Gage
Abstract

 

Spatial and Temporal Pattern of Cloud Cover Probability in the Luquillo Mountains of Northeastern Puerto Rico Using Remote Sensing Data

Lead Author: Wei Wu
Co-Authors: Charles A.S. Hall
Abstract

 

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in a Semi-arid Desert Landscape

Lead Author: Deana Pennington
Co-Authors: Scott Collins, Bruce Milne
Abstract

 

SPATIAL GRADIENTS OF SEDIMENT DENITRIFICATION POTENTIAL IN A COASTAL STREAM

Lead Author: Holly Galavotti
Co-Authors: Aaron L. Mills
Abstract

 

Spatial Modelling of Evapotranspiration in the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Northeastern Puerto Rico using Remote Sensing Data

Lead Author: Wei Wu
Co-Authors: Charles A.S. Hall (1), Fred Scatena (2), Lindi Quackenbush(1)
Abstract

 

Spatial/Temporal Controls on Biogeochemistry in the Sevilleta Biome Transition Zone

Lead Author: James Gosz
Abstract

 

Stable isotope analysis of Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) dietary variation in coastal Virginia (VCR-LTER) and Jamaica Bay, N.Y.

Lead Author: Amanda J. Knoff1
Co-Authors: Stephen A. Macko1, R. Michael Erwin1, 2
Abstract

 

Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Lacustrine Organic Matter in McMurdo Dry Valleys, East Antarctica.

Lead Author: Jennifer Lawson
Co-Authors: Peter T. Doran, Fabien Kenig
Abstract

 

Structure and dynamics of biotic transitions across Sevilleta LTER landscapes

Lead Author: Debra Peters1
Co-Authors: James R. Gosz2, Esteban Muldavin2, Robert Parmenter2, Carol Wessman3, and Scott Collins2
Abstract

 

Swine in the Agrarian Landscape of Southwestern Michigan 1854-1997

Lead Author: Siena Kaplan
Co-Authors: Craig K. Harris, Alan P. Rudy, Brian J. Thomas, Michelle R. Worosz, Maya I. McCoy
Abstract

 

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) CHANGE DETECTION ON SOIL AND ICE SURFACES, MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS, ANTARCTICA

Lead Author: Chad Delany
Abstract

 

Taking disease into account in natural plant communities: The fourth horseman jockeys for position in the LTER network

Lead Author: Karen Garrett
Abstract

 

Temporal and spatial variability in Primary Production West of the Antarctic Peninsula (64° – 68° S)

Lead Author: Maria Vernet
Co-Authors: Wendy Kozlowski, Karie Sines, Raymond Smith, Heidi Dierssen, Sharon Stammerjohn, Karen Baker, Douglas Martinson, Rich Iannuzzi, Irene Garibotti, Enrique Curchitser
Abstract

 

The effect of altered rainfall patterns on leaf rust severity in tallgrass prairie

Lead Author: James McCarron
Co-Authors: K. A. Garrett (1), S. P. Dendy (1), Z. Su (1), P. A. Fay (1), H. M. Alexander (2) and B. M. Broeckelman (1)
Abstract

 

The effect of trees on soil carbon and nitrogen in the forest-tundra ecotone, Niwot Ridge, Colorado

Lead Author: Dan Liptzin
Co-Authors: Tim Seastedt
Abstract

 

The effects of climate on nutrient deposition in central New Mexico

Lead Author: Chelsea Crenshaw
Abstract

 

The effects of fiddler crabs on pore water biogeochemistry of a Virginia coastal Spartina alterniflora salt marsh

Lead Author: Rachel Michaels
Co-Authors: Johseph Zieman
Abstract

 

The fate of nitrogen in alpine tundra

Lead Author: Keri Holland
Co-Authors: Alan Townsend, William Bowman, and Timothy Seastedt
Abstract

 

The Impact of a Very Large Glacier Melt Season, McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER

Lead Author: W.B. Lyons
Co-Authors: P. Doran, A. Fountain, D. McKnight, D. Moorhead, J. Priscu, R. Viginia, and D. Wall
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The incorporation of land and ocean sources of organic matter into kelp forest food webs: evaluation using stable isotopes

Lead Author: Henry Page
Co-Authors: D. Reed, M. Brzezinski, J. E. Dugan
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THE INFLUENCE OF ORCHELIUM FIDICINIUM GRAZING ON NUTRIENT CYCLING AND SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA PRODUCTIVITY IN A SALT MARSH ECOSYSTEM

Lead Author: Nicola McGoff
Co-Authors: Jay Zieman
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The Information Management System as an essential tool for synthesis at the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research site

Lead Author: Eda Melendez-Colom
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The Konza Prairie LTER Program: Long-Term Research on Grassland Dynamics and Global Change

Lead Author: John Blair1
Co-Authors: Alan Knapp1, John Briggs2, Walter Dodds1, David Hartnett1, Loretta Johnson1 and Donald Kaufman1
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The LTER Schoolyard Program at the Virginia Coast Reserve

Lead Author: Charles Carlson
Co-Authors: Kathleen Overman, Brandon J. Sterling
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The nitrogen cycle in the Upper Mississippi River: patterns, controls, and importance

Lead Author: Eric A. Strauss1
Co-Authors: William B. Richardson2, Lynn A. Bartsch2, Jennifer C. Cavanaugh1
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The Palmer, Antarctica LTER: Climate change and ecosystem response in an ice-dominated environment.

Lead Author: Hugh Ducklow
Co-Authors: Karen Baker, Bill Fraser, Doug Martinson, Langdon Quetin, Robin Ross, Ray Smith, Maria Vernet
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The Range of Scales at which a Land Change Model Performs Well

Lead Author: Diana Huffaker
Co-Authors: R. Gil Pontius, Steve McCauley
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MORPHOLOGY OF SALICORNIA VIRGINICA AND MARSH ELEVATION IN A VIRGINIA SALT MARSH SYSTEM

Lead Author: Lynette K. Winters
Co-Authors: Joseph C. Zieman
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The Roles of Cereal Grains In Transitions in the Agricultural Landscape in Southwest Michigan

Lead Author: Brian Thomas
Co-Authors: Alan Rudy, Craig Harris, Michelle Worosz, Siena Kaplan, Maya McCoy
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The Santa Barbara Coastal LTER

Lead Author: Daniel Reed1
Co-Authors: Mark Brzezinski, Scott Cooper, Steve Gaines, Sally Holbrook, Patricia Holden, John Melack, Henry Page, Josh Schmiel, David Siegel and Libe Washburn
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The tallgrass landscape as revealed by the Advanced Vegetation Index Suite (AVIS): preliminary results

Lead Author: Geoffrey Henebry (1)
Co-Authors: Douglas Goodin (2), Anatoly Gitelson (1)
Abstract

 

The Virginia Coast Reserve Long Term Ecological Research Project

Lead Author: Bruce P. Hayden
Co-Authors: Investigators at the VCR/LTER
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Transitions In Tree Fruit In the Agricultural Landscape of Southwest Michigan During the Last 200 Years

Lead Author: Michelle Worosz
Co-Authors: Craig Harris, Alan Rudy, Maya McCoy, Siena Kaplan, Brian Thomas
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Tropical Flowering and Fruiting Phenologies: Seasonal variation in rainfall and insolation jointly influence community-wide patterns

Lead Author: Jess Zimmerman
Co-Authors: S.J. Wright, O. Calderon, M. Aponte, and S. Paton
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Urbanization effects on streamflow magnitude and variability from mountainous coastal catchments in a Mediterranean climate

Lead Author: Ed Beighley
Co-Authors: John Melack and Tom Dunne
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Use of Internet-Accessible Cameras on Remote Barrier Islands

Lead Author: David E. Smith
Co-Authors: John H. Porter, and Thomas Williams
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Using a Landscape Model to Investigate the Effects of Tourism on Adelie Penguins at Palmer Station, Antarctica.

Lead Author: William R. Fraser
Co-Authors: Donna L. Patterson
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Using chemical indicators to investigate meso scale animal movement

Lead Author: Heather Haas
Co-Authors: Linda Deegan, Brian Fry, John Logan, Christopher Freeman
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Using Data Lineage to Document Ocean Production Estimates for the Santa Barbara Channel

Lead Author: Rajendra Bose
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Using Remotely Sensed Data To Describe Spatial and Temporal Habitat Distributions of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera

Lead Author: Natalie Senyk
Co-Authors: David A. Siegel
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UV radiation effects on plant growth, decomposition, and litter fauna in shortgrass steppe

Lead Author: Daniel G. Milchunas
Co-Authors: Jennifer Y. King, Arvin R. Mosier, John C. Moore, Meghan H. Quirk, Jack A. Morgan, James R. Slusser
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Variability of Western United States Snowpack, and Resultant Vulnerability of Water Supplies

Lead Author: Mark Losleben
Co-Authors: Kurt Chowanski
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Vegetation Dynamics of Barrier Island ‘Pimples’ on the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER Site

Lead Author: Brett McMillan
Co-Authors: Frank Day
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Water cycling across a grassland-shrubland transition zone: the effect of vegetation structure and responses to climate forcing on ecosystem processes

Lead Author: William Pockman
Co-Authors: Eric E Small, Shirley Kurc, Eric Bhark, Charles Buxbaum and Scott L. Collins
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What is the fate of ground limestone ("lime") amendments in agricultural systems

Lead Author: Amanda Kurzman
Co-Authors: Stephen K. Hamilton
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Whole-stream metabolism predictions in three streams (agricultural, urban and grassland) using oxygen microelectrodes and the diurnal change technique

Lead Author: Kym Wilson
Co-Authors: Walter K. Dodds
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Wireless Two-Way Communication with Remote Field Sites on Niwot Ridge LTER

Lead Author: Mark Losleben
Co-Authors: Kurt Chowanski, Todd Ackerman, Tyler Erikson
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