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NSF Award(s) OPP-9011927 , OPP-0217282 , OPP-9632763 (View all sites)

The Palmer LTER, established in the Fall of 1990, is one of the National Science Foundation sponsored Long Term Ecological Research Programs which is funded by the Office of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation. It focuses on the pelagic marine ecosystem in the Antarctic, and the ecological processes which link the extent of annual pack ice to the biological dynamics of different trophic levels. Pack ice may be a major physical factor affecting the structure and function of polar biota. Interannual cycles and/or trends in the annual extent of pack ice are hypothesized to impact all levels of the food web, from total annual primary production to breeding success in seabirds.
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Contact Information
Site Contacts
Principal Investigator: Hugh Ducklow
Primary Contact:
Information Mgr: Karen Baker
Education Contact: Beth Simmons
Address:
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
College of William and Mary
Box 1346
Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346
Phone: (804) 684-7180
Fax: (804) 684-7293
Email: duck@vims.edu
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Site History
The Palmer LTER, established in the Fall of 1990.
Research Topics
Marine ecology of the Southern Ocean focused within the Western Antarctic Peninsula area, including: physical forcing (atmospheric, oceanic and sea ice) of the ecosystem with emphasis on the ecological consequences of sea-ice variability; biological processes with emphasis on microbial, primary production and the life-history parameters of secondary producers (krill) and apex predators (penguins); physical/optical/chemical/biological modeling that links ecosystem processes to environmental variables.
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Site Coordinates
Lat: -64.700
Long. -64.000
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