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NSF Award(s)
OPP-9011927
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OPP-0217282
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OPP-9632763
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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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The Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 Water St
Woods Hole, MA 02543 |
| Phone: 508- 548-3705 x719 |
| Fax: 508-457-1548 |
| Email: hducklow@mbl.edu |
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| Site History |
The Palmer LTER, established in the Fall of 1990.
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| 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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