Sentences with phrase «lter site»
NSF announces new Antarctic LTER site competition with funds from Polar Programs and Environmental Biology divisions
https://lternet.edu/
The colorful tundra landscape pictured here is part of the Arctic LTER site in the northern foothills of Alaska's Brooks Range (seen here in background).
Incorporated as an LTER site in 1980, Andrews Forest was one of the founding sites in NSF's national network of ecological research sites.
Scientists at the Palmer Antarctica LTER site have documented an 85 percent decline in the Adélie penguin population over the past 40 years.
A technique to investigate the nitrogen cycle of streams, which was first developed at the Arctic LTER site, transformed scientists» understanding of the nitrogen cycle in relation to food webs in flowing waters.
Pictured: Harvard Pond is located within the 1,200 - hectare Harvard Forest LTER site in north - central Massachusetts, where researchers have transformed scientific understanding of the role invasive species play in disrupting forest growth.
The controlled fire pictured here is burning away biomass at the Konza Prairie LTER site in the Flint Hills region of northeastern Kansas.
Poppies abound in the Chihuahuan Desert, where the Jornada Basin LTER site is located.
This Christmas tree worm makes its home at the Moorea Coral Reef LTER site in French Polynesia.
Researchers at the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER site are monitoring and documenting many of these changes among different coastal habitats, including barrier islands, salt marshes, rivers and estuaries.
The Central Arizona - Phoenix LTER site is one of two urban LTER sites supported by NSF where researchers study the urban ecology of a complex, dynamic system.
Three new LTER sites receive NSF funding: Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES), Northern Gulf of Alaska (NGA), and Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystem (BLE);
LTER Education Symposium and Education Representatives meeting held at the Sevilleta LTER — 20 LTER sites represented
LTER Climate Committee reviews research and understanding of climate variability and ecosystem responses of the LTER sites (Greenland and Swift 1990)
That project, which is just getting started, would involve LTER sites in forested New England, the Southeast, the upper Great Lakes states, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, according to Thomas Spies, a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service.
Not exact matches
«With fewer seeds, you get less regeneration,» says ecologist Joshua Rapp, affiliated with NSF's Harvard Forest Long - Term Ecological Research (LTER) site and lead author of the paper.
In 1980, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched the Long - Term Ecological Research (LTER) program to study ecological phenomena over long periods of time at sites representing a diverse range of biomes.
Nine grants ranging from $ 109,353 to $ 200,000 are awarded to LTER and non-LTER U.S. sites, and sites in Ireland, Scotland, Costa Rica, Argentina and Russia.
Growth and site diversity of the LTER Network through time.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) working group analyzes the status of LTER Network technical supplements and assesses future technical needs (recommends enhanced Internet connectivity, individual site remote sensing capability, annual acquisition of remote sensing data, site archival storage capability, additional GPS units, enhanced site database software capabilities, automated field data collection)
NSF proposal competition results in addition of new Land Margin Ecological Research (LMER) site: Plum Island Ecosystem LTER
LTER Network electronic bulletin board established at Central Plains Experimental Range site
Interests: Role of animals in ecosystems, stable isotopes and food webs; conducts research on Brazilian streams and at Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites at Plum Island (MA) and the Arctic.
NSF announces a special competition for cross-site comparisons and synthesis at LTER and non-LTER sites as well as international research awards in response to the 10 - year review of the LTER Program.