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Home / Science / Biology / Ecology / Research Centers / Long-Term Ecological Research Network - LTER
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- Arctic LTER - Arctic Long Term Ecological Research Site. Field research of the Arctic LTER is based at Toolik Lake, Alaska, in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range. Project is centered at the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
www.mbl.edu/html/ECOSYSTEMS/lterhtml/arc.html
- Cedar Creek Natural History Area - Long Term Ecological Research - 2200-hectare experimental ecological reserve operated by the University of Minnesota. Suitable for study of the deciduous forest, the boreal forest, and the prairie biomes.
www.lter.umn.edu/index.html
- Coweeta Watershed, North Carolina - Part of the NSF LTER network; has been the site of ecological research since the 1930s. Research to evaluate, explain, and predict how water, soil, and forest resources respond to management practices, natural disturbances, and the atmospheric environment.
sparc.ecology.uga.edu
- Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) - Canada's national network of monitoring and research sites characterized by long term, multi-disciplinary studies.
www.cciw.ca/eman/intro.html
- Environmental Change Network (ECN) Home Page - The UK's integrated long-term environmental monitoring network. The site contains information on the network, summary data and real-time access to our weather station at Moor House NNR.
mwnta.nmw.ac.uk/ecn/index.html
- Florida Coastal Everglades LTER - Investigating how variability in regional climate and freshwater inputs, disturbance, and perturbations affect the coastal Everglades ecosystem (USA).
fcelter.fiu.edu
- HJ Andrews Experimental Forest - LTER site - A center for analysis of forest and stream ecosystems in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
www.fsl.orst.edu/lterhome.html
- Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Project Home Page - The project focuses on changes in the distribution of soil resources as an index of the impact of vegetation change--desertification--on semiarid lands.
jornada.nmsu.edu
- Konza Prairie - The Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (KPRNA), an LTER site, is representative of native tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas. Website has information about the prairie and ongoing research there.
climate.konza.ksu.edu
- Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research - An LTER site working to improve the understanding of forest ecosystem processes through the long-term study of selected forest plots in Switzerland. A particular emphasis is the possible effects of air pollution and climate change on forest ecosystem processes.
www.wsl.ch/forest/risks/wsidb/wsidbENG/lwfintroENG.html
- Luquillo Experimental Forest LTER - In eastern Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean National Forest. A site for ecological research since the 1960s.
sunites.upr.clu.edu/sunceer
- U.S. Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network - A collaborative effort involving more than 1100 scientists and students investigating ecological processes over long temporal and broad spatial scales. The network promotes synthesis and comparative research across sites and ecosystems and among other related national and international research programs.
lternet.edu
- Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center - Manages the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program for river inventory and monitoring in the United States.
www.umesc.usgs.gov/monitoring.html
- Virginia Coast Reserve LTER - The Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project (VCR/LTER) focuses on understanding the ecosystems and dynamics of the barrier island/lagoon/marsh system on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The site includes support materials for researchers including data, images, publication lists, and full-text documents. It is part of the NSF-funded U.S. LTER Network.
www.vcrlter.virginia.edu
- International Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network - Long-term ecological studies to investigate processes operating at long time scales and over broad spatial scales. Promotes synthesis and comparative research across sites and ecosystems. Links to individual sites and international partners.
www.ilternet.edu
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