U.S. Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network

• Main Author: Waide, Robert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Regional and Global Biogeochemical Dynamics Data (RGD)
• Subjects: AIR TEMPERATURE|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; PRECIPITATION AMOUNT|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; PUBLIC HEALTH|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; BIOMASS|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; DECOMPOSITION|ANALYSIS|COMPUTER MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; TROPHIC DYNAMICS|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; COASTAL HABITAT|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; ESTUARINE HABITAT|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; LAKES|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; REEF HABITAT|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; RIVERS/STREAM HABITAT|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; AGRICULTURAL LANDS|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; ALPINE/TUNDRA|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; BEACHES|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; DESERTS|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; FORESTS|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; GRASSLANDS|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; MONTANE HABITATS|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; SHRUBLAND/SCRUB|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; URBAN LANDS|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; WETLANDS|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; VEGETATION SPECIES|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; LAND COVER|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; LAND PRODUCTIVITY|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; LAND RESOURCES|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; LAND USE CLASSES|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; LANDSCAPE PATTERNS|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; LANDSCAPE PROCESSES|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; REFORESTATION|ANALYSIS|FIELD INVESTIGATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; FIELD INVESTIGATION; ANALYSIS; Andrews LTER; Arctic LTER; Baltimore Ecosystems Study LTER; Bonanza Creek LTER; Central Arizona - Phoenix Urban LTER; California Current Ecosystem LTER; Cedar Creek Natural History Area LTER; Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory LTER; Florida Coastal Everglades LTER; Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER; Harvard Forest LTER; Hubbard Brook LTER; Jornada Basin LTER; Kellogg Biological Station LTER; Konza Prairie LTER; Luquillo LTER; McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER; Moorea Coral Reef LTER; Niwot Ridge LTER; North Temperate Lakes LTER; Palmer Station LTER; Plum Island Ecosystem LTER; Santa Barbara Coastal LTER; Sevilleta LTER; Shortgrass Steppe LTER; Virginia Coast Reserve LTER; Arctic; Blue River; Bonanza; Cedar Creek; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/U.S._Long_Term_Ecological_Research_(LTER)_Network.xml

The U.S. Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is a collaborative effort involving more than 1800 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. The National Science Foundation established the LTER program in 1980 to support research on long-term ecological phenomena in the United States. The LTER program has organized its research around five core areas: Pattern and control of primary production; Spatial and temporal distribution of populations selected to represent trophic structures; Pattern and control of organic matter accumulation and decomposition in surface layers and sediments; Patterns of inorganic inputs and movements of nutrients through soils, groundwater and surface waters; and Patterns and frequency of disturbances. The 26 LTER Sites represent diverse ecosystems and research emphases. These sites include: Andrews Experimental Forest, Blue River, Oregon Upper Kuparuk River/Toolik Lake Watershed, Alaska Baltimore Ecosystems Study (BES), Baltimore, Maryland Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest and Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed, Alaska Central Arizona - Phoenix Urban (CAP), Arizona California Current Ecosystem (CCE), California Cedar Creek Natural History Area (CDR), Minnesota Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory, Appalachian Mountains, Georgia Florida Coastal Everglades, Florida Georgia Coastal Ecosystems, Georgia Harvard Forest, Massachusetts Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire Jornada Basin, Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan Konza Prairie, Konza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica Moorea Coral Reef, Moorea Island, Tahiti, French Polynesia Niwot Ridge, Colorado North Temperate Lakes, Wisconsin Palmer Station, Antarctica Plum Island Ecosystem, New England Santa Barbara Coastal Zone, California Sevilleta, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico Shortgrass Steppe, Western Great Plains, Colorado Virginia Coast Reserve, Eastern Shore, Virginia The LTER Network Office coordinates communication, network publications, and research-planning activities.