2015 LTER ASM - Predicting ecological change: LTER in the era of big science (Tuesday)

Effect of local variability in erosional resistance on large‐scale morphodynamic response of salt marshes to wind waves and extreme events

nleonardi — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 19:04:32 +0000

Poster Number:

298

Presenter/Primary Author:

Nicoletta Leonardi

Co-Authors:

Sergio Fagherazzi

The presence of natural heterogeneities is an integral characteristic of salt marshes and needs to be account for, as local feedbacks could influence the large scale morph

Student Poster Competition:

Yes

Seasonality in the use of heterogeneous terrain by a territorial habitat specialist, the American pika

abeers — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 23:31:27 +0000

Poster Number:

291

Presenter/Primary Author:

Aidan Beers

Co-Authors:

Robert Guralnick

Co-Authors:

Chris Ray

Climate change is likely to affect mountainous areas unevenly due to the complex interactions between topography, vegetation, and the accumulation of snow and ice.

Student Poster Competition:

Yes

Regional shifts in phytoplankton abundance, structure, and phenology along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

mkavanaugh — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 22:10:25 +0000

Poster Number:

263

Presenter/Primary Author:

Maria Kavanaugh

Co-Authors:

Laura Crews, Stanford University

Co-Authors:

Hugh Ducklow, Columbia University

Co-Authors:

Oscar Schofield, Rutgers University

Co-Authors:

Sharon Stammerjohn, University of Colorado

Co-Authors:

Scott Doney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

The western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is experiencing dramatic climate change.

Using large predator fish body condition to predict alligator body condition in response to hydrologic seasonality in the Florida Coastal Everglades

vfourqurean — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:17:41 +0000

Poster Number:

249

Presenter/Primary Author:

Virginia Fourqurean

Co-Authors:

Ross Boucek

Co-Authors:

Jennifer Rehage

Co-Authors:

Laura Brandt

Co-Authors:

Frank Mazzotti

Co-Authors:

Jeff Beauchamp

The linkages between environmental drivers and top mesopredators are often hard to discern because predators are hard to track.

Student Poster Competition:

Yes

Knowledge, Learning, Analysis System (KLAS)

gramirez — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:40:32 +0000

Poster Number:

242

Presenter/Primary Author:

Geovany Ramirez

Co-Authors:

Debra Peters

The goal of KLAS is to develop a new scientific approach that takes advantage of the data deluge, defined here as both legacy data and new data acquired from environmental and biotic sensors, compl

Canopy and litter interception vary with forest age in the southern Appalachian Mountains

csobek — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:21:20 +0000

Poster Number:

238

Presenter/Primary Author:

Christine Sobek

Co-Authors:

Steven T. Brantley

Co-Authors:

Paul V. Bolstad

Co-Authors:

Peter V. Caldwell

Co-Authors:

A.Christopher Oishi

Co-Authors:

Kimberly A. Novick

Co-Authors:

Chelcy F. Miniat

Southern Appalachian forests are comprised of a mix of species, ages and management regimes and as such, are expected to exhibit differences in hydrologic budgets.

Explaining abrupt spatial transitions in agro-ecosystem responses to periods of extended drought

nburruss — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:19:25 +0000

Poster Number:

237

Presenter/Primary Author:

Dylan Burruss

Co-Authors:

Debra P.C. Peters

Co-Authors:

Jin yao

Co-Authors:

Kris M. Havstad

Co-Authors:

Stacey P. Scroggs

During the 1930’s, the North American central grassland region (CGR) experienced an extreme multi-year drought that resulted in broad scale plant mortality, massive dust storms and losses of soil a

Spatial and temporal patterns of ozone in high elevation ecosystems of Colorado

dliptzin — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:27:28 +0000

Poster Number:

231

Presenter/Primary Author:

Daniel Liptzin

Co-Authors:

Detlev Helmig

Ozone is a strong oxidant in the atmosphere that is regulated by the US EPA to protect human health and welfare.

Quantifying Long-Term Geomorphology of Antarctic Streams

scrisp — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:15:50 +0000

Poster Number:

223

Presenter/Primary Author:

Steven Crisp

Co-Authors:

Diane McKnight

In 1994, 16 stream transects were established in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica beginning a long term data set characterizing microbial communities and channel geometry.

Simplifying a lake to 10,000 data points: Using spatial analysis to detect an impending regime shift

vbutitta — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:16:31 +0000

Poster Number:

211

Presenter/Primary Author:

Vince Butitta

Co-Authors:

Luke Loken

Co-Authors:

Emily Stanley

Small perturbations are capable of causing ecosystems to undergo catastrophic transitions from one stable state to another with greatly altered ecosystem functions and services. Due to the in

Student Poster Competition:

Yes