Colorado mountains
From Long-Term Data to Understanding: Toward a Predictive Ecology
2015 LTER ASM Estes Park, CO - August 30 - September 2, 2015
 

LTER and society: broader impacts of long-term research (Monday)

An Investigation into Groundwater Recharge Dynamics and Hydrologic Connectivity in a Subalpine Mountainous Headwater Catchment, Colorado, USA

Poster Number:  208 Presenter/Primary Author:  Kelsey Dailey During years of low snow accumulation, groundwater can supply a substantial portion of annual streamflow that agricultural irrigation, recreation, domestic water supply, and riparian and aquatic ec

Sediment carbon concentrations vary spatially within a restored eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadow—implications for seagrass ‘blue carbon’ accounting

Poster Number:  206 Presenter/Primary Author:  Matthew Oreska Seagrass meadows store significant amounts of ‘blue carbon’ in bed sediments, potentially enough to finance the conservation and restoration of seagrass communities using ‘blue carbon’-offset credi

Central Arizona–Phoenix LTER and society: co-development of sustainable future scenarios

Poster Number:  202 Presenter/Primary Author:  David Iwaniec Urban sustainability and resilience are increasingly important guiding visions for cities.

Fostering a diverse LTER Network: Strategies for diversity planning and mentoring

Poster Number:  201 Presenter/Primary Author:  Elizabeth Cook The LTER Diversity Committee was formed in 2012 to focus on engagement, integration, and retention of a diverse community of students, scientists and educators in the LTER network.

Non-Native Forest Insects and Pathogens in the U.S.: Impacts and Policy Options

Poster Number:  186 Presenter/Primary Author:  Gary Lovett Scientists from the Hubbard Brook and Harvard Forest LTER sites led a team of ecologists, economists, and policy experts in an initiative to review and synthesize information on invasions of non-na