Lter System 2018

The california current system is a coastal upwelling biome as found along the eastern margins of all major ocean basins.
Lter system 2018. The theme of the 2018 meeting is next generation synthesis. The georgia coastal ecosystems long term ecological research site gce was established by the national science foundation in 2000. The study domain encompasses three adjacent sounds altamaha doboy sapelo on the coast of georgia u s a and includes upland mainland barrier islands marsh hammocks intertidal fresh brackish and salt. 1 the research is located at specific sites chosen to represent major ecosystem types or natural biomes and 2 it emphasizes the study of ecological phenomena over long periods of time based on data collected in five core areas.
Successes and strategies and will take place from october 1 4 at asilomar conference. Published january 29 2018. They reflect the current state of lter information management and the establishment of the environmental data initiative. The california current ecosystem lter 32 9 120 3 is investigating nonlinear transitions in the california current coastal pelagic ecosystem with particular attention to long term forcing by a.
14 th oct. 2018 brisbane international long term ecological research network. Our long term ecological research lter team will investigate the features mechanisms and processes that drive productivity in the northern gulf of alaska and make this ecosystem resilient. The international long term ecological research network ilter is a network of networks consisting of hundreds of research sites located in a wide array of ecosystems that can help understand environmental change across the globe.
Ilter s vision is a world in which science helps prevent and solve environmental and socio. Important dates 2018 02 22 1st announcement and call for abstract 2018 06 30 abstracts due date extended 2018 06 01 registration starts 2018 07 15 accepted abstracts notification 2018 09 15 registration payment due date extended local organization committee. The long term ecological research network lter consists of a group of over 1800 scientists and students studying ecological processes over extended temporal and spatial scales. Welcome to the georgia coastal ecosystems lter.
In doing so we seek to understand how changes in weather and climate propagate through the environment to influence organisms. Twenty six lter sites cover a diverse set of ecosystems it is part of the international long term ecological research network ilter. These are among the most productive ecosystems in the world ocean. Registration is open to all and may be especially valuable to researchers from coordinating networks and individual researchers interested in working with lter data or on lter sites and experiments.
Ilter status and perspectives michael mirtl chair of ilter lter europe helmholtz center for environmental research ufz germany environment agency eaa austria filling a critical gap for top class science esa conference 26 28 nov. Two components differentiate lter research from projects supported by other nsf programs.