Using the latest information server software available on the national Internet (gopher and WAIS) several LTER sites and the LTER Network Office have begun to implement a unified mechanism to access on-line information.
New information server software on the national Internet provides simple access to on-line information
Accessing the LTERnet Information Server
From any Internet host, use gopher or telnet to connect to LTERnet.edu. With telnet, log in as user lteris. Access is menu-driven and includes functions to search files.
LTERnet Information Server
- About the Long-Term Ecological Research Network
- Basic LTER documentation
- LTER Core Dataset Catalog
- LTER Personnel Directory
- LTER Bibliographic Catalog
- LTER Electronic News Groups
- LTER Newsletters and Bulletins
- LTER Site Information Servers
- Reports
- Other Gopher and Information Servers
For example, if a user selects 8, LTER Site Information Servers, from the main menu above, the following menu appears. Entering one of these site information servers (the list is growing!) works similarly.
- Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (CWT)
- H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest (AND)
- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBR)
- Konza Prairie (KNZ)
- Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR)
Try a few test searches for a taste of the information now accessible on LTERnet
Searching
To try a search function, enter the Core Dataset Catalog or the Personnel Directory in the LTER Information Server’s main menu, then choose 1. Search.
- Search the Core Dataset Catalog <?>
- Files in ASCII text (*.txt) and WordPerfect (*.wp)
- ReadMe
At the prompt, type disturbance as the index word for which to search. A list of dataset titles appears:
Search the Core Dataset Catalog: disturbance
- CDR017 Data Set Title: Nitrogen X Disturbance (Field B)…
- NWT002 Data Set Title: Pocket Gopher (Thomomys talpoides)...
- AND008 Data Set Title: Plant Biomass Dynamics Following Loggi…
- AND011 Data Set Title: H. J. Andrews Watershed 1 and 3 Plant…
- CPR008 Data Set Title: Recovery of Shortgrass Steppe Plant…
- AND0I5 Data Set Title: Riparian Geomorphic Surface-Vegetation…
- CDR01 9 Data Set Title: Tree Competition Garden Investigato. . .
…more
Select 5, Recovery of Shortgrass Steppe Plant..., for example, and the entry below appears:
Data Set Title:
Recovery of Shortgrass Steppe Plant Communities From Small-Scale (0.1-100 m2) Disturbance Investigator(s): Debra P. Coffin, William K. Lauenroth
Temporal and Spatial Resolution
Initiation of study (mm/dd/yy): 07/01/84
Sampling frequency: annually
Number of sites: 2
Algorithms used to synthesize data (if applicable):Abstract:
Effects of disturbance size and type on shortgrass plant communities have been evaluated for small-scale disturbance since 1984. Plant cover
…more
This is just a taste of the information now accessible on LTERnet. After trying a few test searches, send comments and suggestions to Rudolf Nottrott at the LTER Network Office, rNottrott@LTERnet.edu, 206-543-8492.