Scientists from the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network will hold their 10th annual NSF-LTER mini-symposium on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Washington, DC. The theme of this year’s gathering is "Understanding Climate Change: Perspectives from Long-Term Ecological Research." Topics will include:
- Pelagic ecosystem responses to climate forcing: Linear tracking or threshold dynamics? (Mark Ohman, California Current Ecosystem LTER)
- Climate change and marine biogeochemical modeling from local to global scales (Scott Doney, Palmer LTER, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
- Water connects all: Climate change and mountain hydrology in a watershed context (Anne Nolin, H.J. Andrews LTER, Oregon State University)
- Assessing the sensitivity of grassland ecosystems to climate change (John Blair, Konza Prairie LTER, Kansas State University)
- Use of a tower network to reduce uncertainties about how carbon balance in the southwest will respond to climate change (Marcy Litvak, Sevilleta LTER, University of New Mexico)
- Scenarios of landscape change - America's forest future (Tom Spies, H.J. Andrews Forest LTER, USDA Forest Service)
- Urban systems and resilience to climate change: A comparison of environmental governance networks in Baltimore and Seattle (Michele Romolini, University of Vermont and Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER).
For more information see http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=118574 or contact Cheryl Dybas, NSF (703) 292-7734 (cdybas@nsf.gov).