2015 LTER Mini-Symposium talks available for viewing and download

Early this year the annual Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Mini-Symposium scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2015, had to be postponed when inclement weather forced the closure of the National Science Foundation (NSF) (see http://bit.ly/1NkuT9Q). At the time we reported that webcasts of the talks would be presented in blocks of two or three at a later date and time. Those webcasts and PowerPoint narrations are now available for viewing or download (see highlighted links in the detailed agenda below, after a brief introduction).

Detailed agenda with linked talks where available:

8:30am	Welcome and Opening Comments Saran Twombly (NSF Division of Environmental Biology), Peter Groffman (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and Baltimore Ecosystem Studies, Hubbard Brook LTER sites)
8:45am	Grasslands and multi-year drought: using long-term data to inform past mysteries and minimize future surprises Debra Peters (New Mexico State University and Jornada site)
9:15am	Timing is everything: Understanding short- and long-term variability in light and temperature on inter-biome freshwater ecosystem production John Kominoski (Florida International University and Florida Coastal Everglades LTER site)
9:45am	Forest Net primary production: Examining spatial and temporal heterogeneity within the LTER Network Mark Harmon (Oregon State University and H.J. Andrews LTER site)
10:15am	Break
10:30am	Marsh equilibrium theory: feedbacks and tipping points James Morris (University of South Carolina and Plum Island Ecosystem LTER site)
11:00am	The changing nature of trophic cascades at high latitudes Roger Ruess (University of Alaska Fairbanks and Bonanza Creek LTER site)
11:30am	Primary production in human-dominated ecosystems: Responses to human activities and provisioning of ecosystem services Emma Rosi-Marshall (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and Baltimore Ecosystem Studies LTER site)