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Coupling of Watersheds and Coastal Waters

LMER RESEARCHERS are taking a whole-ecosystem approach to the study of Waquoit Bay on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to assess how incr

Biogeochemical Reactions in Estuaries (BRIE)

TOMALES BAY, which lies about 50 kilometers (kin) northwest of San Francisco in a rift valley formed by the S

Two experimental manipulations planned at Harvard Forest for October 1990 include a simulated blowdown of approximately 1 hectare of mixed hardwood forest and selective mortality of red oak and re

NSF has announced an open competition for LMER Program funds up to $2 million--for potentially two to five new projects. Proposals are due January 4, 1991 and awards will be announced July 1.

ETM Dynamics and the Impact of Anthropogenic Change

In landscape ecology terms, the Columbia River Estuary Turbidity Maxima (CRETM) LMER studies focus on the “relay node

Processes of Recycling, Organic Transformation and Exchange between Uplands and the Sea (PROTEUS)

The PROTEUS-LMER is focused on the complex dynamics of nutrient cycling

Studying Ecosystems at the Interface of Land and Sea

For decades coastal ecosystems have been pervasively and substantially altered, principally by human activities in wat

North Temperate Lakes (NTL) LTER is entering its second decade of long-term ecological research.

Andrews Forest LTER enters its second decade with a flurry of research activity, facilities development, and extensive involvement with the forest management debate reverberating across the Pacific

The University of New Mexico’s (UNM) Sevilleta LTER has grown considerably in its second year of operation.