2009 LTER All Scientists Meeting - Environmental/Resource Management

The Pacific Sardine - Fisheries management and environmental variability

Ralf Goericke — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:32:36 +0000

Poster Number:

400

Presenter/Primary Author:

Ralf Goericke

Co-Authors:

Sam McClatchie

Co-Authors:

Kevin Hill

The management of the Pacific sardine is currently based on an environmental parameter, the surface temperature measured at the Scripps Pier. In the past sardine recruitment and Pier temperature were related. However, once current data on recruitment are included in the analysis no significant relationship between Pier temperature and recruitment are evident. We observed that Pier temperature and temperature in the primary sardine habitat have diverged over the last decades. Thus we explored relationships between temperature in the Southern California Bight and sardine recruitment.

Social Drivers of Residential Lawncare in the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER Site: Preliminary Results from a Household Mail Survey

Colin Polsky — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:17:38 +0000

Poster Number:

385

Presenter/Primary Author:

Colin Polsky

Co-Authors:

Abby Kaminski

Co-Authors:

Kiersten von Trapp

Co-Authors:

Jennie Hatch

Co-Authors:

R. Gil Pontius

Human alterations of the earth's surface are widely recognized as one of the planet's most significant cumulative global environmental changes. Increasing population and per capita income suggest that this trend will continue in coming decades. In countries such as the US this process manifests principally as suburbanization.

The Malawi Environmental Observatory Network(MEON): Constitution, Strategy and Implementation Plan

James Chimphamba — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:37:05 +0000

Poster Number:

381

Presenter/Primary Author:

James Chimphamba

Malawi is a land of farmers and facing rampant environmental problems whose capability for restoration is made dimmer by the looming shadow of climate change and variability. The Malawi Environmental Observatory Network is a small candle flickering with light for identification of prioritized environmental problems and setting of the road map of how such monumental problems could efficiently be tackled with the available meager resources.

Facilitation of paradigm shift in urban biodiversity and water management – bridging LTER Europe (LTSER) and EU FP6 SWITCH experiences

Kinga Krauze — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:24:32 +0000

Poster Number:

319

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kinga Krauze

Cities are specific environments for testing paradigms related to water, biodiversity and resource management. Permanent interaction of a number of factors: anthropogenic, natural, social and economic, imposing pressures on environment and raising quality expectations, makes development and effective implementation of new theories and foundings a real challenge. Another challenge is general lack of paradigm linking water management and biodiversity management in urban areas.

A study and comparison of urban natural resource stewardship networks in Seattle, WA and Baltimore, MD.

Michele Romolini — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:27:06 +0000

Poster Number:

317

Presenter/Primary Author:

Michele Romolini

Co-Authors:

Morgan Grove

As demonstrated in many studies, mostly in rural settings, successful resource management requires collaboration among many groups. This is likely to be even more pronounced in densely settled urban areas. Cities generally consist of many fragmented land parcels under different types of use and ownership, which produces a large and diverse group of stakeholders with an interest in resource management decisions.

Student Poster:

Yes

ULTRA-Ex: Connecting the social and ecological sciences with planners, managers, and the public: Building a broad foundation for the Chicago Region ULTRA

David Wise — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:58:54 +0000

Poster Number:

285

Presenter/Primary Author:

David Wise

Co-Authors:

Lynne M Westphal

Co-Authors:

Liam Heneghan

Co-Authors:

Bryan C Pijanowski

Co-Authors:

Nancy C Tuchman

Co-Authors:

Aaron N Durnbaugh

Co-Authors:

Paul H Gobster

Co-Authors:

Jennifer L Hirsch

Co-Authors:

Eric V Lonsdorf

Co-Authors:

Emily S Minor

Co-Authors:

Susan I Stewart

Co-Authors:

Moira L Zellner

The Chicago Region ULTRA-Ex will address a question fundamental to understanding the dynamic interactions between biodiversity conservation, ecosystem processes, and human well being in urban landscapes: In a complex urban/metropolitan system, what are the synergies and tradeoffs between conserving biodiversity and providing ecosystem services to people? The project focuses on the Green Infrastructure Vision of the Chicago Wilderness alliance, a conservation consortium of over 240 organizations.

Integrating Science, Society, and Education for Sustainability

Nancy Grimm — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:07:31 +0000

Organizer:

Nancy Grimm

Co-organizer(s):

Jeannine Cavender-Bares

Co-organizer(s):

Ted Gragson

Co-organizer(s):

Scott Collins

Co-organizer(s):

Morgan Grove

Co-organizer(s):

Charles Redman

Co-organizer(s):

Christopher Boone

The Integrative Science for Society and Environment (ISSE) initiative and its working model for the interaction of ecosystems and social systems represent the product of tremendous investment by the LTER network and its scientists as part of the 20-year planning process. Researchers in the emerging field of sustainability science promote similar frameworks that fundamentally integrate economy, ecology, and equity.

Preferred Dates:

Sept. 14

Working Group Duration:

Session Info

Session(s):

Working Group Session 2

Room:

Wind River B

Working Group Materials

Related materiels:

Clark_sustainability_2007.pdf

ISSE_brochure.pdf

Caparo Forest Conservation through Ecosystem Services: The Last Opportunity for Success?

Emilio Vilanova — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:23:16 +0000

Poster Number:

179

Presenter/Primary Author:

Emilio Vilanova

Co-Authors:

Armando Torres Lezama

Co-Authors:

Hirma Ramírez Angulo

In the last fifty years, according to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), driven by rapid social and economic changes, world population dramatically affected long-term stability of natural ecosystems and its capacity to provide vital services such as food, water and climate regulation.

Metrology for aquatic urban systems: comparison of the French and US approach

Morgan Grove — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:43:47 +0000

Final Report (Required, .pdf format only) :

Working Group Report: Metrology for aquatic urban systems: comparison of the French and US approach

Organizer:

Morgan Grove

Co-organizer(s):

Nancy Grimm

Co-organizer(s):

Peter Groffman

Co-organizer(s):

Larry Band

Co-organizer(s):

Stan Gregory

Co-organizer(s):

Steward Pickett

Co-organizer(s):

Daniel Childers

Co-organizer(s):

Marie-Noelle PONS

During the LTER-ZA meeting in Baltimore in October 2008, it appeared that US and French research teams involved in the study of urban and periurban aquatic systems were not measuring the same parameters in their field studies. Any cooperation between our research teams will be difficult as long as methods and monitoring approaches are different or at least their differences are well understood on both sides.

Preferred Dates:

Sept. 14

Preferred Dates:

Sept. 15

Preferred Dates:

Sept. 16

Working Group Duration:

Session Info

Session(s):

Working Group Session 1

Room:

Longs Peak Boulder Field

Cross-Site Working Group on Coupled Human-Natural Systems

Craig Harris — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:38:27 +0000

Final Report (Required, .pdf format only) :

Cross-Site Working Group on Coupled Human-Natural Systems Final Report

Organizer:

William Freudenburg

Co-organizer(s):

Craig Harris

This session is intended both for social and biophysical scientists who want to help develop a proposal for the kind of “multi-site, highly collaborative and integrated research initiative” envisioned by the LTER planning group. The focus will be on what the LTER planning process calls the “centerpiece” of the group's conceptual framework, as well as one of “Grand Challenges” to be addressed at the network level – “the dynamics of coupled human-natural ecosystems.”

Preferred Dates:

Sept. 14

Working Group Duration:

Session Info

Session(s):

Working Group Session 5

Room:

Reusch Auditorium Sweet

Official Participants

Additional Participants:

"Craig Harris" <Craig.Harris@SSC.MSU.EDU>, Victor Thompson <thompson.2042@osu.edu>, John Turck <jaturck@#uga.edu>, Hannah Gosnell <gosnellh@geo.oregonstate.edu>, Sharon Hall <sharonjhall@asu.edu>, Abigail York <abigail.york@asu.edu>, Jim Gosz <jgosz@uidaho.edu>, "Wm. R. Freudenburg" <freudenburg@es.ucsb.edu>