2009 LTER All Scientists Meeting - Range/Grazing Ecology

Suspended Solids in Streams as Influenced by Land Management on Tallgrass Prairie

Kyle Winders — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:12:39 +0000

Poster Number:

168

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kyle Winders

Co-Authors:

Walter Dodds

Co-Authors:

Eric Banner

Suspended solids in streams are important to monitor and manage because high levels of suspended solids have been shown to affect the primary and secondary production of a stream. The loading rate of total suspended solids (TSS) can greatly be influenced by the land management of a stream site’s catchment area. A computer-based geographic information system (GIS) was used to assess what land cover/land use variables were highly correlated to high levels of TSS in Kansas Flinthill streams on a long-term data set collected by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Student Poster:

Yes

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>

Soil microbial community and biogeochemical effects of fire at the Shortgrass Steppe LTER

Paul Brewer — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:19:54 +0000

Poster Number:

124

Presenter/Primary Author:

Paul Brewer

Co-Authors:

Joseph C. von Fischer

Co-Authors:

David J. Augustine

Student Poster:

Yes

Ecosystem Phenology in the Shortgrass Steppe

Lynn Moore — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:39:32 +0000

Poster Number:

Presenter/Primary Author:

Lynn Moore

Co-Authors:

William K. Lauenroth

Plant phenology - the seasonal timing of growth, reproduction, and senescence - can be measured from the scale of individuals to biomes. Understanding the timing of plant canopy development and how it is related to climatic variables is an important step in our understanding of how grassland ecosystems are being altered by a changing climate. In this poster we compare 2 years of plant canopy development in a dry year (2002) and an average precipitation year (2005).

Student Poster:

Yes