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Can an ancient ocean shoreline set the stage for a tropical forest of today?
Dawn mist covers NSF's Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory and Long-Term Ecological Research sites.
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Water flows along what scientists call a knickpoint: a change in the slope of a river.
Credit: Gilles Brocard
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LiDAR map of Luquillo's Rio Blanco watershed (green), streams (blue), and knickpoints (yellow).
Credit: E. Harrison/J. Willenbring
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A Luquillo waterfall; such waterfalls are often found at river knickpoints.
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Meteorological station on a clear day in the cloud forest of Puerto Rico's Luquillo Mountains.
Credit: NSF Luquillo LTER site
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Scientists at Luquillo have shown that carbon cycling by tropical forests is sensitive to climate.
Credit: NSF Luquillo LTER site
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Representation of the complex food web in the tropical forest of the Luquillo Mountains.
Credit: NSF Luquillo LTER site
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