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News Release 06-129

Ecological Change, Climate Variation Addressed at International Conference Sept. 20-24

From desert to prairie, tropical reef to Antarctic ice, scientists to discuss long-term ecology studies

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High-mountain ecosystems are studied at the Niwot Ridge, Colo., LTER site.

High-mountain ecosystems are studied at the Niwot Ridge, Colo., LTER site.

Credit: Niwot Ridge LTER Site

 

Coral reefs at the Moorea, Tahiti, LTER site are protected by their fellow denizens of the seas.

Ecologists have discovered that coral reefs at the Moorea, Tahiti, LTER site are protected by the animals that co-exist with them.

Credit: Moorea, Tahiti, LTER Site

 

Scientists research climate change effects on prairie plants at the Cedar Creek, Minn., LTER site.

Scientists research climate change effects on prairie plants at the Cedar Creek, Minn., LTER site.

Credit: Cedar Creek LTER Site

 

Ecosystems from deserts to rivers are found at the Sevilleta, N.M., LTER site.

Along with ecological science at 25 other NSF LTER sites, research at the Sevilleta, New Mexico, site will be highlighted at the 6th LTER All Scientists Meeting.

Credit: Sevilleta LTER Site


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