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Primary productivity--"nature's alchemy"--focus of annual NSF Long-Term Ecological Research mini-symposium
Process at base of food web affects health of one ecosystem to entire globe
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In a forest productivity study, NSF H.J. Andrews LTER site scientists measure a Sitka spruce.
Credit: Greg Downing, U.S. Forest Service and Andrews LTER
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NSF's Plum Island Ecosystems LTER site with a research tower to measure salt marsh carbon dioxide.
Credit: Inke Forbrich, MBL
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Jornada LTER site ecologists study the effects of multi-year droughts on grasslands.
Credit: Jornada LTER Photo Library
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Bonanza Creek LTER site research shows that moose have pronounced effects on vegetation growth.
Credit: K.Kielland
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Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER site scientists and students are replacing asphalt with grass.
Credit: Steward Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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View of the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER site; research focuses on the ecosystem's hydrology.
Credit: Victor H. Rivera-Monroy and Robert R. Twilley
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