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Research Project Title Start End Investigators Research Questions
Altamaha River salinity modeling (view print) 2000 ongoing Alber, Merryl Q3 - Longitudinal Gradients
Altamaha river water chemistry monitoring (view print) 2000 ongoing Joye, Samantha B. Q1 - External Forcing
American alligator trophic dynamics in the GCE (view print) 2006 ongoing Silliman, Brian R. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Archeological studies (view print) 2006 ongoing Thompson, Victor D. Q4 - Lateral Gradients
Benthic primary production (view print) 2003 ongoing Joye, Samantha B. Q2 - Domain Patterns
DUPLEX experiment (view print) 2003 ongoing Di Iorio, Daniela Q2 - Domain Patterns
Effect of rainfall variation on high marsh plants (view print) 1996 ongoing Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Effects of climate on coastal ecosystems (view print) 2007 ongoing Alber, Merryl Q1 - External Forcing
Effects of large-scale climate drivers on precipitation and river discharge in the GCE study area and the Altamaha River watershed (view print) 2007 ongoing Burd, Adrian B. Q1 - External Forcing
Energy dissipation in the Duplin River (view print) 2003 ongoing Blanton, Jackson O. Q2 - Domain Patterns
GCE CTD monitoring surveys (view print) 2001 ongoing Di Iorio, Daniela
Joye, Samantha B.
Q2 - Domain Patterns
GCE Long-term Hydrographic Monitoring (view print) 2001 ongoing Di Iorio, Daniela Q2 - Domain Patterns
GCE water quality monitoring (view print) 2001 ongoing Joye, Samantha B. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Genetic diversity in the pulmonate snail Melampus bidentatus (view print) 2009 ongoing Wares, John P. Q5 - Organism Distribution
Genetic structure across the GCE domain (view print) 2007 ongoing Wares, John P. Q5 - Organism Distribution
Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Climate monitoring program (view print) 2002 ongoing Di Iorio, Daniela
Hurley, Dorset
Sheldon, Wade M.
Q1 - External Forcing
Grasshopper distribution within the GCE (view print) 2001 ongoing Pennings, Steven C. Q5 - Organism Distribution
Hammock groundwater modeling (view print) 2010 ongoing Joye, Samantha B.
Meile, Christof
Q4 - Lateral Gradients
Intensive hammock characterization (view print) 2008 ongoing Alber, Merryl
Alexander, Clark R.
Q4 - Lateral Gradients
Invasive invertebrate species within the GCE (view print) 2002 ongoing Bishop, Thomas D. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Maps and Locals (MALS) (view print) 2009 ongoing Alber, Merryl Q1 - External Forcing
Marine invertebrate monitoring (view print) 2000 ongoing Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Marsh plant diversity in Georgia and Texas (view print) 2005 ongoing Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Marsh plant studies in support of hammock plant model (view print) 2009 ongoing Pennings, Steven C. Q4 - Lateral Gradients
Marsh vegetation recovery from disturbance and competition in secondary succession (view print) 2000 ongoing Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Models of salt marsh plant species (view print) 2009 ongoing Burd, Adrian B. Q4 - Lateral Gradients
Oyster and barnacle recruitment (view print) 2008 ongoing Bishop, Thomas D. Q5 - Organism Distribution
Plant biomass monitoring (view print) 2000 ongoing Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Plant community assemblages within the GCE (view print) 2007 ongoing Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Plant zonation patterns in Georgia tidal marshes (view print) 1996 ongoing Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Processing of salt marsh plant litter by detritivores (view print) 2000 ongoing Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Salinity variations across the GCE domain (view print) 2006 ongoing Di Iorio, Daniela Q2 - Domain Patterns
Salt marsh dieback in Georgia and Louisiana (view print) 2002 ongoing Alber, Merryl Q2 - Domain Patterns
Snail and bivalve recruitment (view print) 2008 ongoing Silliman, Brian R. Q5 - Organism Distribution
Terrestrial invertebrate monitoring (view print) 2000 ongoing Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Water flow in the Duplin River (view print) 2003 ongoing Blanton, Jackson O. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Altamaha watershed nutrient budgets from 1954 to 2002 (view print) 2004 2006 Alber, Merryl Q1 - External Forcing
Altamaha watershed water quality (view print) 2003 2005 Hollibaugh, James T.
Joye, Samantha B.
Q1 - External Forcing
Analysis of historic vegetation changes using aerial photographs and GIS (view print) 1999 2001 Alber, Merryl Q2 - Domain Patterns
Benthic diatoms in food webs (view print) 1994 2004 Alber, Merryl Q2 - Domain Patterns
Benthic fluxes to the overlying water column (view print) 2001 2006 Joye, Samantha B. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Chlorophyll distributions in the Altamaha River (view print) 2005 2005 Alber, Merryl Q2 - Domain Patterns
Correction for estimated upland areas of marsh hammocks (view print) 2007 2009 Alber, Merryl Q4 - Lateral Gradients
Duplin River seston variability (view print) 1994 2004 Alber, Merryl Q2 - Domain Patterns
Ecosystem services in fresh, brackish and marine marshes (view print) 2005 2009 Craft, Christopher B. Q3 - Longitudinal Gradients
GCE groundwater biogeochemistry (view print) 2001 2006 Joye, Samantha B.
Meile, Christof
Q2 - Domain Patterns
GCE groundwater well monitoring (view print) 2000 2002 Joye, Samantha B.
Ruppel, Carolyn D.
Q2 - Domain Patterns
Heat and salt flux estimates in the Duplin River (view print) 2003 2007 Di Iorio, Daniela Q2 - Domain Patterns
Hypsometric curves of the Duplin River (view print) 2004 2007 Blanton, Jackson O. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Marsh transplant experiments (view print) 2007 2009 Pennings, Steven C. Q5 - Organism Distribution
Molecular comparison of ascomycete fungal communities (view print) 2003 2007 Hollibaugh, James T. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Onmivorous crab top-down control on an arthropod food web (view print) 2002 2008 Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Organic matter cycling and iron reduction (view print) 2002 2004 Joye, Samantha B. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Organic matter mineralization and sulfate reduction (view print) 2003 2005 Joye, Samantha B. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Patterns of mud snail and ribbed mussel abundance in the GCE (view print) 2008 2008 Silliman, Brian R. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Plant and soil characteristics of hammock uplands (view print) 1993 2003 Alber, Merryl Q4 - Lateral Gradients
Plant strategies across steep environmental gradients of a salt marsh (view print) 1994 2004 Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Salinity intrusion in estuarine sediments (view print) 2005 2006 Joye, Samantha B. Q3 - Longitudinal Gradients
Sea level fluctuation induced by winds on the continental shelf (view print) 2004 2004 Blanton, Jackson O. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Spartina species zonation along the Altamaha River estuary (view print) 2000 2004 Alber, Merryl Q3 - Longitudinal Gradients
Spatial variation in nutrient effects on marsh community structure (view print) 2002 2004 Pennings, Steven C. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Suspended particulate matter and nutrients in the Duplin River, Georgia (view print) 2003 2003 Joye, Samantha B. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Terminal metabolism (view print) 2000 2005 Joye, Samantha B. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Thermal IR imagery analysis of the Duplin River, Georgia (view print) 2006 2006 Joye, Samantha B. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Tidal harmonics at the GCE monitoring sites (view print) 2002 2002 Blanton, Jackson O. Q2 - Domain Patterns
Water use patterns in hydrologic units of the 5 major coastal river watersheds in Georgia (view print) 1999 2001 Alber, Merryl Q1 - External Forcing
Watershed nitrogen input and export of N to coastal systems along the east coast of the U.S. (view print) 2004 2006 Alber, Merryl Q1 - External Forcing
Watershed nitrogen input and export of N to coastal systems along the west coast of the U.S. (view print) 2007 2009 Alber, Merryl Q1 - External Forcing
Waves, turbulence, and circulation in the Altamaha River estuary (view print) 2000 2005 Di Iorio, Daniela Q2 - Domain Patterns
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers OCE-9982133 and OCE-0620959.  Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.