Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Research Projects
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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 |
