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