Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Research Projects
» Ongoing Research Projects
Altamaha 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 Projects
Altamaha 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
