Active GCE Committees
GCE Advisory Committee
Description
This committee advises the GCE-LTER program on research approaches and priorities in conjunction with annual project meetings and proposal submissions.
Mailing list: GCEADVISE-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Current Members
Elizabeth Borer, University of Minnesota
Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
GCE Disturbance Committee
Description
This committee plans and oversees GCE4 Disturbance Scape research
Mailing list: GCE-DISTURB-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Current Members
Merryl Alber, University of Georgia
Clark Alexander, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Christine Angelini, University of Florida
Adrian Burd, University of Georgia
Jeb Byers, University of Georgia
Chris Craft, Indiana University at Bloomington
Christine Hladik, Georgia Southern University
Joel Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology
Christof Meile, University of Georgia
Deepak Mishra, University of Georgia
Jessica O'Connell, Colorado State University
Craig Osenberg, University of Georgia
Steve Pennings, University of Houston
John Schalles, Creighton University
Joe Schubauer-Berigan, Adjunct Faculty, Univ. of Cincinnati, Biol Dept
Amanda Spivak, University of Georgia
Sydney Williams, University of Florida
GCE Executive Committee
Description
Full power in the management of GCE-LTER affairs is vested in the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee has power to authorize action on behalf of the GCE-LTER, elect a Chairperson, assign areas of responsibility within the Executive Committee, delegate tasks to Project Investigators, create committees, plan and oversee GCE-LTER research, allocate funds, and otherwise administer the affairs of the GCE-LTER. A record of motions passed by the Executive Committee is posted on the project web site.
Additional information: GCE bylaws
Mailing list: GCEEXEC-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Current Members
Merryl Alber, University of Georgia (chair)
Adrian Burd, University of Georgia
Daniela Di Iorio, University of Georgia
Steve Pennings, University of Houston
Adam Sapp, University of Georgia
Amanda Spivak, University of Georgia
GCE Flux Tower Committee
Description
This committee oversees the GCE eddy covariance flux tower and related instrumentation in the marsh off the Duplin River
Additional information: Project Description
Mailing list: GCE-FLUX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Current Members
Merryl Alber, University of Georgia
Wei-Jun Cai, University of Delaware
David Cotten, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Daniela Di Iorio, University of Georgia (co-chair)
Peter Hawman, University of Georgia
Chuck Hopkinson, University of Georgia
Christof Meile, University of Georgia
Deepak Mishra, University of Georgia (co-chair)
Caroline Narron, University of Georgia
Jessica O'Connell, Colorado State University
Steve Pennings, University of Houston
Adam Sapp, University of Georgia
Wade Sheldon, University of Georgia
Amanda Spivak, University of Georgia
GCE Information Management Committee
Description
This committee consists of GCE-LTER Information Management staff
Current Members
Adam Sapp, University of Georgia (Lead IM)
Wade Sheldon, University of Georgia (IT Support)
GCE Predator Exclusion Experiment Committee
Description
This committee oversees the GCE3 predator exclusion study
Mailing list: GCE-CRAB-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Current Members
Merryl Alber, University of Georgia
Christine Angelini, University of Florida
Jeb Byers, University of Georgia
Chris Craft, Indiana University at Bloomington
Craig Osenberg, University of Georgia
Steve Pennings, University of Houston
Brian Silliman, Duke University
Amanda Spivak, University of Georgia
High Marsh Experiment Committee
Description
The committee oversees the GCE-LTER High Marsh Experiment
Additional information: Project Description
Mailing list: GCE-HIGHMARSH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Current Members
Merryl Alber, University of Georgia
Clark Alexander, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Christine Angelini, University of Florida
Jeb Byers, University of Georgia
Chris Craft, Indiana University at Bloomington
Christof Meile, University of Georgia
Steve Pennings, University of Houston
Alicia Wilson, University of South Carolina
LTER Network-wide Committee Members
Description
These are the GCE representatives to LTER network-wide committees.
Current Members
Eamon Hennessy, University of Houston (Graduate Student Committee)
Nik Heynen, University of Georgia (DEI Committee)
Steve Pennings, University of Houston (Education Committee)
Adam Sapp, University of Georgia (IM Committee)
Salinity Monitoring Committee
Description
This committee oversees the continuous salinity, temperature and water level monitoring network (sonde moorings) deployed across the GCE domain.
Additional information: GCE salinity monitoring program
Current Members
Daniela Di Iorio, University of Georgia (chair)
Steve Pennings, University of Houston
Adam Sapp, University of Georgia
SALTEx Experiment Committee
Description
This committee oversees the Seawater Addition Long Term Experiment (SALTEx), a long-term field experiment that we recently initiated in a Zizaniopsis marsh in the Altamaha River.
Additional information: Project Description
Mailing list: GCE-SALTEX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Current Members
Merryl Alber, University of Georgia
Jeb Byers, University of Georgia
Chris Craft, Indiana University at Bloomington (lead investigator)
Ellen Herbert, Ducks Unlimited
Christine Hladik, Georgia Southern University
Patricia Medeiros, University of Georgia
Steve Pennings, University of Houston
Joe Schubauer-Berigan, Adjunct Faculty, Univ. of Cincinnati, Biol Dept
Taxonomic Database Committee
Description
This ad hoc committee is responsible for updating the GCE taxonomic database and providing descriptive photos and ancillary information for species records.
Additional information: GCE taxonomic database (species lists)
Current Members
Steve Pennings, University of Houston
Adam Sapp, University of Georgia
John Williams, University of Georgia Marine Institute
