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 | GCE3 Area1 - Drivers of Change Q3 - Longitudinal Gradients |
| Altamaha river water chemistry monitoring (view print) | 2000 | ongoing | Joye, Samantha B. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain Q1 - External Forcing |
| Ammonia oxidation in the GCE domain (view print) | 2004 | ongoing | Hollibaugh, James T. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain |
| Blue crab monitoring (view print) | 2013 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain |
| Comparative transcriptomics of reciprocal transplants of Spartina alterniflora (view print) | 2011 | ongoing | Richards, Christina L. | |
| Eddy covariance flux tower for measuring gas exchange between salt marshes and the atmosphere (view print) | 2012 | ongoing | Di Iorio, Daniela | GCE3 Area1 - Drivers of Change Q1 - External Forcing |
| Effect of rainfall variation on high marsh plants (view print) | 1996 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Flux tower monthly vegetation monitoring (view print) | 2013 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation |
| Freshwater plant responses to saltwater pulses (view print) | 2014 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation |
| GCE CTD monitoring surveys (view print) | 2001 | ongoing | Di Iorio, Daniela Joye, Samantha B. |
GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| GCE Long-term Hydrographic Monitoring (view print) | 2001 | ongoing | Di Iorio, Daniela | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| GCE LTER Sedimentation-Erosion Table (SET) Monitoring (view print) | 2001 | ongoing | Craft, Christopher B. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| GCE water quality monitoring (view print) | 2001 | ongoing | Joye, Samantha B. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| GCE-LTER Altamaha River plant community monitoring (view print) | 2012 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain |
| Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Climate monitoring program (view print) | 2002 | ongoing | Di Iorio, Daniela Hurley, Dorset Sheldon, Wade M. |
GCE3 Area1 - Drivers of Change Q1 - External Forcing |
| Grasshopper distribution within the GCE (view print) | 2001 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain Q5 - Organism Distribution |
| Hammock groundwater modeling (view print) | 2010 | ongoing | Joye, Samantha B. Meile, Christof |
GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation Q4 - Lateral Gradients |
| High marsh annual monitoring of Borrichia Juncus mixtures (view print) | 2013 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain |
| Intensive hammock characterization (view print) | 2008 | ongoing | Alber, Merryl Alexander, Clark R. |
GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation Q4 - Lateral Gradients |
| Long term monitoring of salt pans at Marsh Landing (view print) | 1997 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Long-term Nutrient (N, P) Additions to a Tidal Freshwater Marsh (view print) | 2004 | ongoing | Craft, Christopher B. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation |
| Marine invertebrate monitoring (view print) | 2000 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| 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. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation Q4 - Lateral Gradients |
| Nutrient Limitation of Benthic Biofilms Along the Estuarine Salinity Gradient (view print) | 2012 | ongoing | Craft, Christopher B. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation |
| Photomapping of marsh vegetation (view print) | 2010 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation Q5 - Organism Distribution |
| Plant biomass monitoring (view print) | 2000 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Salinity variations across the GCE domain (view print) | 2006 | ongoing | Di Iorio, Daniela | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Seawater Addition Long Term Experiment (SALTEx), a long-term field manipulation experiment in a Zizaniopsis marsh in the Altamaha River (view print) | 2011 | ongoing | Craft, Christopher B. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation Q1 - External Forcing Q3 - Longitudinal Gradients |
| Terrestrial invertebrate monitoring (view print) | 2000 | ongoing | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| 3-way salt marsh symbiosis (view print) | 2013 | 2013 | Angelini, Christine | |
| Algal survey and light availability experiment along salinity gradient (view print) | 2013 | 2013 | Craft, Christopher B. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation |
| 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 |
| American alligator trophic dynamics in the GCE (view print) | 2006 | 2012 | Silliman, Brian R. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Analysis of historic vegetation changes using aerial photographs and GIS (view print) | 1999 | 2001 | Alber, Merryl | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Archeological studies (view print) | 2006 | 2012 | Thompson, Victor D. | Q4 - Lateral Gradients |
| 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 |
| Benthic primary production (view print) | 2003 | 2006 | Joye, Samantha B. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Cabretta Island Groundwater Monitoring (view print) | 2008 | 2012 | Wilson, Alicia M. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Can less palatable plants buffer Spartina against runaway consumption (view print) | 2011 | 2011 | Griffin, John | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Can mussels protect Spartina from mutiple stressors? (view print) | 2014 | 2014 | Angelini, Christine | |
| CCU Groundwater and mapping trip - Spring 2013 (view print) | 2013 | 2013 | Peterson, Richard N. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain |
| CCU groundwater and resistivity study - Summer 2013 (view print) | 2013 | 2013 | Viso, Richard F. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain |
| CCU groundwater and resistivity study - Winter 2013 (view print) | 2013 | 2013 | Peterson, Richard N. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain |
| Chlorophyll distributions in the Altamaha River (view print) | 2005 | 2005 | Alber, Merryl | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Colonization of Iva plants by insects (view print) | 2014 | 2014 | Pennings, Steven C. | |
| Consumer diversity impacts in salt marshes (view print) | 2011 | 2011 | Silliman, Brian R. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Correction for estimated upland areas of marsh hammocks (view print) | 2007 | 2009 | Alber, Merryl | Q4 - Lateral Gradients |
| Creek bank seepage fluxes (view print) | 2012 | 2013 | Meile, Christof | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain |
| Deployment of 7 moorings in the Georgia coastal domain (view print) | 2014 | 2015 | Di Iorio, Daniela | GCE3 Area1 - Drivers of Change |
| Do hydrological conditions at creek heads stimulate Sesarma reticulatum recruitment? (view print) | 2012 | 2015 | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation |
| DUPLEX experiment (view print) | 2003 | 2006 | Di Iorio, Daniela | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Duplin groundwater sampling (view print) | 2012 | 2012 | Viso, Richard F. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Duplin River flow measurements in collaboration with CCU groundwater surveys (view print) | 2012 | 2012 | Di Iorio, Daniela | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| 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 |
| Effects of climate on coastal ecosystems (view print) | 2007 | 2012 | 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 | 2012 | Burd, Adrian B. | Q1 - External Forcing |
| Effects of marsh elevation and bird disturbance on Spartina patch recovery (view print) | 2013 | 2020 | Angelini, Christine | |
| Effects of Nutrients and Salinity on Soil Organic Matter (view print) | 2014 | 2015 | Craft, Christopher B. | GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain |
| Effects of Sesarma reticulatum on tidal creek growth. (view print) | 2012 | 2017 | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation |
| Energy dissipation in the Duplin River (view print) | 2003 | 2006 | Blanton, Jackson O. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| 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 |
| GCE4 Area1 - External Drivers of Change (view print) | 2019 | 2025 | GCE4 Area1 - External Drivers of Change | |
| GCE4 Area2 - Long-term Patterns within the Domain (view print) | 2019 | 2025 | GCE4 Area2 - Long-term Patterns within the Domain | |
| GCE4 Area3 - Marsh Response to Disturbance (view print) | 2019 | 2025 | GCE4 Area3 - Marsh Response to Disturbance | |
| GCE4 Area4 - Integration and Forecasting (view print) | 2019 | 2025 | GCE4 Area4 - Integration and Forecasting | |
| GCE4 Other Site Research (view print) | 2019 | 2025 | GCE4 Other - Other site research | |
| Genetic diversity in the pulmonate snail Melampus bidentatus (view print) | 2009 | 2012 | Wares, John P. | Q5 - Organism Distribution |
| Genetic structure across the GCE domain (view print) | 2007 | 2012 | Wares, John P. | Q5 - Organism Distribution |
| Heat and salt flux estimates in the Duplin River (view print) | 2003 | 2007 | Di Iorio, Daniela | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| How does predator species evenness affect a trophic cascade? (view print) | 2011 | 2012 | Griffin, John | Q5 - Organism Distribution |
| Hypsometric curves of the Duplin River (view print) | 2004 | 2007 | Blanton, Jackson O. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Invasive invertebrate species within the GCE (view print) | 2002 | 2004 | Bishop, Thomas D. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Lateral variability of sediment deposition across tidal bars (view print) | 2012 | 2012 | Pennings, Steven C. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Maps and Locals (MALS) (view print) | 2009 | 2012 | Alber, Merryl | Q1 - External Forcing |
| Marsh plant diversity in Georgia and Texas (view print) | 2005 | 2005 | Pennings, Steven C. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Marsh plant studies in support of hammock plant model (view print) | 2009 | 2012 | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation Q4 - Lateral Gradients |
| Marsh transplant experiments (view print) | 2007 | 2009 | Pennings, Steven C. | Q5 - Organism Distribution |
| Mechanisms of succession in GA and AL marshes (view print) | 2000 | 2006 | Pennings, Steven C. | |
| Molecular comparison of ascomycete fungal communities (view print) | 2003 | 2007 | Hollibaugh, James T. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Mussel Addition Experiment (view print) | 2012 | 2013 | Angelini, Christine | |
| 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 |
| Oyster and barnacle recruitment (view print) | 2008 | 2012 | Bishop, Thomas D. | Q5 - Organism Distribution |
| 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 community assemblages within the GCE (view print) | 2006 | 2006 | Pennings, Steven C. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Plant secondary succession following disturbance (view print) | 2010 | 2012 | Pennings, Steven C. | Q4 - Lateral Gradients |
| Plant strategies across steep environmental gradients of a salt marsh (view print) | 1994 | 2004 | Pennings, Steven C. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Plant zonation patterns in Georgia tidal marshes (view print) | 1996 | 2007 | Pennings, Steven C. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Processing of salt marsh plant litter by detritivores (view print) | 2000 | 2006 | Pennings, Steven C. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Role of tree host identity in regulating the strength of facilitation cascades in tree- epiphyte communities of the southeastern US (view print) | 2011 | 2011 | Silliman, Brian R. | |
| Salinity intrusion in estuarine sediments (view print) | 2005 | 2006 | Joye, Samantha B. | Q3 - Longitudinal Gradients |
| Salt marsh dieback in Georgia and Louisiana (view print) | 2002 | 2006 | Alber, Merryl | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Sea level fluctuation induced by winds on the continental shelf (view print) | 2004 | 2004 | Blanton, Jackson O. | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Shoreline Survey (view print) | 2013 | 2013 | Alber, Merryl | GCE3 Area1 - Drivers of Change |
| Short-term responses of tidal low-salinity marsh vegetation to saltwater intrusion (view print) | 2013 | 2013 | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation |
| Snail and bivalve recruitment (view print) | 2008 | 2012 | Silliman, Brian R. | Q5 - Organism Distribution |
| Spartina Mussel Mesocosm Experiment (view print) | 2012 | 2012 | Angelini, Christine | |
| Spartina Mussel Resilience Project (view print) | 2011 | 2012 | Silliman, Brian R. | 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 |
| Subsurface fluxes (view print) | 2012 | 2012 | Meile, Christof | Q2 - Domain Patterns |
| Survey of genetic and epigenetic diversity across Borrichia frutescens and Spartina alterniflora sites (follow-up to Richards et al 2004 Ecology Letters) (view print) | 2011 | 2011 | Richards, Christina L. | 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 |
| Ungulate control of facilitation cascade dynamics in oak savannas (view print) | 2010 | 2012 | Silliman, Brian R. | |
| Upland manipulation of water flow to high marsh areas (view print) | 2015 | 2018 | Pennings, Steven C. | GCE3 Area3 - Responses to Salinity and Inundation |
| Water flow in the Duplin River (view print) | 2003 | 2006 | 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 |
