PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL LONG TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

 Tuesday, 21 July 1998

 SESSION I

Co-Chairs: James Gosz, Hen-biau King and Christine French

1. LTER AND NETWORK CONCEPT

0800 Author: Gosz, James R.

LTER AND THE ILTER NETWORK CONCEPT

2. LTER RESEARCH AND NATIONAL NETWORK DEVELOPMENT

0825 Authors: Vaughan, Hague and T. Brydges

CANADA'S ECOLOGICAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT NETWORK

0850 Authors: Straskrabova Vera, J. Jenik, J. Kvet

CZECH LTER NETWORK - ECOSYSTEMS ON THE CROSSROADS

0915 Authors: Ceballos, Gerardo, M. Maass, R. Medellín, A. Equihua, R. Dirzo, M. Equihua, L. Hernández & M. Lazcano

A MEXICAN LONG TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH NETWORK

0940 Author: Shidong, Zhao

CHINESE ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH NETWORK-DESIGN, PROGRESS AND PROSPECT

1005-1030 BREAK

1030 Authors: Cavalcanti, Roberto B. , F. A. R. Barbosa, and A. Gustavo

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BRAZILIAN LTER NETWORK

1055 Author: Franco, Wilfredo

DEVELOPMENT OF THE VENEZUELAN LTER NETWORK AND STATUS OF A LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL LTER NETWORK

1120 Author: Robert B. Waide

STATUS OF THE U.S. LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH NETWORK

1145 Authors: Boer den, P.J., Th. van Dijk, J. Szyszko, F. Weber.

THE ERRORS THAT MAY BE MADE IN RESEARCH, I.E. ON THE NEED FOR LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH TO BE CARRIED OUT. 

3. COMMUNICATION/DATA MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY

1210 Authors: Porter, John H., James W. Brunt and John R. Vande Castle

A NETWORK SYSTEM FOR LTER DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

1235 DISCUSSION

1300 - 1400  Lunch

4. CROSS-SITE LONG TERM STUDIES

1400 Authors: Viaroli, Pierluigi, M. Bartoli, G. Castaldelli, G. Giodani, D. T. Welsh

          DISTURBANCE AND VULNERABILITY IN COASTAL LAGOON ECOSYSTEMS IN SOUTHERN              EUROPE

1425  Authors: Kovacs-Lang, Edit, S. Bartha, M. Kertesz, G. Kroel-Dulay, I.   Hahn, T. Redei, E. Molnar, P. Odor, T. Hochstrasser, W. Harris, D. Coffin, J. Gosz

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GRASSLANDS ALONG ARIDITY GRADIENTS

1450  Author: Harmon, Mark E.

ESTABLISHING A LONG-TERM, BROAD-SCALE ECOSYSTEM EXPERIMENT ON CLIMATIC VERSUS LITTER CONTROLS OF LITTER DECOMPOSITION.

1515  Authors: Magnuson, John J.,  R. Wynne and B. Benson

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE PATTERNS IN LAKE ICE PHENOLOGY

5. INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE

1540 Author: King, Hen-biau

ILTER NETWORK DEVELOPMENT

1605 Author: Hayden, Bruce P.

THE FUTURE OF ILTER

1630-1700 DISCUSSION

 

PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL LONG TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Wednesday, 22 July 1998

SESSION II

Co-Chairs: Robert R. Christian and Daniel Baird

6.     LTER ISSUES IN TROPICAL REGIONS

0800 Author: Losos, Elizabeth

NETWORK FOR TROPICAL FOREST RESEARCH

0825 Authors: Huth, Andreas and T. Ditzer

LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF LOGGING IN A MALAYSIAN RAIN FOREST- A SIMULATION STUDY USING THE RAIN FOREST GROWTH MODEL FORMIX3.

0850    Author:  Jonasson, P.M.

            EUTROPHICATION INDUCED CHANGES IN THE HYPOLIMNION OF LAKES

0915    Authors: DeBernardi, R. et al.

            LONG TERM DATA SETS: RELATIONSHIPS AMONG BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC VARIABLES IN A PELAGIC FRESHWATER SYSTEM

0940    DISCUSSION

1005-1030 BREAK

7.     EXAMPLES OF STUDIES AT EXPANDED ECOLOGICAL SCALES.

1030 Authors: Speranskaya, Nina A., N. K. Grib, and I. M. Baikova.

THE NATURE CONDITION CHANGES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON ECOSYSTEMS

1055 Authors: Baikova, Irina M. and N. A. Speranskaya.

INFLUENCE OF NATURE CONDITION CHANGES ON THE VEGETATION VIABLE.

1120 Authros: Vavilin, V.A. , L.Y. Lokshina and S.V. Rytov

         KINETIC ANALYSIS OF METHANE FORMATION BY MICROFLORA OF NATURAL  AND ANTHROPOGENIC ENVIRONMENTS AND GLOBAL WARMING EFFECT

1145 Author: Dietmar, S.

         LONG-TERM DYNAMICS OF CRUSTACEAN ZOOPLANKTON IN LAKE CONSTANCE

1210  DISCUSSION

1300  CLOSE

 

 

1400 - 1600 WORKSHOP ON DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

                            Presenters: VandeCastle, J.R. and J. H. Porter