ILTER 2004 Coordinating Committee Meeting Proceedings

Notes by John Vande Castle, U.S. LTER Network Office

ILTER 2004 Coordinating Committee

July 7-9

Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil

Summary:

The Policy Document of ILTER was revised during the meeting. This includes the vision, mission and goals of the network, as well as the bylaws by which the ILTER Network will function. Adoption of this document will be put to a vote of the ILTER Coordinating Committee.

Eun-Shik Kim of the Korean network proposed consideration of an ILTER symposium at the upcoming 2005 INTECOL meeting in Montreal being held in conjunction with the Ecological Society of America next summer. Hague Vaughan is soliciting expressions of interest in attending and suggestions on a suitable topic related to the INTECOL theme of Ecology at Multiple Scales.

Julius Oszlanyi presented information on the ALTER-NET project which has been funded by the EU for five years.

Members of the regional ILTER Networks gave updates on past, current and future activities.

Austria, Latvia and Mozambique were accepted to the Network by unanimous vote, although the ILTER chair will poll absent committee members to achieve a full quorum. This brings the ILTER Network to 30 Member Networks.

Jaroslav Vrba provided an update from the 2003 ILTER meeting in Seattle related to aquatic studies. Vera Viera Straskrabova has constructed a survey related to aquatic studies. This survey can be filled out by ILTER Networks and sites and Vera will compile the responses to the survey and they will be added to the ILTER website.

Evandrino Barros gave a presentation on a digital library system for data exchange within the Brazilian ILTER Network which uses open source tools and "EML" metadata for data documentation.

Tom Lacher the TEAM initiative which is a network of field stations in Brazil and La Selva, Costa Rica. He also described data management practices used to permit data sharing based on open-source, standardized tools with "EML" for data description.

Manuel Maass presented plans for the 2005 Coordinating Committee Meeting. The meeting is now planned for Colima, Mexico in the end of October.

Joh Henschel present plans for the proposed 2006 ILTER Coordinating meeting for Gobabeb Namibia, South Africa.

Michel Gutelman gave a presentation for funding of ILTER and regional LTER networks. His revised proposal is available.

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Proceedings:

Flávio Luizão opened the meeting and welcomed participants.  He introduced a representative of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment who also welcomed the participants and said that there were many opportunities for collaboration and urged the participants to think about applications. 

Hen-biau King gave his welcome and presented a talk on opportunities and the importance for collaboration within the ILTER Network.  He pointed out the large changes in technology that has happened over the decades and the new tools such as usable video teleconferencing that is now available in a variety of forms.  Advances in wireless technology assist in communication and data transmission.  Information technology tools related to databases and information management (informatics).  These tools are important for use in ILTER collaborations, and discussion is needed on how to better use the technologies.  His full presentation is also available. 

Chen Panqin presented a report on the East Asia and Pacific Region.  For the regional network, a Secretariat has been established to facilitate interactions within the region.  The Secretariat has begun to update contact information and collected data on regional networks and sites.  The next meeting for the regional network will be in September, in Beijing.  Other efforts included a 2003 workshop on Asian Flux measurements, a visit by the Japanese Long-Term Ecological Research Network and other efforts to encourage participation and presentations at other ecological meetings and congresses.  His full presentation is available.  His presentation was shortened because of time constraints; however a more extensive version provided by Dr. Zhao Shidong is also available.

Manual Maass gave a presentation on the North American Regional Network of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.  He pointed out the diverse background of the three Networks with Mexico still building a critical mass of scientists and programs, the Canadian EMAN Network, focusing on monitoring efforts and the well established United States LTER program funded primarily by the U.S. National Science Foundation.  He pointed out how the diversity these structures affect the individual programs.  He also pointed out the importance of using collaborations to facilitate research in the regional network, and various programs and collaborations that are currently active.  This included collaborations with U.S. LTER projects, associated projects in the U.S. such as the U.S. Carbon Program, and links with the EMAN monitoring efforts.  His full presentation is available.

Joh Henschel gave a presentation of activities of ELTOSA.  He talked about collaborations based on projects with a common theme, such as studies of river basins.  He also mentioned network efforts with other groups such as the University of Virginia in the U.S.  He talked about the October 2003 ELTOSA meeting held in Botswana, where current research collaborations were presented as well as new interest from other regions of Southern Africa.  He gave an update on the general status of ELTOSA country networks, with Namibia, and South Africa well established others in the planning stages, and still more showing interest in collaborations.  He then presented information on the Environmental Observatory Network of Namibia (EONN) which is lead by the Desert Research Foundation, an NGO, with related interests.  He also mentioned the planned launch of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) composed of savanna adjacent to Kruger National Park and fynbos, an endemic cape Floral site.  His full presentation is available.  He also mentioned that Mozambique is well on its way to forming a research program will be applying for ILTER membership.  His full presentation is available.

Julius Oszlanyi presented information on the ALTER-NET project which has been funded by the EU for five years. The focus of the project is the better integration and restructure of existing research programs.  This will include workshops and training for development and adoption of common tools and databases, as well as shared infrastructure.   The research focus of ALTER-NET are all aspects of biodiversity, including changes in biodiversity and the results related to human activities, socioeconomic costs etc.  ALTER-NET consists of 24 organizations and 17 countries.  His full report is available.

Professor Francisco Barbosa presented information on the South and Central American LTER efforts.  He pointed out difficulties in communication among the various networks, and efforts which will be stepped up to improve the situation.  The Brazil PELD Network itself is very active.  Science and research is progressing well, with information and links to projects and partnerships available on the PELD Website.  Armando Torres provided additional information about the seven sites of the Venezuelan LTER projects, stating that the research activities were very active, although the funding and political situation in the country is very difficult at the present moment.  His presentation is available.

Michael Mirtl gave a presentation on the development of the Austrian LTER projects and aspects of the multi-functional research programs (MFRPs).  The proposed Austria LTER structures meet the requirements of the provisional ILTER bylaws, with an application letter co-signed by the contracted research group and government representative.  There were no objections to membership by the ILTER Coordinating Committee, but for the vote on membership, there was not a full quorum present (11 of 27) member Networks, so additional members will be polled by email by the ILTER Chair.  Subsequent votes from France and the U.K have meet the quorum for acceptance of the Austrian LTER, although additional votes will be gathered for this and subsequent votes.

Similarly, Viesturs Melecis gave a presentation for Latvian ILTER Membership Application.  The presentation included monitoring results of changes in climate variables and vegetation since 1992 for the region.  He also pointed out that their initial analysis of short-term data did not show some statistically significant difference in a number of variables and species, but the longer, dataset did show significant distances in the data.  Dr. King passed around a letter of support from the Latvian Council of Sciences, and the committee voted unanimously, although without a quorum, for acceptance to the ILTER Network.  Absent Committee members will be polled for a complete vote.  His presentation is available.

Almeida A. Sitoe presented background on the proposed Mozambique LTER Network including information on 12 sites that are proposed to be part of the Network.  His presentation is available (LINK).  He presented a proposal to join the ILTER Network.  Dr.  Hague Vaughan was able to join the Committee at this point, bringing the attendance to 12, still 2 members short of a quorum.  The 12 voting members present voted unanimously for acceptance, and additional members will be polled for a complete vote.  His presentation is available.

Frances Li of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) gave a background on the current status of U.S. funding for the International LTER Network.  After providing virtually the sole support since the inception of the ILTER Network over a decade ago, the U.S. NSF is moving toward a vision of a network where responsibility and initiative is more widely distributed. This vision was discussed at the 2003 LTER All Scientists meeting. The goal is to have the ILTER Network become more autonomous with a diversity of funding sources and more active participation by more of the member countries in data management activities, workshops and international collaborative research.  Funding for the newly established U.S. LTER International Committee has been approved for a period of two years. The NSF grant includes funding for the position of coordinator of the ILTER Network. The current two-year period is seen as a transition while the ILTER Network develops a plan for sustainable funding and staffing of the ILTER coordinator function.

Michel Gutelman gave a presentation for funding of ILTER and regional LTER networks.  The focus of the presentation was to improve the funding of the activities of the ILTER Network, particularly to improve funding for less developed countries.  The presentation included the need for an equipment and development fund by imposing a few for participation in ILTER based on the country GDP, for use by less developed countries.  The fee and use of the fee would be decided by decision of the ILTER Coordinating Committee.  Other aspects included encouraging cross country collaborations of less developed countries and collaborations of southern hemisphere exchanges.  An important source of funding should also come through the United Nations (UN) for support of collaborations.  There would need to be some organization of ILTER as a “privileged partner” to act for negotiations with the UN.  The research efforts could be organized under specific themes such as sustainable development.  Because of the UN funding, this would only be able to support less developed countries, so this funding would be able to support only a subset of the ILTER Network.  There was discussion by ILTER Committee members on similarities of existing UN funding by similar groups such as GTOS.  Dr. Barbosa also pointed out that most of the ILTER member networks could be considered “poor” countries, so many would be needing funded that might be generated internally.  Other discussions included the need for other sources of funding.  Michel Gutelman will provide a version of his report to be sent to the ILTER community for comment and review.  The revised version of his proposal is available which incorporates comments from the Committee.

Manuel Maass presented plans for the 2005 Coordinating Committee Meeting.  The meeting is now planned for Colima, Mexico in the end of October.  The University of Colima has agreed to help host the meeting.  This is located on the Pacific Coast of Mexico.  Air connections could be via Guadalajara, Manzanillo, or Colima.  The end of October is the end of the wet season for the region.  A two day excursion is planned to LTER sites in the region as part of the meeting.  The meeting will be preceded by the Mexican LTER National meeting (held in Spanish). The ILTER Coordinating Committee Meeting will consist of two days of science meetings to be held in English, a one day business meeting and three days of field trips.

Joh Henschel present plans for the proposed 2006 ILTER Coordinating meeting for Gobabeb Namibia, Southern Africa.  This location is 100km for the nearest airport at Walves Bay, for connections to other airports.  The meeting is suggested for either April or September of 2006.  The Namibian members are now forming an organizing committee and seeking funding for the meeting.  An alternative location would be Walvis Bay, the second largest city in the country (population 60,000).  There are also other alternative venues available.  The meeting details might include a mini-symposium

Eun-Shik Kim of Korea talked about the past INTECOL meeting in Korea that included ILTER participation.  The next meeting of INTECOL will be in 2005 and held in Montreal Canada with a deadline for September of 2004.  The next INTECOL Congress is not until 2009.   The ILTER Coordinating Committee endorsed his recommendation for participation in the 2005 INTECOL Congress.  His presentation is available.

Hague Vaughan provided background on how the Canadian EMAN Network implements it monitoring Network and provides information within the structure of the Canadian government.  One of the recent products is a report on community-based monitoring described in a report available online for the CCMN project .  Within EMAN, sub networks are beginning to form, both within EMAN as well as other groups including National Parks, biosphere reserves.  Within EMAN itself, they have established a list of performance measures.  His full report is available. 

Jaroslav Vrba provided an update from the 2003 ILTER meeting in Seattle related to aquatic studies including changes in hydrological and nutrient cycles.  In particular Vera Viera Straskrabova has constructed a survey related to aquatic studies.  This survey can be filled out by ILTER Networks and sites and Vera will compile the responses to the survey and they will be added to the ILTER website.  The survey may be downloaded here as WORD or Acrobat PDF documents to be sent via email to “verastr@hbu.cas.cz” or by fax at: +420 385310248

Evandrino Barros gave a presentation on a digital library system constructed for data exchange within the Brazilian ILTER Network. The digital library is based on open technologies for database and web distribution.  The library is based on metadata which itself is based on standard Ecological Metadata Language, EML which is XML based and used by the larger ecological community as a standard.  His presentation is available.

Tom Lacher provided an update on the TEAM initiative.  There was a presentation at the 2002 ILTER meeting in Ottawa, Canada when the project had just begun funding.  The TEAM network field stations include five sites in Brazil and La Selva, Costa Rica.  The basis of the protocol design is to standardize all measurements of large spatial scales.  At the stations there are four to six – one kilometer square monitoring plots established with a variety of monitoring protocols for different variables.  These protocols are all standardized using standard and low cost share-ware.  One of the newer protocols is the recording of sounds for analysis and development of species recognition.  He also described data management practices used for the TEAM initiative which permits data sharing and is based again on open-source, standardized tools.  He stressed that the existence of a data management and data sharing policy is essential for the project, and recommended it also be stressed within the ILTER Network.  For metadata description TEAM has standardized on the Ecological Metadata Language, EML which was developed through NSF funding and has been adopted by the U.S. LTER network for its data sharing.  See www.teaminitiative.org

Flávio Luizão presented the status of the LBA (Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia) project in Brazil, and its background and importance of the Amazon system.  The natural system of the Amazon is under unprecedented pressures and unsustainable development.  The research is based on process studies at small scales which are scaled up through modeling and remote sensing as well as through two large ecological transects in Amazonia.  The transect then contain monitoring sites imbedded within then to include advanced monitoring such as flux towers.  The data system for the project was developed through collaborations with groups such as the Oak-Ridge NASA data distribution system (NASA DAACS) so that data can be quickly exchanged among LBA researchers and available globally after a year’s time. 

The ILTER Coordinating Committee worked to revise the ILTER policy document including the ILTER bylaws to prepare them for a vote for adoption by the Committee.  The wording was very difficult and generated much discussion.  Since there was not a quorum present for a vote, the bylaws will be open for further discussion and final vote of the Coordinating Committee.  The current version of the ILTER policy document including the ILTER vision, mission, goals and bylaws is available on the ILTER website at www.ilternet.edu.

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Table 1- ILTER Coordinating Committee Meeting Agenda

Adrianópolis Hotel   -  Beta Room

July, 7th morning:

8:30 am

- Welcome and Introductions  - Flávio Luizão and Dr. Hen-biau King, Chair, ILTER Network

- Opening session (International & Brazilian LTER chairs + Amazonas State and Ministry representatives)

9:00 am - Progress reports of ILTER network

Regional Network Reports    (20 minutes each)

East Asia Regional Network – Prof. Chen Panqin

North America – Manual Maass

Southern Africa – Joh Henschel

Central and East Europe , ALTER-Net Project (Including West Europe)- Julius Oszlanyi

Central America – Francisco Barbosa

11:00 am Coffee Break

Executive Committee Meeting with representatives of the Brazilian Technology Ministry

12:30 pm - Hague Vaughan: presentation to ILTER on recent work in linking ecological monitoring to decision-making, particularly the engagement of community groups and the effective delivery of information to better inform policy.

1:00 pm – Dr. Frances Li – U.S. National Science Foundation – U.S. LTER Structure

1:15 pm - Dr. Michael Mirtl: Austria ILTER Membership Application 

1:45 pm - Dr. Viesturs Melecis: Latvia ILTER Membership Application 

2:15 pm- Funding for ILTER and LTER networks Michel Gutelman

2:30 pm  - Discussion of funding

3:00 pm Coffee Break

3:30 pm - ILTER bylaws: data policy and other regulation discussion

5:00 pm – Visit to INPA

July, 8th morning:

8:30 am - Future Meetings, Activities and Action Items -Discussion of next meetings, workshops (IM/IT etc).

9:30 am - Science syntheses: discussion and progress assessment:

               - Biodiversity Changes and Ecosystem Functions – Hague Vaughan: presentation to ILTER on recent work in linking ecological monitoring to decision-making, particularly the engagement of community groups and the effective delivery of information to better inform policy.  To include International Conventions on Biodiversity Desertification and Global Change

10:30 am Coffee Break

11:00 am- Science syntheses: discussion and progress assessment II:

-        Changes in Global Hydrological and Nutrient Cycles including ILTER Aquatic Survey - Jaroslav Vrba

12:00 am -  Lunch time: Posters session

July, 8th afternoon:

2:00pm - Inter-regional studies & Cooperation (LTER & related research programs): data exchange progress & policy -  Francisco Barbosa and Hen-biau King

3:00pm - Networks in Ecology: 

-        The TEAM Initiative - Tom Lacher (Conservation International)

3:30pm - The LBA Project in Brazil  - Flávio Luizão

4:00pm Coffee Break

4:30 -

- Training and Education initiatives in ILTER and LTER – Hen-biau King and Francisco Barbosa

- New affiliations to ILTER network

July, 9th morning:

8:30 – 9:30 - - Closing session and discussions

 July, 9^th  noon – July, 11^th :  Departures and Field Trip

Field Trip – July 9^th  Depart late morning, return July 10^th late afternoon

 

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Table 2– Attendance of voting members of the ILTER Coordinating Committee

+++++++++International Long Term Ecological Research Network – 2004 ++++++++

East Asian-Pacific Regional Network:

Australia – Not present

China - Chen Panqin

China-Taipei- Yue-Joe Hsia

Mongolia – Not present

South Korea – Eun-Shik Kim

North American Regional Network:

Canada – Hague Vaughan

Mexico – Manuel Maass

USA – not present

Central and Eastern European Regional Network:

Czech Republic – Jaroslav Verba

Hungary – not present

Israel – Not Present

Poland – not present

Romania – Angheluta Vadineanu

Slovenia – Not present

Slovak Republic – Július Oszlányi

Ukraine – Not present

African Regional Network:

Namibia – Joh Henschel

South Africa- Johan Pauw

Zambia- Not present

Western Europe Regional Network:

France- Not present

Switzerland- not present

United Kingdom- not present

Central/South American Regional Network:

Brazil- Francisco Barbosa

Columbia- not present

Costa Rica- not present

Uruguay- not present

Venezuela- Armando Torres

 

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Table 3- Meeting Attendees and Contact Information

Victor Amoroso

Central Mindanao University

Musuan, 8710 Bukidnon

Philippines

Phone: 088 356 1850

Fax:     088 356 1850

Mobile: 0917-549-5084

Email: amorosovic@yahoo.com

 

Francisco Barbosa

Federal University of Minas Gerais – ICB

P.O. Box 486

30.161-970

Belo Horizonte-Minas Gerais  - Brazil

Phone: +55 (31)3499-2591

Fax:     +55 (31)3499-2567

Email: barbosa@icb.ufmg.br

 

Paulina Barbosa

Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais

Federal University of Minas Gerais – DCC-ICEX

P.O. Box 486

Bexo Horizonte – Minas Gerais

Brasil 30.161-970

Email: ebarros@dcc.ufmg.br

 

Selene Báez

(Ecudor)

UNM Biology Department - MSC03 2020

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001

Email: selenebaez@mail.com

 

Panquin Chen

Bureau of Science and Technology for Resources and Environment

Chinese Academy of Sciences

52 Sanlihe Road
Beijing 100864

China

Phone: 8610-68597536

Fax: 8610-68597583

Email: pqchen@cashq.ac.cn

 

Michel Gutelman-Lamberti

153, rue de Belleville

75019 Paris – France

Phone: (33-1) 42 03 97 27

Mobile: (33-6) 80 57 57 11

Fax: (33-1) 42 49 82 22

Email: michelgu77@hotmail.com

 

Joh Henschel

Environmental Observatories Network of Namibia

Gobabeb Training and Research Centre

P.O. Box 953 Walvis Bay, Namibia
Phone: +264-64-694198

Fax: +264-64-694197

Email: jhenschel@drfn.org.na

 

Fu-Wen Horng

Taiwan Forestry Research Institute

53 Nan-Hai Road
Taipei, Taiwan

Email: horng@serv.tfri.gov.tw

 

Yue-Joe Hsia

TERN

Institute of Natural Resource

National Donghwa University

Shoufeng, Hyalien

Taiwan 974

Email:yjhsia@mail.ndhu.edu.tw

 

Eun-Shik Kim

KLTER

Department of Forest Resources
Kookmin University
861-1 Chongnung-dong, Song-buk-gu
Seoul, 136-702 KOREA

Phone:  82 2 910-4814
Fax: 82 2 910-4809

Email:kimeuns@kmu.kookmin.ac.kr

 

Hen Biau King

ILTER Network Chair

Taiwan Forestry Research Institute

53 Nan-hai Road
Taipei 100, Taiwan

Phone: (+886) 2 2381-7855

Fax: (+886) 2 2389-0318

Mobile: (+886) 9 1003-1636

Email: hbking@serv.tfri.gov.tw

 

Thomas Lacher

Conservation International,

Suite 600, 1919 M St. NW

Washington, D.C. 20036

Email: t.lacher@conservation.org

 

Frances Li

Office of International Science and Engineering

National Science Foundation

4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22230 USA

Phone: 1 703 292 8710

Fax: 1 703 292 9067

Email: fli@nsf.gov

 

Jong-Hwan Lim

KLTER

Korea Forest Research Institute

Division of Forest Ecology

#207 Chongryangni 2-dong Dongdaemun –gu

Seoul 130-712 Republic of Korea

Phone: +82-2-9612-542

Fax:     +82-2-9612-543

Email: limjh@foa.go.kr

 

Kuo-Chuan Lin

Taiwán Forestry Research Institute

53 Nan-Hai Rd.

Taipei, Taiwán 100 R.O.C.

Phone: +886-2-2303-9978 ext. 1213

Fax: +886-2-2331-9021

Email: kuolin@serv.tfri.gov.tw

 

Flávio J. Luizão

INPA – Ecology Department

Manaus, AM, Brazil

Email: fluizao@inpa.gov.br

 

Manuel Maass

Centro do Investigaciones eu Ecosistemas

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

A.P. 27-3 (Sta. Ma de Guido)

Morelia Michoacán 58090

Mexico

Phone: 52 (443) 3222701

Fax:     52 (443) 3222719

Email: maass@oikos.unam.mx

 

Viesturs Melecis

Institute of Biology

University of Latvia

Miera Str. No. 3

Salaspils LV-2169, Latvia

Phone: +371 7 944988

Fax:     +371 7 944986

Email: vmelecis@email.lubi.edu.lv

 

Michael Mirtl

Federal Environment Agency

Spittelauer Lände 5

1090 Vienna  Austria

Phone 00 43 – 1 – 31304-3410

Fax     00 43 – 1 – 31304-3700

Email: michael.mirtl@umweltbundesamt.at

 

Július Oszlányi

Institute of Landscape Ecology

Slovak Academy of Sciences

Śtefánikova 3

P.O. Box 254
814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia

Phone: +421 (2) 5249 3882

Fax: +421 (2) 5249 4508

Email: Julius.oszlanyi@savba.sk

 

Zhu Ouyang

Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research

CAS Yucheng Agricultural Exp. Station, CAS

Bldg. 917 Datun Road, Anwai

Beijing,  P.R. China

Postcode: 100101

Phone: (010) 64856514

Phone: (0534) 7351135

Fax: (010) 64856514

Fax: (0534) 7351394

Email: ouyz@igsnrr.ac.cn

 

Johan Pauw

South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)

National Research Foundation (NFR)

P.O. Box 2600
Pretoria, South Africa

Phone (012) 481-4216

Fax     (012) 481-4196

Inter. Code +27 12

Email: johan@nrf.ac.za

 

Júlio Carlos Franga Resende

Ministry of Science and Technology

Esplanada Dos Ministerios

Bloco E Saga 256

Brasilia – Distrito Federal

Brazil 70067-900

Email: jresende@mct.gov.br

 

Almeido A. Sitoe

Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry

Department of Forestry

Eduardo Mondlane University

P.O. Box 257

Maputo, Mozambique

Phone: +258 1 496238

Email: sittus@zebra.uem.mz

 

Armando Torres Lezama

Ecored Venezuela

Universidad de los Andes

Via Los Chorros del Milla

Mérida Venezuela

Phone: (0274) 2401507

Fax: (0274) 2401583

Email: torres@ula.ve

 

Ongyut Trisurat

Faculty of Forestry

Kasetsart University

Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900

Thailand

Phone: 662-5790176]

Fax:     662-942-8107

Email fforyyt@ku.ac.th

 

Angheluta Vadineanu

University of Bucharest

Department of Systems Ecology and Sustainable Development

Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 91-95

76201 Romania

Phone: 00 40 21 411 23 10

Fax: 00 40 21 411 23 10

Email: anvadi@bio.bio.unibuc.ro

 

John R. Vande Castle

U.S. Long Term Ecological Research(LTER)-Network Office

UNM Biology Department - MSC03 2020

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001

Phone: 1 505 277-2634

Fax: 1 505 277-2541

Mobile: 1 505 269-6957

Email: jvc@LTERnet.edu 

 

Hague Vaughan

Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN)

Environment Canada, CCIW

867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario
Canada  L7R 4A6

Phone: 905-336-4410

Fax: (905) 336-4499

Mobile: (905) 379-4410

Email hague.vaughan@ec.gc.ca

 

Jaroslav Vrba

Hydrobiological Institute

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Na Sádkách 7

CZ-37005 ČeskěBudějovice

Czech Republic

Phone: ++420 387 77 5872

Fax: ++420 385 310 248

Email: vrba@hbu.cas.cz

 

Jiabao Zhang

Institute of Soil Science
CAS 71 East Beijing Road
P. O. Box 821
Nanjing, 210008 China

Email: jbzhang@issas.ac.cn