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March 2003, Vol. 12, No.3 | Return to Table of Contents
Science News
From The Ecosystems Center…
Hobbie, J.E. 2003. Scientific Accomplishments of the Long-Term Ecological Research Program: An Introduction. BioScience 53(1): 17-20.
Hobbie, J.E., S. Carpenter, N. Grimm, J. Gosz, and T. Seastedt. 2003. The US Long-Term Ecological Research Program. BioScience 53(1): 21-32.
Kratz, T.K., L.A. Deegan, M.E. Harmon, and W.K. Lauenroth. 2003. Ecological variability in space and time: Insights gained from the US LTER program. BioScience 53(1): 57-67.
Rastetter, E.B., J.D. Aber, D.P.C. Peters, D.S. Ojima, and I. Burke. 2003. Using mechanistic models to scale ecological processes across space and time. BioScience 53(1): 68-76.
Fry, B., A. Gace, and J. W. McClelland. 2003. Chemical indicators of anthropogenic nitrogen loading in four Pacific estuaries. Pacific Science 57: 77-101.
Schmidt, K., A. Atkinson, D. Stubing, J. W. McClelland, J. P. Montoya, and M. Voss. 2003. Trophic relationships among Southern Ocean copepods and krill: Some uses and limitations of a stable isotope approach. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 277-289.
Sanzone, D.M., J.L. Meyer, E. Marti, E.P. Gardiner, J.L. Tank, and N.B. Grimm. 2003. Carbon and nitrogen transfer from a desert stream to riparian predators. Oecologia 134: 238-250.
Recent Gifts & Grants
Burroughs Wellcome Fund has renewed its grant in the amount of $400,000 to support the course Biology of Parasitism: Modern Approaches. This support is for the period 2003 to 2006.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute has provided a grant of $24,000 to support the participation of three members of HHMI’s International Research Scholars Program in the MBL’s Biology of Parasitism: Modern Approaches course.
National Science Foundation awarded the following grants:
• $700,000 for “LTER: Plum Island Sound Comparative Ecosystem Study (PISCES): Effects of Changing Land Cover, Climate and Sea Level on Estuarine Trophic Dynamics.” Chuck Hopkinson, John Hobbie, Bruce Peterson, Anne Giblin, Linda Deegan and Joseph Vallino are the principal investigators.
• $143,334 for “Species, Community and Ecosystsem-Level Consequences of the Interactions Among Multiple Resources.” Edward Rastetter and Gaius Shaver are the principal investigators.
• $75,000 for “Molecular Approaches to Microbial Biodiversity aka Microbial Diversity Course.”
Caroline Harwood is the principal investigator.
• $6,000 for “LTER Cross Site: Interactions between Climate and Nutrient Cycling in Artic and Subartic Tundras.” Gaius Shaver is the principal investigator.
NASA awarded $31,000 for “The Role of Land-Cover Change in High Latitude Ecosystems: Implications for Carbon Budgets in Northern North America.” Jerry Melillo and David Kicklighter are the principal investigators.
Barnstable County – South Eastern Massachusetts Aquaculture Center awarded $7,000 for “Developing a Cost Effective Method to Raise the Banded Sunfish in Underutilized or Seasonally “fallow” Cranberry Bogs.” Frederick Goetz is the principal investigator.
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