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LTER Sites
- Andrews LTER (3)
- Arctic LTER (49)
- Baltimore Ecosystem Study (3)
- Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER (4)
- Bonanza Creek LTER (2)
- California Current Ecosystem
- Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
- Central Arizona - Phoenix Urban LTER (26)
- City of Seattle - Seattle Public Utilities
- Coweeta LTER
- Florida Coastal Everglades LTER (4)
- Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER (1)
- Harvard Forest LTER (4)
- Hubbard Brook LTER (3)
- Jornada Basin LTER (2)
- Kellogg Biological Station LTER (3)
- Konza Prairie LTER (8)
- LTER Network Office (50)
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- Moorea Coral Reef LTER (3)
- Niwot Ridge LTER (3)
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- Northeast U.S. Shelf
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- Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
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- Sevilleta LTER (2)
- Shortgrass Steppe
- Virginia Coast Reserve LTER (4)
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      - total dissolved nitrogen (6)
      - total nitrogen (6)
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    - percent carbon (2)
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    - soil ph
    - ph (22)
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  - biomass
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    - nutrient budgets
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      - annual net primary production
      - net primary productivity (4)
- flux
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    - bulk density (6)
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    - density (34)
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      - conductivity (19)
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    - snow temperature
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    - water temperature (17)
    - temperature (76)
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    - leaf area (13)
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  - trophic structure (2)
  - population and community properties
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    - species abundance (10)
    - abundance (37)
  - diversity
- soil properties
- spatial properties
  - bathymetry (2)
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  - hyporheic
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  - urban (32)
  - spatial properties (1)
  - land surface properties
  - locations
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    - locations (54)
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  - riparian
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    - riparian (12)
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    - topography (7)
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  - winter (6)
  - temporal properties
- water properties
  - CTD (1)
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  - water properties (7)
  - conductivity
    - specific conductivity (3)
    - conductivity (19)
  - water level
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    - stage height (4)
    - wave height
    - water level (7)
  - water quality
    - suspended solids (2)
    - water quality (18)
methods
- methods (153)
- analytical tools
  - models (33)
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- field methods
  - chronosequences (3)
  - cores (25)
  - dataloggers (16)
  - dendrometers
  - eddy covariance
  - litterbags (1)
  - lysimeters
  - mark and recapture (1)
  - minirhizotrons
  - moorings (1)
  - neutron probe
  - permanent plots (4)
  - pitfall traps (1)
  - pyranometers (1)
  - reference stands
  - snowfences
  - soil samples (4)
  - surface elevation table (1)
  - time domain reflectometry
  - tracers (2)
  - transects (56)
  - field methods (3)
- spatial methods
  - digital elevation model (4)
  - geographic information systems (9)
  - global positioning systems (3)
  - mapping (14)
  - plant functional types (1)
  - spatial methods
  - imagery
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    - imagery (14)
    - aerial imagery
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      - aerial imagery (1)
    - satellite imagery
      - landsat (9)
      - satellite imagery (8)
- surveys
  - census (8)
  - surveys (40)
organizational units
- habitats (18)
- populations (80)
- organizational units (2)
- communities
  - community patterns (3)
  - plant communities (11)
  - communities (49)
  - community structure
    - stand structure
    - community structure (8)
- food webs
  - predators (2)
  - food webs (6)
  - consumers
    - herbivores (4)
    - consumers (3)
- species
  - endangered species (1)
  - invasive species
  - plant species (15)
  - species lists (2)
  - species (102)
processes
- community respiration
- fertilization (32)
- recovery (6)
- restoration (4)
- processes (24)
- accumulation
  - snow accumulation
  - accumulation (7)
- biogeochemical processes
  - biogeochemical processes (2)
  - decomposition
    - leaf decomposition
    - litter decomposition (1)
    - log decomposition
    - root decomposition
    - decomposition (7)
  - mineralization
    - nitrogen mineralization (4)
    - mineralization (5)
  - nutrient cycling
    - nutrient cycling (3)
    - nitrogen cycling
      - denitrification (1)
      - nitrification (1)
      - nitrogen fixation (1)
      - nitrogen mineralization (4)
      - nitrogen cycling
- biological processes
  - litterfall
  - microbial activity (1)
  - succession (6)
  - translocation
  - biological processes (2)
  - carbon cycling
    - carbon assimilation
    - respiration (8)
    - carbon cycling (2)
  - disease
    - cankers
    - disease
  - evolution
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    - mutation
    - natural selection
    - speciation
    - evolution (3)
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    - habitat selection
    - incubation (8)
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      - dispersal (8)
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      - mortality (4)
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    - plant growth (3)
    - seed production (1)
    - production (61)
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      - fine root production
      - belowground production
    - primary production
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      - primary production (51)
      - net primary production
        
        annual net primary production
        
        net primary production (4)
  - species interactions
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    - parasitism
    - predation (1)
    - symbiosis
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- landscape change
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  - ocean acidification
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      - wet deposition
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      - precipitation (22)
  - geological processes
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        termites (1)
        
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