Thursday, August 7, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
202 B, Midwest Airlines Center
OOS 21 - Building Research and Monitoring Networks For Population and Ecosystem Ecology
This session will highlight the expanding role of Ecological Research and Monitoring Networks (ERMNs) in ecology. ERMNs are sets of sites where the same population and/or ecosystem measurements are made by multiple users in a coordinated fashion. ERMNs’ data gathering ranges from one-time measurements to decades of annual monitoring, and from tens of kilometers to global in scale. ERMNs can be institutionalized or ad hoc, can move biological material as well as data, and can include tens of thousands of individuals. The use of ERMNs has been growing rapidly in many disciplines, and multiple continental-scale ERMNs with broad mandates are currently under development. One theme of the session is to learn more about how ERMNs are constructed and function, while delineating their benefits to ecological understanding. We have assembled a group of speakers that run population ERMNs as well as ecosystem ERMNs, spanning well-funded successes as well as those that are run on shoestrings, and lastly those that not only monitor but also perform replicated, coordinated experiments. Each presenter will be asked to provide background on their ERMN and describe how it runs. For example, how is methodology standardized, how is research coordinated among members, and how are they funded? The majority of each talk will be on key results and insights that have been learned from the network. Lastly, we’ll ask each speaker to contextualize their network with other, similar networks and to conclude with a vision of the future for their network. We hope that by profiling a diversity of ERMNs, we can urge government agencies and other funding institutions to make greater commitments to increasing the amount and long-term stability of funding for ERMNs. We will end our session with a synthesis talk that lays out a vision for how to progress with ERMNs coupled with a panel discussion on some of the major outstanding issues.
Organizer:Joseph M. Craine, Kansas State University
Co-organizer:Gary M. Lovett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Moderator:Joseph M. Craine, Kansas State University
1:30 PMNorth American Breeding Bird Survey: 42 years strong and growing
David Ziolkowski Jr., US Geological Survey, Keith L. Pardieck, US Geological Survey
1:50 PMNorth American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP): A multi-state partnership to provide population status and trends for calling amphibians
Linda Weir, US Geological Survey
2:10 PMDeveloping monitoring methods for amphibians and reptiles in the Great Lakes
Gary S. Casper, Great Lakes Ecological Services LLC, Stefanie Nadeau, Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, Shawn Graff, Ozaukee Washington Land Trust
2:30 PMAssessing the utility of the IFMAP statewide forest resource database for use in monitoring wildlife habitat in Michigan
L. Jay Roberts, Michigan State University, Erica L. Mize, Michigan State University, Michael L. Donovan, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Brian A. Maurer, Michigan State University
2:50 PMCitizen-science monitoring networks: A case study
Karen Oberhauser, University of Minnesota
3:10 PMBreak
3:20 PMThe Great North American Dip-In: A lake-monitoring network
Robert Carlson, Kent State University
3:40 PMLessons from LINX I and II: A network of stream experiments
Patrick J. Mulholland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4:00 PMThe National Atmospheric Deposition Program: Lessons from a continental-scale monitoring network
David A. Gay, NADP Program Office, Christopher M.B. Lehmann, NADP Program Office, Van Bowersox, NADP Program Office
4:20 PMAir pollution and ecosystem impacts: Building an integrated set of ecological indicators
Christine Negra, The Heinz Center, Robin O'Malley, The Heinz Center, Emilian Geczi, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
4:40 PMThe AmeriFlux Network: Observations to understand the role of the terrestrial biosphere in climate change
Beverly E. Law, Oregon State University

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