Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Data Catalog
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posted on 2023-11-30, 08:40authored byPhil Robertson
The Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Data Catalog is a collection of data resources, including data sets, aerial photos, satellite imagery, GIS data, and national LTER network-wide data. You are welcome to examine and use the data as you wish for research and educational needs. However, data are copyrighted and use in a publication requires permission as detailed in KBS LTER's terms of use, which can be found at http://lter.kbs.msu.edu/data/terms-of-use/.
The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network was created by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1980 to conduct research on ecological issues that can last decades and span huge geographical areas. For more than three decades, the Network has generated rigorous, site-based scientific research that has led to important findings on regional and continental scales. Each site develops individual research programs in five core areas Pattern and control of primary production; Spatial and temporal distribution of populations selected to represent trophic structure; Pattern and control of organic matter accumulation in surface layers and sediments; Patterns of inorganic inputs and movements of nutrients through soils, groundwater and surface waters; and Patterns and frequency of site disturbances.