2008 BNZ-LTER Symposium - Materials and Presentations:

Pike's Waterfront Lodge - Fairbanks, Alaska

February 15-16, 2008

Symposium Schedule

Breakout Group Materials

Teleconference Information

Symposium Pictures

Friday February 18,2008

8:00 Continental Breakfast - Binkely Room I

8:30 Terry Chapin - Workshop goals and 2008 overview

8:45 Roger Ruess - Overview of Successional Synthesis

9:45 Jay Jones - Overview of proposed threshold research

10:00 Coffee

10:30 Dave Verbyla - Hydrologic and permafrost changes in wetlands

11:00 Ted Schuur - Disturbance effects on successional trajectory

11:30 Christa Mulder - Disease and insect effects on ecosystem processes

12:00 Lunch - Provided by Pike's (and ski break)

1:30 Jay Jones - Charge to the Breakout Groups

2:00 Breakout Groups on Threshold and State Changes:
(1) Hydrologic and permafrost changes - Verbyla and Turetsky
(2) Consequences of threshold changes in successional trajectory - Hollingsworth and Kasischke
(3) Disease and insect effects on ecosystem processes - Mulder and Ruess

3:30 Coffee

4:00 Breakout Group Reports

4:30 Discussion

5:00 Evening break

6:00 Poster session - Binkely Room

7:00 Taco Bar Dinner @ Pike's - Binkely Room
Cost: $20/Person - Please contact Jamie Hollingsworth to ensure proper headcount and to pre-pay.

Saturday February 19,2008

8:00 Continental Breakfast - Binkely Room II

8:30 John Laurence - USDA Forest Service

8:50 Jamie Hollingsworth - State of Site Management at BNZ LTER

9:10 Elena Sparrow - State of Outreach at BNZ LTER

9:30 Jason Downing - State of Data Management at BNZ LTER

9:50 Coffee

10:10 Dave McGuire - Core Datasets
(15 minute presentations by each responsible PI summarizing the current status and needed actions)

10:15 Climate Data McGuire & Yarie
10:30 Watershed Hydrology and Chemistry Data, NRCS Snow Survey Data, and NADP Data Jones
10:45 Active Layer and Soil Temperature Data Romanovsky
11:00 Soil Carbon and Soil Moisture Data Extra slides. Harden
11:15 Vegetation Composition Data T. Hollingsworth
11:30 Tree Band Data, Tree Inventory Data, and Litter Tray Data McGuire & Ruess
11:45 Seed Tray Data Johnstone
12:00 Vertebrate Animal Population Data Kielland
12:15 Insect Animal Population Data Werner

12:30 Lunch - Provided by Pike's

1:30 Dave McGuire - Follow-up discussion of core datasets

2:00 Roger Ruess - Discussion of new directions/experimental design for LTER 2010

3:00 Jay Jones - Synthesis plan for 2008: Threshold dynamics (suggestions for monthly synthesis topic)

3:30 Discussion

4:00 Adjourn