<div dir="ltr"><p><em><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-size-full gmail-wp-image-79577" src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/LTER-Network-News-header.png" alt="" width="934" height="195"></em></p><p style="text-align:right">February 2019</p><p><em><span class="" id=":wr.1" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> Network News is a forum for sharing news and activities from across the <span class="" id=":wr.2" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> Network. This is our water cooler. If you have personnel changes, new grants, cross-Network activities that might interest your <span class="" id=":wr.3" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> colleagues, please send them along to <span class="" id=":wr.4" tabindex="-1" style="">weiss</span>@<span class="" id=":wr.5" tabindex="-1" style="">nceas</span>.<span class="" id=":wr.6" tabindex="-1" style="">lternet</span>.<span class="" id=":wr.7" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span>.</em> </p><h3>Save the Dates:</h3><p><b><span class="" id=":wr.8" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> at <span class="" id=":wr.9" tabindex="-1" style="">ASLO</span></b></p><p>The <a href="https://www.aslo.org/page/aslo-2019-aquatic-sciences-meeting">2019 <span class="" id=":wr.10" tabindex="-1" style="">ASLO</span> Aquatic Sciences Meeting</a> is taking place Feb 23 - Mar 2 in San Juan, <span class="" id=":wr.11" tabindex="-1" style="">Puerto</span> Rico. A number of <span class="" id=":wr.12" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> researchers are contributing to sessions, including members of the <span class="" id=":wr.13" tabindex="-1" style="">Luquillo</span> <span class="" id=":wr.14" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span>. To view all sessions <a href="https://www.aslo.org/sanjuan2019/sessions">click here</a>. </p><p><b><span class="" id=":wr.15" tabindex="-1" style="">ILTER</span></b></p><p>The deadline for abstracts for the <span class="" id=":wr.16" tabindex="-1" style="">ILTER</span> Open Science Meeting in Leipzig Germany 2-6 September, 2019 has been extended to <b>March 4, 2019</b>. The organizers have added a workshop session-type to encourage the development of collaborative projects. Please see the announcement of the <a href="http://sh1.sendinblue.com/7savzy1ybsc.html?t=1550592026">deadline extension</a> and the description of the <a href="http://www.ilter-2019-leipzig.de/">Open Science Meeting</a> on the <span class="" id=":wr.17" tabindex="-1" style="">ILTER</span> website.</p><p><b>2019 <span class="" id=":wr.18" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> SCIENCE COUNCIL MEETING</b></p><p>The 2019 <span class="" id=":wr.19" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> Science Council Meeting will be <b>May 13-16</b>, hosted by the <span class="" id=":wr.20" tabindex="-1" style="">Luquillo</span> <span class="" id=":wr.21" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> Site. Participants include Lead Principal investigators, the <span class="" id=":wr.22" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> Executive Board, and the <span class="" id=":wr.23" tabindex="-1" style="">Decadal</span> Self-Study Committee. For more information, visit the <a href="https://lternet.edu/science-council-meeting-2019/">News/Events</a> on the <span class="" id=":wr.24" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> Network web site.</p><h3>Recent Press</h3><p><b>From the National Science Foundation</b></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297636">The flip side of a reef: Coral, seaweed -- or both?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297559">Hurricanes in 2017 did not greatly damage corals, but reefs were already in trouble</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297488"><span class="" id=":wr.25" tabindex="-1" style="">UNH</span> researchers find unexpected impact of hurricanes on <span class="" id=":wr.26" tabindex="-1" style="">Puerto</span> Rico's watershed</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297288">After the hurricane: Maria’s far-reaching effects on <span class="" id=":wr.27" tabindex="-1" style="">Puerto</span> Rico’s watersheds and forests</a></li></ul><p><b>Other media:</b></p><ul><li><a href="https://phys.org/news/2019-02-tropical-reefs-host-coral-seaweed.html">Researchers show that tropical reefs can host coral or seaweed communities under the same conditions</a> | Phys.org</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190201081511.htm">A water quality mystery, solved in Antarctica</a> | Science Daily</li><li><a href="https://www.dailypress.com/news/science/dp-nws-vims-krill-study-20190201-story.html"><span class="" id=":wr.28" tabindex="-1" style="">VIMS</span>: Antarctic krill declines as South Atlantic Ocean warms</a> | Daily Press</li><li><a href="https://www.nbc-2.com/story/39863943/dr-daniel-botkin-selected-as-top-environmental-scientist-of-the-year-by-the-international-association-of-top-professionals-iaotp">Dr. Daniel <span class="" id=":wr.29" tabindex="-1" style="">Botkin</span> selected as Top Environmental Scientist of the Year by the International Association of Top Professionals (<span class="" id=":wr.30" tabindex="-1" style="">IAOTP</span>)</a> | NBC2</li><li><a href="https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/rare-and-diverse-giant-viruses">Rare and Diverse Giant Viruses Unexpectedly Found in a Forest Soil Ecosystem</a> | <span class="" id=":wr.31" tabindex="-1" style="">UMass</span> Amherst</li></ul><h3>Papers of Interest</h3><ul><li><a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.2590">Constraints on shrub cover and shrub–shrub competition in a U.S. southwest desert</a></li><li><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.12.115"><span class="" id=":wr.32" tabindex="-1" style="">Phenology</span>-adjusted dynamic curve number for improved <span class="" id=":wr.33" tabindex="-1" style="">hydrologic</span> modeling</a></li><li><a href="https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lom3.10301"><span class="" id=":wr.34" tabindex="-1" style="">Zooglider</span>: An autonomous vehicle for optical and acoustic sensing of <span class="" id=":wr.35" tabindex="-1" style="">zooplankton</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330566756_Mapping_salt_marsh_soil_properties_using_imaging_spectroscopy">Mapping salt marsh soil properties using imaging spectroscopy</a></li><li><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-018-0751-0">From <span class="" id=":wr.36" tabindex="-1" style="">feedbacks</span> to <span class="" id=":wr.37" tabindex="-1" style="">coproduction</span>: toward an integrated conceptual framework for urban ecosystems</a>.</li></ul><h3>Committees and Interest Groups</h3><p>Several <span class="" id=":wr.38" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> committees and interest groups are experiencing a surge of activity in the wake of the <span class="" id=":wr.39" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> All Scientists’ Meeting. Participation is entirely voluntary, but if you are interested in the following issues and activities, please reach out to the listed contact people for more information:</p><p style="padding-left:30px"><strong>Cross-site <span class="" id=":wr.40" tabindex="-1" style="">REU</span> proposal team</strong>: A group of investigators and <span class="" id=":wr.41" tabindex="-1" style="">REU</span> coordinators are looking at developing a proposal for a cross-site <span class="" id=":wr.42" tabindex="-1" style="">REU</span> program. Sam <span class="" id=":wr.43" tabindex="-1" style="">Norlin</span> (<span class="" id=":wr.44" tabindex="-1" style="">norlin</span>@<span class="" id=":wr.45" tabindex="-1" style="">nceas</span>.<span class="" id=":wr.46" tabindex="-1" style="">ucsb</span>.<span class="" id=":wr.47" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span>) is coordinating interest</p><p style="padding-left:30px"><strong>Diversity Committee</strong>: Interested in helping develop a set of resources and best <span class="" id=":wr.48" tabindex="-1" style="">practices</span> to apply across the Network? Alan <span class="" id=":wr.49" tabindex="-1" style="">Berkowitz</span> (<span class="" id=":wr.50" tabindex="-1" style="">berkowitza</span>@<span class="" id=":wr.51" tabindex="-1" style="">caryinstitute</span>.org) co-chairs this committee.</p><p style="padding-left:30px"><strong>International <span class="" id=":wr.52" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> Committee:</strong> Are you involved in international research or have ideas about how to expand international connections? Mark Watkins (Mark.Watkins@<span class="" id=":wr.53" tabindex="-1" style="">asu</span>.<span class="" id=":wr.54" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span>) is coordinating interest.</p><p style="padding-left:30px"><strong>Communications Committee</strong>: Clarisse Hart (hart3@<span class="" id=":wr.55" tabindex="-1" style="">fas</span>.<span class="" id=":wr.56" tabindex="-1" style="">harvard</span>.<span class="" id=":wr.57" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span>) and Julie Doll (<span class="" id=":wr.58" tabindex="-1" style="">jedoll</span>@<span class="" id=":wr.59" tabindex="-1" style="">msu</span>.<span class="" id=":wr.60" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span>) chair this committee that is building a community of practice among <span class="" id=":wr.61" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> communicators and investigators.</p><h3>Around the Network</h3><p style="padding-left:30px">Dan Reed is stepping down as the Lead PI for Santa Barbara Coastal <span class="" id=":wr.62" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> and <a href="http://msi.ucsb.edu/people/research-scientists/robert-miller">Robert Miller</a> will be stepping up.</p><p style="padding-left:30px">Congratulations to PhD candidate Timothy J. <span class="" id=":wr.63" tabindex="-1" style="">Ohlert</span>, who is a recipient of the <a href="https://www.esa.org/esablog/ecology-in-the-news/esa-selects-2019-katherine-s-mccarter-graduate-student-policy-award-recipients/">2019 Katherine S. <span class="" id=":wr.64" tabindex="-1" style="">McCarter</span> Graduate Student Policy Award (<span class="" id=":wr.65" tabindex="-1" style="">GSPA</span>)</a>, awarded by the Ecological Society of America (<span class="" id=":wr.66" tabindex="-1" style="">ESA</span>). Tim primarily conducts research and mentors REU’s at <span class="" id=":wr.67" tabindex="-1" style="">Sevilleta</span> <span class="" id=":wr.68" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span>, and also conducts some of his research at the Central-Arizona Phoenix and Cedar Creek <span class="" id=":wr.69" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> sites.</p><p style="padding-left:30px">The <a href="https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_50c4I2iwNFKx6YJ"><span class="" id=":wr.70" tabindex="-1" style="">Coweeta</span> (CWT) <span class="" id=":wr.71" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> 40 Year Retrospective Symposium</a> will review the major findings of the CWT <span class="" id=":wr.72" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> and highlight the current ecosystem questions raised by our past research. Topics will include: Forest composition trends, Climate change, Soil C and N pools, Watershed <span class="" id=":wr.73" tabindex="-1" style="">biogeochemistry</span>, Aquatic assemblage associations with land use, Organic matter fluxes. All who are interested are welcome.</p><p style="padding-left:30px"><strong><span class="" id=":wr.74" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> on social media: </strong>Like the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/uslter"><span class="" id=":wr.75" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> <span class="" id=":wr.76" tabindex="-1" style="">Facebook</span> page</a> or join private <span class="" id=":wr.77" tabindex="-1" style="">Facebook</span> groups to continue the conversations from the <span class="" id=":wr.78" tabindex="-1" style="">ASM</span>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/LTER.education">Education</a>; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/LTER.graduate/">Graduate Students</a>; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/LTER.Communications/">Communications and Outreach</a>.  Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/USLTER"><span class="" id=":wr.79" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> on Twitter</a> for the most current updates. And now you can find behind-the-scenes pics and stories from across the network on our new <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lter_community/"><span class="" id=":wr.80" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> community-led <span class="" id=":wr.81" tabindex="-1" style="">Instagram</span> page</a>!</p><h3>Announcements</h3><p style="padding-left:30px"><strong>Nature</strong> is hosting its <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00589-w?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=69f4e297f5-briefing-dy-20190220&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-69f4e297f5-43912497">2019 <span class="" id=":wr.82" tabindex="-1" style="">ScientistAtWork</span> photo competition</a>. They’re interested in finding and celebrating arresting images of scientists from around the world in the lab or in the field - and <span class="" id=":wr.83" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> sites are ripe for great photos! Winners receive a cash <span class="" id=":wr.84" tabindex="-1" style="">prize</span>, subscription to Nature, and have their photos featured in an issue.</p><h3>Jobs and graduate opportunities</h3><p style="padding-left:30px"><strong><a href="https://environmentaldatainitiative.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c258a774cbd4d34290410d1ea&id=4fb1e2c443&e=6200f450f3"><span style="font-weight:400">EDI Summer 2019 Fellowship Program</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"><br><a href="https://lternet.edu/opportunities/dataone-summer-internship-program/"><span class="" id=":wr.85" tabindex="-1" style="">DataONE</span> Summer Internship Program</a><br></span></strong><strong><a href="https://lternet.edu/opportunities/field-research-technician-in-northern-alaska/"><span style="font-weight:400">Field Research Technician in Northern Alaska with Arctic <span class="" id=":wr.86" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span></span></a><br><a href="https://lternet.edu/opportunities/postdoc-in-computational-disease-ecology-modeling-las-cruces-nm/"><span style="font-weight:400">Postdoc in Computational Disease Ecology Modeling – <span class="" id=":wr.87" tabindex="-1" style="">Las</span> <span class="" id=":wr.88" tabindex="-1" style="">Cruces</span>, NM</span></a><br><a href="https://lternet.edu/opportunities/lter-research-specialist/"><span style="font-weight:400"><span class="" id=":wr.89" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> Research Specialist, University of Virginia’s Coastal Research Center</span></a><br><span style="font-weight:400"><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/524378100">Biological Science Administrator (Program Director), NSF (Temporary)</a><br></span></strong><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/524377000">Biological Science Administrator (Program Director), NSF (Permanent)</a></p><h3>Funding Opportunities</h3><p style="padding-left:30px"><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505347&org=NSF&sel_org=XCUT&from=fund"><strong>Harnessing the Data Revolution: <span class="" id=":wr.90" tabindex="-1" style="">Transdisciplinary</span> Research in Principles of Data Science Phase I:</strong></a> NSF’s Harnessing the Data Revolution (<span class="" id=":wr.91" tabindex="-1" style="">HDR</span>) Big Idea is a national-scale activity to enable new modes of data-driven discovery that will allow fundamental questions to be asked and answered at the frontiers of science and engineering. Through this NSF-wide activity, <span class="" id=":wr.92" tabindex="-1" style="">HDR</span> will generate new knowledge and understanding, and accelerate discovery and innovation. Letter of Intent (required): <strong>March 25, 2019;</strong> full proposal: <strong>May 8, 2019</strong>.</p><p style="padding-left:30px"><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=NSF&sel_org=XCUT&from=fund"><strong>ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions:</strong></a> The ADVANCE program seeks to develop systemic approaches to increase the participation and advancement of women in academic STEM careers. Letter of Intent (required): <strong>May 15, 2019;</strong> full proposal: <strong>May 22 - June 3, 2019</strong></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small">Marty Downs (she/her/hers)</span><div style="font-size:small">Deputy Director, <span class="" id=":wr.93" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> <span style="font-size:12.8px">Network Communications Office</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><br><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/nceas.ucsb.edu/uc?id=1qFadGx0hEm04xFRLFpVFxBUSEQk5T4c4&export=download" width="200" height="37"><br><br><a href="https://lternet.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://<span class="" id=":wr.94" tabindex="-1" style="">lternet</span>.<span class="" id=":wr.95" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span></a><br><a href="http://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=9c0b9b36a4" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span class="" id=":wr.96" tabindex="-1" style="">LTER</span> Science <span class="" id=":wr.97" tabindex="-1" style="">Update</span></a><br></div><div style="font-size:small">t: @<span class="" id=":wr.99" tabindex="-1" style="">USLTER</span></div><div style="font-size:small">f: <span class="" id=":wr.101" tabindex="-1" style="">USLTER</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (<span class="" id=":wr.104" tabindex="-1" style="">NCEAS</span>)</span><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br style="font-size:12.8px">Office: 805-893-<span class="" id=":wr.108" tabindex="-1" style="">7549</span></div><div style="font-size:small">Cell: 617-833-<span class="" id=":wr.112" tabindex="-1" style="">7930</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">downs@<span class="" id=":wr.114" tabindex="-1" style="">nceas</span>.<span class="" id=":wr.115" tabindex="-1" style="">ucsb</span>.<span class="" id=":wr.116" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span></a></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>