Ecological Informatics: a Long-Term Ecological Research Perspective

Long term ecological research and information management

NSF Long Term Ecological Research Sites - Praxis et Theoria

Information managers at each of the 26 sites in the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network face many challenges managing structurally and thematically diverse ecological data sets collected by LTER scientists. Since the LTER’s inception in 1980, LTER information managers have partnered with computer scientists to seek innovative information management solutions. This panel of three comput...

A research tool for long-term and continuous analysis of fish assemblage in coral-reefs using underwater camera footage

We present a research tool that supports marine ecologists’ research by allowing analysis of long-term and continuous fish monitoring video content. The analysis can be used for instance to discover ecological phenomena such as changes in fish abundance and species composition over time and area. Two characteristics set our system apart from traditional ecological data collecting and processing...

Long-Term Ecological Research in a Human-Dominated World

The US Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network enters its fourth decade with a distinguished record of achievement in ecological science. The value of long-term observations and experiments has never been more important for testing ecological theory and for addressing today’s most difficult environmental challenges. The network’s potential for tackling emergent continent-scale questions su...

Advancing the long view of ecological change in tundra systems. Introduction.

Despite uncertainties related to sustained funding, ideological rivalries and the turnover of research personnel, long-term studies and studies espousing a long-term perspective in ecology have a history of contributing landmark insights into fundamental topics, such as population- and community dynamics, species interactions and ecosystem function. They also have the potential to reveal surpri...