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LTER Sites
- (AND) Andrews LTER (5)
- (ARC) Arctic LTER (30)
- (BES) Baltimore Ecosystem Study (52)
- (BLE) Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER (31)
- (BNZ) Bonanza Creek LTER (202)
- (CCE) California Current Ecosystem (1)
- (CDR) Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (4)
- (CAP) Central Arizona - Phoenix Urban LTER (68)
- (COS) City of Seattle - Seattle Public Utilities
- (CWT) Coweeta LTER
- (FCE) Florida Coastal Everglades LTER (182)
- (GCE) Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER
- (HFR) Harvard Forest LTER
- (HBR) Hubbard Brook LTER (218)
- (JRN) Jornada Basin LTER (248)
- (KBS) Kellogg Biological Station LTER (11)
- (KNZ) Konza Prairie LTER (8)
- (NWK) LTER Network Office (2)
- (LUQ) Luquillo LTER (116)
- (MCM) McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
- (MCR) Moorea Coral Reef LTER (38)
- (MSP) Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area LTER (7)
- (NWT) Niwot Ridge LTER (5)
- (NIN) North Inlet LTER (3)
- (NTL) North Temperate Lakes LTER (45)
- (NES) Northeast U.S. Shelf (2)
- (PAL) Palmer Antarctica LTER (5)
- (PIE) Plum Island Ecosystems LTER (149)
- (SBC) Santa Barbara Coastal LTER (57)
- (SEV) Sevilleta LTER (41)
- (SGS) Shortgrass Steppe
- (VCR) Virginia Coast Reserve LTER (4)
disciplines
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- morphometrics (17)
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  - agriculture (152)
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  - biogeochemistry (289)
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    - phenology (117)
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    - plant physiology (16)
    - physiology (46)
- chemistry
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  - geomorphology (18)
  - geology (39)
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  - paleolimnology (3)
  - limnology (204)
- meteorology
  - meteorology (122)
  - climatology
    - climate change (286)
    - climatology (18)
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- frost (48)
- tides (128)
- events (402)
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    - fires (193)
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    - landslides (9)
    - mass movement
  - timber harvest
    - clearcutting (6)
    - timber harvest (7)
measurements
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- water balance (24)
- measurements (1304)
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  - air quality (16)
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  - dew point (49)
  - weather (391)
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    - climate (725)
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      - humidity (196)
  - wind
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  - acid neutralizing capacity (17)
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  - alkalinity (47)
  - carbon to nitrogen ratio (19)
  - concentration (707)
  - percent nitrogen (13)
  - redox (33)
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  - total organic carbon (69)
  - chemical properties (54)
  - nitrogen content
    - foliar nitrogen (14)
    - soil nitrogen (45)
    - nitrogen content (42)
    - total nitrogen
      - total dissolved nitrogen (65)
      - total nitrogen (112)
  - percent carbon
    - percent organic carbon (5)
    - percent carbon (11)
  - ph
    - soil ph (81)
    - ph (417)
- disturbance properties
- ecosystem properties
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  - canopy cover (92)
  - ecosystem respiration (38)
  - net ecosystem exchange (16)
  - nitrogen limitation (3)
  - normalized vegetation index (5)
  - plant cover (126)
  - ecosystem properties (44)
  - biomass
  - nutrient cycles
    - nutrient budgets (8)
    - nutrient cycles (13)
  - productivity
    - productivity (248)
    - net primary productivity
      - annual net primary production (25)
      - net primary productivity (50)
- flux
- hydrological properties
  - hydraulic conductance (1)
  - stream order (11)
  - hydrological properties (8)
  - precipitation
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      - conductivity (344)
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- population and community properties
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    - riparian (106)
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    - topography (90)
- temporal properties
- water properties
  - CTD (45)
  - ocean color (9)
  - turbidity (180)
  - water properties (27)
  - conductivity
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    - conductivity (344)
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    - water quality (383)
methods
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- populations (607)
- organizational units (16)
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    - community structure (99)
- food webs
  - predators (102)
  - food webs (91)
  - consumers
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    - consumers (100)
- species
processes
- community respiration (3)
- fertilization (135)
- recovery (206)
- restoration (193)
- processes (443)
- accumulation
  - snow accumulation (9)
  - accumulation (123)
- biogeochemical processes
  - biogeochemical processes (41)
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  - mineralization
    - nitrogen mineralization (31)
    - mineralization (72)
  - nutrient cycling
    - nutrient cycling (81)
    - nitrogen cycling
- biological processes
  - litterfall (44)
  - microbial activity (35)
  - succession (83)
  - translocation (5)
  - biological processes (32)
  - carbon cycling
  - disease
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    - disease (45)
  - evolution
  - life history
    - colonization (55)
    - germination (26)
    - habitat selection (25)
    - incubation (143)
    - regeneration (48)
    - reproduction (39)
    - survival (93)
    - life history (70)
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      - seed dispersal (33)
      - dispersal (69)
    - growth
    - mortality
      - tree mortality (17)
      - mortality (145)
  - production
    - aboveground production (26)
    - bacterial production (3)
    - photosynthesis (36)
    - plant growth (72)
    - seed production (17)
    - production (523)
    - belowground production
      - fine root production (4)
      - belowground production (2)
    - primary production
      - gross primary production (21)
      - primary production (333)
      - net primary production
        
        annual net primary production (25)
        
        net primary production (70)
  - species interactions
- disturbance
- harvesting
  - browsing (7)
  - defoliation (8)
  - grazing (98)
  - herbivory (94)
  - mowing (15)
  - thinning (19)
  - harvesting (36)
  - timber harvest
    - clearcutting (6)
    - timber harvest (7)
- landscape change
- physical processes
  - burning (50)
  - dispersion (19)
  - ocean acidification (5)
  - ocean currents (7)
  - scattering (19)
  - warming (164)
  - physical processes (13)
  - atmospheric processes
    - advection (4)
    - atmospheric deposition (39)
    - eddy covariance (33)
    - atmospheric processes (7)
    - deposition
    - evapotranspiration
    - precipitation
  - geological processes
  - hydrologic processes
    - drainage (117)
    - infiltration (16)
    - irrigation (49)
    - streamflow (104)
    - hydrologic processes (23)
    - discharge
      - stream discharge (32)
      - discharge (202)
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    - precipitation
- physiological processes
- resource management
  - fire management (14)
  - resource management (59)
- scientific activities
  - electric exclusion (2)
  - mapping (108)
  - mass balance (22)
  - remote sensing (91)
  - trapping (87)
  - scientific activities (7)
  - modeling
    - simulation (83)
    - modeling (216)
  - monitoring
    - long term monitoring (338)
    - monitoring (823)
substances
- fertilizer (92)
- gases (49)
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- particulates (111)
- sediments (306)
- substances (60)
- biological substances
  - cellulose (54)
  - charcoal (6)
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  - detritus (37)
  - inorganic nutrients (207)
  - litter (262)
  - pheromones
  - wood (227)
  - biological substances (9)
  - amino acids
    - leucine (6)
    - amino acids (11)
  - nutrients
  - phaeopigments
    - phaeophytin (21)
    - phaeopigments (11)
  - woody debris
    - coarse woody debris (17)
    - woody debris (39)
- elements and compounds
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  - nickel (7)
  - phenolic compounds (6)
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  - zinc (15)
  - elements and compounds (10)
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    - dissolved inorganic carbon (55)
    - dissolved organic carbon (185)
    - methane (92)
    - soil carbon (66)
    - carbon (765)
    - organic carbon
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      - organic carbon (282)
  - chlorine
    - chloride (143)
    - chlorine (15)
  - fluorine
    - fluorine (4)
    - fluoride
      - sulfur hexafluoride (1)
      - fluoride (15)
  - nitrogen
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    - nitrogen-15 (1354)
    - soil nitrogen (45)
    - nitrogen (710)
    - inorganic nitrogen
      - dissolved inorganic nitrogen (19)
      - inorganic nitrogen (61)
    - nitrogen compounds
    - organic nitrogen
      - dissolved organic nitrogen (35)
      - organic nitrogen (58)
  - oxygen
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    - dissolved oxygen (272)
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    - nitrite (82)
    - nitrous oxide (33)
    - ozone (5)
    - silica (45)
    - oxygen (385)
  - phosphorus
    - phosphate (148)
    - soil phosphorus (12)
    - soluble reactive phosphorus (63)
    - total phosphorus (97)
    - phosphorus (348)
  - silicon
    - silica (45)
    - silicon (27)
  - sulfur
    - sulfate (111)
    - sulfide (26)
    - sulfur hexafluoride (1)
    - sulfur (49)
- ions
  - anions (71)
  - ions (141)
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    - cations (103)
- isotopes
- organic matter
  - soil organic matter (77)
  - organic matter (375)
- pollution
- water
substrates
- basins (397)
- buildings (95)
- canopies (393)
- forest floor (52)
- freshwater (423)
- hillslopes (29)
- hyporheic zone (4)
- ice (360)
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- rhizosphere (22)
- roads (252)
- sand (246)
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ecosystems
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  - streams (511)
  - aquatic ecosystems (258)
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organisms
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        mites (16)
        
        termites (6)
        
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        microarthropods (14)
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