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dc.contributor.authorBahlai, CA
dc.contributor.authorHart, C
dc.contributor.authorKavanaugh, MT
dc.contributor.authorWhite, JD
dc.contributor.authorRuess, RW
dc.contributor.authorBrinkman, TJ
dc.contributor.authorDucklow, HW
dc.contributor.authorFoster, DR
dc.contributor.authorFraser, WR
dc.contributor.authorGenet, H
dc.contributor.authorGroffman, PM
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, SK
dc.contributor.authorJohnstone, JF
dc.contributor.authorKielland, K
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-14T01:50:17Z
dc.date.available2021-06-14T01:50:17Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn2150-8925
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ecs2.3430
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/405111
dc.description.abstractEcosystems across the United States are changing in complex and unpredictable ways and analysis of these changes requires coordinated, long-term research. This paper is a product of a synthesis effort of the U.S. National Science Foundation funded Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) network addressing the LTER core research area of “populations and communities.” This analysis revealed that each LTER site had at least one compelling “story” about what their site would look like in 50–100 yr. As the stories were prepared, themes emerged, and the stories were group into papers along five themes: state change, connectivity, resilience, time lags, and cascading effects. This paper addresses the cascading effects theme and includes stories from the Bonanza Creek (boreal), Kellogg Biological Station (agricultural and freshwater), Palmer (Antarctica), and Harvard Forest (temperate forest) LTER sites. We define cascading effects very broadly to include a wide array of unforeseen chains of events that result from a variety of actions or changes in a system. While climate change is having important direct effects on boreal forests, indirect effects mediated by fire activity—severity, size, and return interval—have large cascading effects over the long term. In northeastern temperate forests, legacies of human management and disturbance affect the composition of current forests, which creates a cascade of effects that interact with the climate-facilitated invasion of an exotic pest. In Antarctica, declining sea ice creates a cascade of effects including declines in Adèlie and increases in Gentoo penguins, changes in phytoplankton, and consequent changes in zooplankton populations. An invasion of an exotic species of lady beetle is likely to have important future effects on pest control and conservation of native species in agricultural landscapes. New studies of zebra mussels, a well-studied invader, have established links between climate, the heat tolerance of the mussels, and harmful algal blooms. Collectively, these stories highlight the need for long-term studies to sort out the complexities of different types of ecological cascades. The diversity of sites within the LTER network facilitates the emergence of overarching concepts about trophic interactions as an important driver of ecosystem structure, function, services, and futures.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrome03430
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEcosphere
dc.relation.ispartofvolume12
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4104
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3109
dc.titleCascading effects: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBahlai, CA; Hart, C; Kavanaugh, MT; White, JD; Ruess, RW; Brinkman, TJ; Ducklow, HW; Foster, DR; Fraser, WR; Genet, H; Groffman, PM; Hamilton, SK; Johnstone, JF; Kielland, K; et al., Cascading effects: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network, Ecosphere, 2021, 12 (5), pp. e03430
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2021-06-13T22:39:04Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2021 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorHamilton, Stephen K.


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