Diapositiva 1

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North American ILTER Region
Canada EMANUS-LTER Network Mex-LTER Network
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• Developing and delivering scientific information
• in response to emerging needs. 
• Organizers Hague Vaughan (co-organizer, Canada
  EMAN)
• Manuel Maass (co-organizer, Mex-LTER)
• Robert Waide (co-organizer, US-LTER)
• Steward Pickett - Interactions between
  scientists and managers in Baltimore Connecting
  LTER science and societal needs.
• Ariel Lugo - The use of visualization to help
  the general public understand the complexities of
  urban development.
• Exequiel Ezcurra - A Knowledge system for a
  sustainability in the Sea of Cortes.

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The Rise of Cities Adaptive Solutions for
Urbanization in Desert, Coastal, and Tropical
Regions Nancy B. Grimm, Charles L. Redman, José
Lobo, Brenda L. Shears (All Baltimore LTER
Program)

• Is the goodness that comes from bigness (of
  cities) enough to compensate for the badness that
  comes from bigness?
• What are some mechanisms to break the trend of
  pollution and environmental damage as the
  developing world urbanizes?
• Who experiences the environmentally negative
  consequences of large cities?
• Are there complementary solutions to poverty and
  environmental degradation?
• How must solutions vary between desert, coastal,
  and tropical regions?

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Proposal for a small working group at the LTER
Network Office The importance of
consumer-driven nutrient recycling in streams
across a climatic gradient Puerto Rico A.
Ramírez, Luquillo LTER W. Cross, Luquillo
LTER United States A. Rosemond, Coweeta LTER,
J.P. Benstead, The Ecosystems Center, Woods
Hole, J. March, Washington Jefferson College
Costa Rica M. Springer, University of Costa
Rica Mexico M. Maass Chamela LTER C.
Matthuriau, Chamela LTER