U.S. LTER Network Baltimore Ecosystem Study  Baltimore, Maryland

 
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Baltimore Ecosystem 
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 Institutional affiliations: Institute of Ecosystem Studies; USDA Forest Service, Johns Hopkins University; University of Maryland; Baltimore County and College Park; University of North Carolina; Parks and People Foundation; US Geological Survey; Yale University. 

Principal biome/main communities:Eastern deciduous forest/ Suburban Agriculture fringe, urban parks, residential and commercial patches, riparian and stream habitats.

Research topics: Patch dynamics of built, social, biological, and hydrological components of the metropolitan area; feedback's between social, economic, and ecological components of an urban ecosystem; effect of infrastructure and development on fluxes of nutrients, energy, and water in upland, stream, and coastal regions of metropolitan Baltimore. 

Site Coordinates:  39.1, -76.3

Site Principal Investigators
STEWARD T.A. PICKETT 
The New York Botanical Garden 
Institute of Ecosystem Studies 
Box AB 
Millbrook, NY 12545-0129 
914/677-5343 
sPickett@LTERnet.edu

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