Luquillo LTER Site Review Schedule
Luquillo LTER Site Review Schedule
June 3
Site review committee arrives at Embassy Suites
JUNE 4, DAY 1
Site review committee moves to El Verde Field Station for two nights
8:00 - 10:00 USFS International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Talk 1: Overview - Nick Brokaw
Greetings: President UPR, Chancellor UPR-Río Piedras,
Vice President for Research UPR, Dean of Natural Sciences UPR
Talk 2: Long-term data, preview of field trip - Fred Scatena
10:00 - 12:00 En route to El Verde
Río Piedras bridge
Espíritu Santo bridge at El Verde
12:00 - 2:30 El Verde Field Station
Lunch
Talk 3: Information management - Eda Meléndez
Talk 4: Disturbance and nutrient flux - Whendee Silver
Committee time to meet, set up in apartments
2:30 - 5:30 Field trip El Verde Research Area
Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot, Canopy Trimming Experiment,
elevation gradient, stream ecology
5:30 - 8:00 Stream House in El Verde
Posters
Dinner
Committee meeting with students
JUNE 5, DAY 2 El Verde Field Station
8:00 - 12:00
Talk 5: Broader impacts of the Luquillo LTER program - Jess Zimmerman
Talk 6: Synthesis of Luquillo LTER research - Ariel Lugo
Committee free time
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch
1:00 - 4:00
Committee meets privately
4:30
Committee report
Luquillo LTER response
6:00
Dinner
Departures
June 6
Departures
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