North Temperate Lakes LTER

Two decades of bacterial ecology and evolution in a freshwater lake - Nature Microbiology A 471-metagenome time series from Lake Mendota in Wisconsin, USA, reveals seasonal and decadal shifts in bacterial functional and ecological dynamics, especially in response to environmental extremes.

Today is the one-year anniversary of finishing my recent @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social paper's final draft 📝. It is also my son's 1st birthday 🐣. Seems like a good time for an explainer thread! (1/n)

@archaeal.bsky.social @quendi.bsky.social @sarilog.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Unravelling viral ecology and evolution over 20 years in a freshwater lake - Nature Microbiology A long-term metagenomic time series reveals how viruses impact diversity, ecological dynamics and evolution of freshwater microbiomes.

New paper alert: Our 20-year study of viral ecology and evolution reveals viral roles in microbial dynamics, phage genome evolution over time, and key interactions with hosts. A big thank you to our awesome collaborators @quendi.bsky.social @archaeal.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

03.01.2025 10:28 — 👍 119    🔁 53    💬 4    📌 4

Two decades of bacterial ecology and evolution in a freshwater lake Nature Microbiology - A 471-metagenome time series from Lake Mendota in Wisconsin, USA, reveals seasonal and decadal shifts in bacterial functional and ecological dynamics, especially in response...

After 24 years of work, I’m thrilled to announce the TYMEFLIES dataset, which comprises metagenomes from Lake Mendota (Madison, WI), collected roughly every 10 days (471 samples) for 20 years! @quendi.bsky.social @robinrohwer.bsky.social

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A thread…

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Frozen lake with trees and a grey sky.

A sign describing how to contribute to long-term photo records with a lake in the background.

Got to visit the Cedar Creek LTER this week! I jumped at the chance to contribute to their chronolog of this spot by Fish Lake—you can never have too many lake photos! Now home to @ntl-lter.bsky.social

02.01.2025 22:40 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

LTER sites, including us, make our data publicly available and LOVE IT when other researchers use the data!

PLEASE CITE THE DATA! That's how we can track use and demonstrate to our funders that the dollars are well spent (allowing us to collect more data for you to use!)

#openscience #lter

18.12.2024 03:39 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Undergraduate Research Opportunities - LTER NSF funds a large number of research opportunities for undergraduate students through its Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Program. The REU program allows for active research partic...

REU programs are starting to come out across the LTER Network!

See all the postings below.

REU opportunities will continue to come out through the winter, so check back often for the most up-to-date postings.

lternet.edu/education-an...

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Nine Lessons about Aquatic Invasive Species from the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research (NTL-LTER) Program Abstract. Freshwater ecosystems can serve as model systems that reveal insights into biological invasions. In this article, we summarize nine lessons about

Check out this recent synthesis of NTL-LTER research on invasive species led by NTL PI Jake Vander Zanden. The paper highlights how long-term research on a freshwater landscape can advance our understanding of biological invasions
doi.org/10.1093/bios...

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Impacts of ash tree removals on summer daytime temperatures in Madison, Wisconsin - IOPscienceSearch Impacts of ash tree removals on summer daytime temperatures in Madison, Wisconsin, Elizabeth Berg, Christopher Kucharik

Removal of ash trees due to emerald ash borer infestation did not change daytime air temps in densely-developed Madison neighborhoods (recent study by NTL scientists Elizabeth Berg and Chris Kucharik): iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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map of Wisconsin waters with the 11 core NTL LTER lakes highlighted

NTL LTER samples 11 lakes year round and the data are publicly available! Seven lakes are in northern WI and have been monitored since 1981. The other four lakes are in southern WI and have been monitored since 1995 (although some records are 100+ yrs!)
lter.limnology.wisc.edu/core-study-l...

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