Outdoor facilities include 12 quarter acre ponds and twenty 200-gallon pools for mesocosm ... Purdue Wildlife Ecology Research Facility (WERF) Our research is conducted at Purdue WERF located ~15 ...

These impacts can cascade through larger communities that contain many predator and competitor species. Using a long-term mesocosm experiment, we have examined: 1) the relative importance of cascades ...

The ponds in this courtyard each hold plants, invertebrates (such as snails and larval dragonflies), a few goldfish, and sometimes frogs. Each pond is an example of a ‘mesocosm’, a small semi-natural ...

The experiment 16 started on 31 March 1989, when the mesocosm was filled with a 10 cm sediment layer and 90 l of water from the Darss-Zingst estuary (southern Baltic Sea, 54° 26′ N, 12° 42′ E).

Between macro- and micro-, the Goldilocks scale for controlling an experiment while still using real-world systems. (see also: peat bog in a box.) × Dirty hands. Trace gases. Ericaceae. The life of a ...

For this experiment, each mesocosm consists of one of three pH treatments. We will be maintaining these amphipod-algal mesocosm assemblages to see if pH will alter or significantly influence the ...

During the summer of 2014 a mesocosm experiment was conducted using cattle tanks at the Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research Site (NWTLTER) in the Colorado Front Range. to examine the effects of ...

Experiments find coral reefs can survive some climate change—with help. Story by Science X staff • 21h. I f carbon emissions are curbed and local stressors are addressed, ...

From Jan. to Jun. 2013, more than 60 European scientists will conduct a worldwide unique long-term experiment on ocean acidification at the west coast of Sweden. To study how natural marine ...