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Puerto Rico If you went to UNDERC-East in 2014. Montana If you went to UNDERC-East in 2014. INFORMATION: http://underc.nd.edu/. Must first attend UNDERC-EAST to apply for UNDERC-WEST or -SOUTH. UNDERC-EAST. RESEARCH. EDUCATION. UNDERC-SOUTH. UNDERC-WEST. CONSERVATION.

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  1. Puerto Rico If you went to UNDERC-East in 2014 Montana If you went to UNDERC-East in 2014 INFORMATION: http://underc.nd.edu/

  2. Must first attend UNDERC-EAST to apply for UNDERC-WEST or -SOUTH UNDERC-EAST RESEARCH EDUCATION UNDERC-SOUTH UNDERC-WEST CONSERVATION

  3. SUMMER PROGRAM PRACTICUM IN FIELD ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY (BIOS 35502 xx) 3 CREDITS

  4. UNDERC – EAST (BIOS 35502-01) Vertebrate Ecology Aquatic Ecology Forest Ecology Insect Ecology

  5. UNDERC teaching and research facilities adjacent to Tenderfoot Lake main gate

  6. NO COST TO YOU!  Round trip from ND to UNDERC Research expenses  Free Housing Stipend ($3500) Free Tuition

  7. WHAT YOU GAIN: • CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION OUTDOORS -- see it • as you are taught it • INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECT -- work with • a faculty/grad student mentor to design, • conduct and report your own research

  8. WHAT YOU GAIN: • OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES -- live in the wilds • CULTURAL DIVERSITY -- work and live on Native • American reservations

  9. WHAT YOU GAIN: • ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY -- see the ecological • diversity of our country and how it has changed • FUN -- great friends and fascinating places

  10. MAIN ACTIVITIES AT UNDERC: teaching and research facilities 8000 acres closed to public

  11. Many Land O’ Lakes Properties habitats are used in UNDERC education and research programs • 35 lakes and bogs • 2 streams • many forest and wetland habitats Bergner Bay Long A cooperative agreement also provides teaching and research use of the 1,000,000 acre Ottawa National Forest

  12. NEW DORMITORY

  13. TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES (48 beds)

  14. LABORATORIES ANIMAL LABS: Aquatic tanks, Artificial streams FLEXIBLE CHEMISTRY LABS: Common equipment COMPUTER FACILITIES: DSL Internet and Wireless Connectivity

  15. Roach Lake in March

  16. Roach Lake in August

  17. LONG HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AT UNDERC • 1920’s - E. A. Birge’s pioneering lake studies at UNDERC. • 1940’s - J. T. Curtis forest communities of UNDERC. • 1950’s – A. Hasler • conducts first whole-lake • lake experiments on • Peter & Paul Lakes. • 1970’s – F. Hooper and • T. Griffing conduct first • radioisotope studies of • phosphorus-cycling in • bogs.

  18. SINCE THE 1970’s “CASCADE PROJECT” (whole lake experimentation) Nutrients added/ No Piscivores Nutrients added/ Piscivores No Piscivores PETER LAKE Piscivores PAUL LAKE LONG LAKE

  19. Ongoing Research at UNDERC • (Focus on natural processes in undisturbed environments) • Bio-indicators of water quality and environmental change • Regulation of aquatic productivity • Global environmental change • Aquatic-terrestrial habitat interactions • Predator effects on herbivores and plants • Biting arthropods and their transmitted diseases

  20. UNDERC • University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center • Furthers research and education in locations of high environmental quality • East – Upper Peninsula of Michigan • West – Montana • South – Puerto Rico • Natural laboratories for study of ecosystems which have experienced little human degradation • Baseline for comparison with disturbed systems • NEON • National Ecological Observatory Network • Continental research platform • Climate change / ecohydrology / biogeochemistry • Biodiversity / invasives / disease • Land-use change • Collect long-term ecological data • Gather and store data to advance scientific understanding and theory to manage national ecological challenges UNDERC-East UNDERC-West UNDERC-South • NEON Benefits • Research Infrastructure • Sensors • Experiments • Cyberinfrastructure • Buildings • Staff • Domain 5 Chief Scientist (PhD) • Environmental education specialist (PhD) • 3 Technicians • Funding • Maintenance and operation costs • Competitive NSF funding for NEON research • NEON Research • Relocatable Tower System • Suite of instruments that can be moved to collect data outside the fixed Core site • Support extended and periodic campaigns that expand measurements of environmental variability • Domain 5 Theme: Forest management • Tree Haven (UW – Steven’s Point) • Steigerwald Land Services • Fundamental Sentinel Units (FSU) • Twenty-six sample sites to measure soil and aquatic biochemistry (sensors) • Track patterns and changes in organisms • Small mammals • Insects • Birds • Fish • Soil microbes • Plants • Algae • Fundamental Instrument Units (FIU) • Three fixed towers supported by sensor arrays • Data collection • Climate and canopy microclimate • Air pollution and air quality • Carbon cycle • Soil characteristics • Water quality

  21. EAST RESEARCH EDUCATION http://underc.nd.edu WEST SOUTH CONSERVATION

  22. Rainbow over Bergner Lake

  23. Extent of Continental Glaciation • Anchorage • Juneau • Churchill Calgary Quebec • Seattle • Winnipeg Ottawa New York St. Paul Cleveland Chicago • San Francisco • Denver St. Louis

  24. Inland Lakes Resultingfrom Melt Water • Anchorage • Juneau • Churchill Quebec Calgary Ottawa • Seattle • Winnipeg New York St. Paul Cleveland Chicago • San Francisco • Denver St. Louis Miami

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