Biodiversity & Complex Systems Science

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Research Themes

Four connected themes

California wildflowers blooming across the Carrizo Plain landscape — Photo: Ellie DeMarse · USFWS Research directions

Biodiversity–Stability Relationships

Plant Range Shifts and Diversity Redistribution

Terrestrial Support of Aquatic Food Webs

Forest canopy surrounding a carbon-flux observation tower — Harvard Forest Flux Tower Research directions

Thermal Acclimation of Ecosystem Respiration

Decadal Trends of Net Ecosystem Carbon Uptake

The Three Gorges Dam spanning the Yangtze River — Three Gorges Dam · Yangtze River Research directions

Flow–Riparian Vegetation Interactions

Ecohydrology of Dammed Rivers

A river flowing through wetlands into a broad estuary — River–estuary continuum Research directions

Plankton, Carbon and Nutrient Cycling

Gas Transfer Velocity at the Air–Water Interface

Biodiversity · Complex Adaptive System · Global Change