The Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research (FCE-LTER)
project is a collaboration of over 120 researchers, students,
and technical staff. The team studies the ways in which hydrology,
climate, and human activities affect ecosystem patterns in the
estuarine ecotones, or regions where freshwater and saltwater
mix, of the Florida Coastal Everglades. In addition to collecting
data, conducting experiments, and building models, the FCE-LTER
team also distributes data to other scientists, presents research
results at scientific conferences, publishes papers in peer-reviewed
journals, trains graduate students to be professional scientists,
and provides education and outreach to the south Florida community.
We link FCE science with Everglades Restoration to provide reliable, continuous, and growing knowledge transfer from basic ecological theory to the development of more effective environmental management and restoration/rehabilitation programs.
More information about what we do
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Graduate
Student Training
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FCE Student Group Photo taken at the 2006 FCE LTER
All Scientists Meeting
Graduate students are the scientific leaders of the
future. At the FCE-LTER project, graduate students are
trained by senior scientists in all aspects of scientific
activity, including data collection and analysis, writing,
and verbal communication of scientific results. Over
30 Ph.D. and masters students are involved with the
FCE-LTER project at any given time. These students are
invaluable members of the research team, providing the
project with extra sets of hands with which to collect
data and minds with which to analyze data.
FCE LTER Student Organization website
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