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© 2012 National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The National Ecological Observatory Network is a project sponsored by the National Science
Foundation and managed under cooperative agreement by NEON Inc.
© 2012 National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Integrated Data Sampling
© 2012 National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Fundamental Sentinel Unit (FSU)
Terrestrial Observation System (TOS)
NEON’s Sentinel organisms and biogeochemistry
Designs
Measures
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© 2012 National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Terrestrial Observational Sampling
Provide standardized, diverse measurements related to…..
Biodiversity & Invasive Species
Phenology
Population Dynamics
Microbial Diversity & Function
Biogeochemistry & Productivity
Ecohydrology
Infectious Disease
Not easily measured with fixed instruments
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Site BoundarySpatial Balanced and
Random Grid
Stratified by
Vegetation Type Study Locations
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Sentinel organisms and biogeochemistry
Diversity
Phenology
Abundance
Function
Productivity
& Biomass
Pools/fluxes:
Biogeochemistry
Pathogens
Beetles Mosquitoes Mammals Birds Microbes Soil PlantsTicks
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Annual Collections
Terrestrial # samples
Insects 99,000
Plants 21,000
Small Mammals 7,500
Soil Microbes 18,000
Disease 27,000
Total 172,620
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