Baltimore Ecosystem Study -Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER)

The Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) aims to understand metropolitan
Baltimore as an ecological system. The program brings together
researchers from the biological, physical, and social sciences to
collect new data and synthesize existing information on how both the
built and wild ecosystems of Baltimore work. As a part of the National
Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Network, BES trys
to understand how Baltimore's ecosystems change over long time
periods. The ecological knowledge helps support educational
and community-based activities, and interactions between the project
and the Baltimore community are imporant components of our
project. Such an integrative project includes many disciplines and
many research and educational institutions, both in Baltimore and
beyond.

This information was obtained in part from the BES Home page at
http://www.ecostudies.org/bes/.

BES is part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network accessible at
www.lternet.edu. Data are one of the most valuable products of the
LTER program. The goal of the Network is to provide fast, effective,
and open access to LTER data. Over 2000 ecological datasets are part
of a network-wide information system designed to facilitate data
exchange and integration to meet the needs of ecological scientists.