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Through synthesis research, our working groups make big-picture discoveries in both basic and applied ecology and environmental science. Their big insights advance scientific knowledge and help solve complex questions and challenges about the natural world.

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Nature Health Index: A holistic approach to measuring and mapping ecological integrity

Principal Investigator(s): Rachel Neugarten, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Lee Hannah, Christina M. Kennedy
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GEI: Disentangling ecological impacts of marine artificial structure installation, decommissioning, and management scenarios on Gulf of America reef fish communities

Principal Investigator(s): Avery Paxton, Matthew Woodstock
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GEI: Advancing qualitative data analysis efficiency with artificial intelligence for fisheries management

Principal Investigator(s): Kelsi Furman, Nathan Brugnone, Matthew McPherson
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ORCAS: Integrating thermal physiology and species interactions to forecast community response to climate change

Principal Investigator(s): Brian S Cheng, Benjamin S. Halpern
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Ocean Health Index (OHI) Gulf of California

Principal Investigator(s): Benjamin S. Halpern
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LTER: Consumer Absence Generates Ecological Dissimilarity (CAGED): A cross-ecosystem synthesis exploring the consequences of consumer loss on community variability

Principal Investigator(s): Jamie M. McDevitt-Irwin, Sally E. Koerner, Kelly Speare
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LTER: Assessing the resilience of productivity to climate variability across management and climate gradients

Principal Investigator(s): David Hoover, Olivia Hajek
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Morpho: Baited Switch: Is global trade driving unsustainable fisheries?

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Mull, Nicholas Dulvy, Holly Kindsvater, Aaron MacNeil, Nathan Pacoureau
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Vanishing Vitamins: Identifying Root Causes of Thiamine Deficiency Complex in Global Aquatic Ecosystems

Principal Investigator(s): Freya Rowland, Jacques J. Rinchard, Christopher P. Suffridge
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GEI: Shifts in distributions and movement patterns of Coastal Migratory Pelagic Fish species in the Gulf of Mexico relative to climate change

Principal Investigator(s): Margaret M. Lamont
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