Discussion of Charles R. Goldman's paper entitled ''The importance of establishing long term environmental research''
Dr. Goldman has provided some positive examples of long-term ecological research, of which his work is an outstanding example, as well as other situations which have involved multiple individuals and, in some cases, multiple institutions. Examples of these are the US Forest Service's Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory, the site of multidisciplinary ecosystem studies involving the University of Georgia and others; the Hubbard Brook watershed program, involving Cornell, Dartmouth, and Yale universities, the US Forest Service, and, more recently, the Institute of Ecosystem Studies; the Walker Branch Watershed studies of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and numerous university investigators. These and several other equally important studies have been successful because they were conceived and initiated by good scientists who were fortunate to be in an institutional setting where this kind of research was encouraged; or because key individuals involved had already attained sufficient stature that they were beyond some of the constraints that are often faced by university-based investigators who wish to do long-term research that has applied or mission implications. 1 fig.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5609478
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-871247-1; ON: DE88003921
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Science, universities, and the environment symposium, Chicago, IL, USA, 8 Dec 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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