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Southern Appalachians to Ozarks Ecological Observatory (SAPOZEON)

Regional boundaries

Southern Appalachians to the Ozarks, including western NC, all of TN and KY, southern MO and northern AR, and possibly northern AL and MS.

Representatives

Patrick Mulholland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,

Organizational Status

The first SAPOZEON organizational meeting was held June 24th, 2004 to identify interested individuals and institutions and their NEON-relevant research efforts and facilities in the SAPOZEON region.Ê The meeting was also intended to begin an effort to identify key scientific issues and questions that NEON might address in the region and how NEON might do this.ÊÊ This meeting was attended by about 35 individuals representing approximately 20 different institutions from the states of North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Missouri (see attendee list in Appendix A).Ê The results of this meeting can be found in the final meeting report (138K Word doc).

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NEON Regions

• High Latitude Ecological Observatory (HLEO)
• Antarctic NEON (AAEON)
• California Ecological Observatory (CALEON)
• Central Plains Grasslands Ecological Observatory (CENTRUS)
• Intermountain Regional Observatory Network (IRON)
• Great Lakes and Central US Ecological Observatory (GLACEO)
• Mid-Atlantic Region Ecological Observatory (MAREO)
• Northeast Ecological Observatory (NEEON)
• Neotropical Ecological Observatory (NEONEON)
• Hawaii and the U.S. Associated Islands in the Pacific Ecological Observatory (PNEON)
• Pacific Northwest Regional Ecological Observatory (PNWREO)
• Rocky Mountain Ecological Observatory (ROMEON)
• Southeast Ecological Observatory (SEEON)
• Southern Appalachians to Ozarks Ecological Observatory (SAPOZEON)
• Southwest Ecological Observatory (SWEON)

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