What is the Brazilian LTER?
The Brazilian Long Term Ecological Research consists of a national network of long term ecological research as to understand, organize and improve knowledge about composition, operation and changes in ecosystems. The main goal is to increase knowledge and create tools to assess biological diversity, by integrating research groups in a framework of information sharing and systematization.
The 28 Site
The 28 research site of the Brazilian LTER aims at determining and prioritizing the environmental sensitivity of coastal ecosystems in the Santa Catarina State, in order to delimit the future monitoring of the sensitivity areas facing climate changes impacts for the maintenance and conservation of marine biodiversity.