Long-Term Ecological Research on Disturbance, Succession, and Ecosystem State Change at the Virginia Coast Reserve: LTER III Proposal Submitted to National Science Foundation Ecosystems Studies Program February 3, 1994 By: The Department of Environmental Sciences, The University of Virginia, P.O. Box 9003, Charlottesville, Virginia 22906 Principal Investigators: Bruce P. Hayden, John H. Porter, Herman H. Shugart Co-Principal Investigators: Iris Anderson, Linda Blum, Mark M. Brinson, Robert R. Christian, Frank P. Day, Raymond D. Dueser, Keith Eshleman, Tanya Furman, James N. Galloway, R. Craig Kochel, Steven Macko, George F. Oertel, Guofan Shao, David Smith, Thomas M. Smith, Patricia L. Wiberg, Donald R. Young, and Joseph C. Zieman Period of Performance: November 1, 1994 - October 31, 2000 Amount Requested: $3,780,000