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The LTER project is a study of the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the Dry Valleys region of Antarctica. The Dry Valleys represent a region where life approaches its environmental limits, and unlike most other ecosystems, are dominated by microorganisms, mosses, lichens, and relatively few groups of invertebrates; higher forms of life are virtually non-existent.

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The LTER project is a study of the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the Dry Valleys region of Antarctica. The Dry Valleys represent a region where life approaches its environmental limits, and unlike most other ecosystems, are dominated by microorganisms, mosses, lichens, and relatively few groups of invertebrates; higher forms of life are virtually non-existent.