Lake Trout Otolith Growth Increment Measurements, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska, 1979-2012

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Vanessa R. von Biela (ORCID: 0000-0002-7139-5981)
Originator: Bryan A. Black (ORCID: 0000-0001-6851-257X)
Originator: Peter van der Sleen
Publication_Date: 20200706
Title:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Anchorage, AK
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Other_Citation_Details:

von Biela, V.R., Black, B.A., Sleen, P., 2020, Lake trout otolith growth increment measurements, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska, 1979-2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92YV00Z.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P92YV00Z
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Christian E. Zimmerman
Publication_Date: 2011
Title: Lake Clark--Lake Trout Biochronology
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: website
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Anchorage, AK
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Other_Citation_Details:

This is a link to the broader USGS Alaska Science Center research project supported by these data. Users will find a description of the research project and links to associated reports, publications, and data products.

Online_Linkage: https://alaska.usgs.gov/portal/project.php?project_id=337

Description:

Abstract:

This data set documents the width of annual otolith growth increments from Lake Trout collected in lakes within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska. The analysis of this data was published in von Biela et al. 2020 (DOI: 10.1111/eff.12566)

Purpose:

The data were obtained to develop an otolith growth chronology for Lake Trout as a proxy for lake production.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1979
Ending_Date: 2012

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -154.8
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -153.6
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.99
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.11

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:ASC278

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Biocomplexity Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: growth
Theme_Keyword: lakes
Theme_Keyword: Oligotrophic lakes
Theme_Keyword: Otoliths
Theme_Keyword: genetic diversity
Theme_Keyword: genetic structure

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NASA GCMD Earth Science Keyword Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Earth Science
Theme_Keyword: Aquatic Ecosystems
Theme_Keyword: Biosphere
Theme_Keyword: Animals/vertebrates
Theme_Keyword: fish
Theme_Keyword: ray-finned fishes
Theme_Keyword: salmons/trouts
Theme_Keyword: lakes

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: fish
Theme_Keyword: field sampling

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Lake Clark National Preserve
Place_Keyword: Alaska Peninsula
Place_Keyword: Alaska

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Biocomplexity Thesaurus
Stratum_Keyword: freshwater

Taxonomy:

Keywords/Taxon:

Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Biocomplexity Thesaurus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Fishes

Taxonomic_System:

Classification_System/Authority:

Classification_System_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: on-line database
Series_Information:

Series_Name: ITIS
Issue_Identification: TSN 162002

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online
Publisher: ITIS-North America

Other_Citation_Details:

Retrieved 2019-10-29 from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database http://www.itis.gov

Online_Linkage:

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=162002

Identification_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Catherine W. Mecklenburg
Originator: T. Anthony Mecklenburg
Originator: Lyman K. Thorsteinson
Publication_Date: 2002
Title: Fishes of Alaska
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: book chapter
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Bethesda, Maryland
Publisher: American Fisheries Society

Identifier:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Daniel Young
Contact_Organization: National Parks Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 240 W 5th Ave
City: Anchorage
State_or_Province: AK
Postal_Code: 99501
Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-781-2113

Taxonomic_Procedures:

Lake trout were identified by skilled observers in the field based on the presence of their deeply forked tail and the absence of pink spots.

General_Taxonomic_Coverage: Lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom
Taxon_Rank_Value: Animalia
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Subkingdom
Taxon_Rank_Value: Bilateria
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Infrakingdom
Taxon_Rank_Value: Deuterostomia
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum
Taxon_Rank_Value: Chordata
Applicable_Common_Name: chordates
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Subphylum
Taxon_Rank_Value: Vertebrata
Applicable_Common_Name: vertebrates
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Infraphylum
Taxon_Rank_Value: Gnathostomata
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Superclass
Taxon_Rank_Value: Actinopterygii
Applicable_Common_Name: ray-finned fishes
Applicable_Common_Name: spiny rayed fishes
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Class
Taxon_Rank_Value: Teleostei
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Superorder
Taxon_Rank_Value: Protacanthopterygii
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Order
Taxon_Rank_Value: Salmoniformes
Applicable_Common_Name: salmons
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Family
Taxon_Rank_Value: Salmonidae
Applicable_Common_Name: salmonids
Applicable_Common_Name: trouts and salmons
Applicable_Common_Name: salmons
Applicable_Common_Name: trouts
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Subfamily
Taxon_Rank_Value: Salmoninae
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxon_Rank_Value: Salvelinus
Applicable_Common_Name: chars
Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Taxon_Rank_Value: Salvelinus namaycush
Applicable_Common_Name: lake trout
Applicable_Common_Name: TSN: 162002

Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:

It is requested that the authors and the USGS Alaska Science Center be cited for any subsequent publications that reference this dataset.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Vanessa von Biela
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 4210 University Drive
City: Anchorage
State_or_Province: AK
Postal_Code: 99508
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-786-7000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ascweb@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

This project was funded by the Natural Resources Protection Program (NRPP) of the U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area.

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Vanessa R von Biela
Originator: Bryan A Black
Originator: Daniel B Young
Originator: Peter van der Sleen
Originator: Krista K Bartz
Originator: Christian E Zimmerman
Publication_Date: 2020
Title:

Resident fish growth is sensitive to spring temperature in southwest Alaska lakes

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Ecology of Freshwater Fish
Issue_Identification: unavailable

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: On-line
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Other_Citation_Details:

Ecology of Freshwater Fish: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/16000633

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12566

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: R. Kreiner
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:

An investigation of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) and Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: University of Idaho
Publisher: University of Idaho

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attributes were spot checked and values were sorted to identify possible errors. All data was plotted for visual comparisons and outliers were confirmed against images of otolith growth increments.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Growth increments widths were measured from the most recent age at the otolith edge toward the center of the otolith. Measurement time series can be incomplete within an individual if the annuli for younger ages were difficult to delineate (e.g., a measurement series need not start at age-0 or age-1).

Completeness_Report:

The only known omissions from this report were the 171 of 251 total lake trout caught that were not included because they had otolith growth increments that were not clear enough for growth measurements.

Lineage:

Methodology:

Methodology_Type: Field
Methodology_Description:

Lake Trout were captured from seven lakes in Lake Clark NPP in the headwaters of Bristol Bay and Kuskokwim Bay in southwest Alaska. Lake Trout were captured using variable mesh floating and sinking gillnets or hook and line sampling in 2004 and 2011–2013 during the summer (June–September) as described in Kreiner (2006).

Methodology_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: R. Kreiner
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:

An investigation of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) and Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: publication
Online_Linkage:

https://fwslibrary.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A+137274251#/oclc/137274251

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Otolith increments were measured using the caliper function in Image Pro Premier software (Media Cybernetics, Silver Spring, MD) and electronically copied to a spreadsheet for later analysis. No data transformations were required to arrive at the dataset provided.

Process_Date: 20150101

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference:

Indirect location by named lake, Lake Clark and surrounding lakes

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: lakeTrout_otolithGrowth_LakeClarkNP_vonBiela_1979_2012.csv
Entity_Type_Definition:

Comma Separated Value (CSV) table containing lake trout id number assignments, replicate identification, the axis used to measure otolith rings, from what lake the fish was caught, the year of capture for the growth increment of the otolith, the age of the fish at the time of increment formation, and the width of the annual increment measured in millimeters.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer Defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FishID
Attribute_Definition:

Unique identifier assigned to each fish. The first two places in the FishID are "LT" to indicate the common species name, lake trout, and the following three places are digits to indicate the unique number for each individual fish. FishID is not sequential because only 80 of the initial 251 individuals available for this study had otolith growth increments clear enough for growth measurements.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Using the FishIDs for LLC_LT040 and LT0010, as examples, the prefix LLC_LT represents "Little Lake Clark lake trout" due to early data entry methods, but later FishID prefixes were shortened to LT representing "Lake Trout" when "Lake" became a separate field. The numbers following the aforementioned prefixes, i.e., 040, and 0010, respectively, represent the individual fish.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ReplicateID
Attribute_Definition:

Unique identifier assigned to each replicate measurement transect. The first five places indicate the FishID. Some otoliths available for this study were also labeled with an additional number that is included after the FishID following a period (e.g., ".1"). The last place reflects the transect letter denoted as a capital letter A, B, C, or D.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Example: LT055.1A

LT stands for Lake Trout. The number represents the FishID. The additional number found after the decimal point is a further identification of the fish otolith. The final letter denotes a blind transect measured on otoliths to minimize errors from interpretation.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Axis
Attribute_Definition:

A categorical assignment of the growth transect along which measurements of each annual growth increments were made. A "S" denotes that measurements were made along the short axis on the dorsal side of the otolith immediately adjacent to the sulcus from the nucleus toward the proximal edge. A "L" denotes that measurements were made along the long axis of the otolith from the nucleus toward either the dorsal or ventral edge.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Measurement performed along the short axis.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: L
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Measurement performed along the long axis.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lake
Attribute_Definition:

The name of the lake where each fish was captured within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Little Lake Clark
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Little Lake Clark, AK.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Kijik
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kijik Lake, AK
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Portage
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Portage Lake, AK.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Telaquana
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Telaquana Lake, AK.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Kontrashibuna
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kontrashibuna Lake, AK
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lake Clark
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lake Clark, AK.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fishtrap
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fishtrap Lake, AK.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lachbuna
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lachbuna Lake, AK.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Year
Attribute_Definition:

The year when the growth increment was formed. The year is determined by assigning the capture year to the incomplete growth increment along the otolith edge and sequentially assigning past calendar years to each additional otolith growth increment moving toward the nucleus.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1979
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2012

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Age
Attribute_Definition:

Age of the individual fish at the time of increment formation in years. Age was determined by counting growth increments sequentially from the nucleus.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 29

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Width
Attribute_Definition: The width of annual growth increment measured in millimeters.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.013
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.186

Lake Trout Otolith Growth Increment Measurements, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska, 1979-2012

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