USGS Changing Arctic Ecosystems: Hydrology
The USGS Changing Arctic Ecosystems (CAE) program quantifies the current and likely future response of wildlife and habitats to physical change in the Arctic and rapidly responds to the science needs of Department of the Interior agencies and other decision makers. A project to understand temporal changes in hydrologic processes and their impact on wildlife populations to changes in ecosystem processes on the Arctic Coastal Plain.Abstract
A project to understand temporal changes in hydrologic processes and their impact on wildlife populations to changes in ecosystem processes on the Arctic Coastal Plain. Research objectives of this particular CAE project include: (1) focusing on the final year of monitoring of basins for the Hydro-Ecology of Arctic Thaw (HEAT) project, focusing on the link between Arctic warming and altered hydrology, biogeochemistry, and ecology of headwater streams, and (2) the impacts of goose population increases on pond ecosystems in northern Alaska through a second year of sampling and water quality monitoring.
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Contacts
Carey, Michael , 907-786-7197Flint, Paul L., 907-786-7183
Fondell, Tom , 907.786.7155
Koch, Joshua C., 907-786-7119
Schmutz, Joel A., 907-786-7186
Status: completed
Start Year: 2010
End Year: 2019
Project Sites
Location
North Slope BoroughUSGS Mission Area and Program
Ecosystems → Cooperative Research UnitsEcosystems → Wildlife Program
Major Initiatives
USGS - Changing Arctic Ecosystems InitiativeKeywords
Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Alpine/TundraClimate Indicators