Alaska Science Center


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.
Products
Title Type
Insect Emergence from Arctic Coastal Plain Thaw Ponds, 2012-2013Data
Physical, Chemical, and Invertebrate Data from Chipp North Pond Manipulations, North Slope, Alaska, 2013Data
Ice wedge degradation and stabilization impacts water budgets and nutrient cycling in Arctic trough pondsPublication
Nutrient dynamics in partially drained arctic thaw lakesPublication
Hydro-ecology of Arctic Thawing (HEAT) project web siteProject Website
Changing Arctic Ecosystems project site and factsheetProject Website

Contacts

Carey, Michael , 907-786-7197
Flint, 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 Borough

USGS Mission Area and Program
EcosystemsCooperative Research Units
EcosystemsWildlife Program

Major Initiatives
USGS - Changing Arctic Ecosystems Initiative

Keywords
Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Alpine/Tundra
Climate Indicators