The Central Alaska Network Flowing Waters Program: A Multi-tiered Approach to Ecological Monitoring in Alaskan National Parks
Simmons T. 2009. The Central Alaska Network Flowing Waters Program: A Multi-tiered Approach to Ecological Monitoring in Alaskan National Parks. 2009. George Wright Society
This study is part of the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring (Vital Signs) Program for the Central Alaska Network (CAKN). Climate change and other anthropogenic impacts can be expected to have a dramatic effect on CAKN freshwater ecosystems; the streams and rivers portion of the Vital Signs program is designed to detect trends in the status of important components of lotic (moving water) ecosystems. These include hydrologic regime, geomorphology, water quality, and the distribution and abundance of freshwater fish, benthic macroinvertebrate, and diatom species. Fundamentally, the goal is to develop a logistically feasible, repeatable, and scientifically robust monitoring program. To the extent possible, we intend to incorporate indicators, data and methods developed as part of the Denali Long Term Ecological Monitoring (LTEM) program.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding
- Date of Issue
- 2009
- Units
- CAKN , DENA , WRST , YUCH
- Keywords
- Alaska, Monitoring, National Park, Water, Water Quality
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Surface Water Dynamics