Arctic Network Freshwater Vital Signs Initiative
Bowden B. Arctic Network Freshwater Vital Signs Initiative. 2005-2009. National Park Service
The Freshwater Vital Signs Initiative is one of four components of the ARCN/I&M program. The goal of the Freshwater Initiative is to support the ARCN/I&M mission to characterize and monitor the lake and stream resources within the component parks. In particular, the objectives of the Freshwater Initiative are to help the ARCN/I&M program: 1. identify appropriate vital signs for aquatic resources in the component parks 2. develop a cost-effective monitoring strategy for these aquatic resources, and 3. field-test the selected monitoring strategies. From 2005-2007 Breck Bowden led a collaborative group of researchers from the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory, the University of Alaska - Fairbanks, Utah State University, the University of Alabama, and Pennsylvania State University on a series of field expeditions in the Noatak River Basin. These expeditions included field work in the Noatak River headwaters (2006), the Feniak Lake area (2006), and the Kelly River area (2007).
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Bowden, Breck
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ARCN , GAAR , NOAT
- Keywords
- Alaska, Aquatic, Biodiversity, Invertebrates, Monitoring, Noatak, Water, Water Chemistry
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Surface Water Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Microorganisms , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Algae , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Freshwater Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Freshwater Invertebrates
Program
Products
- Thermokarst distribution and relationships to landscape characteristics in the Feniak Lake region, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska
- Aquatic biodiversity, community composition and ecosystem processes in upper Noatak River basin: Gates of the Arctic Park and Preserve and the Noatak National Preserve, Alaska
- The influence of lithology on physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of headwater streams in the Feniak Lake region, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska.
- Foodweb characteristics based on stable isotopic analyses of carbon and nitrogen from streams in the central and upper Noatak River basin: Gates of the Arctic Park and Pr eserve and the Noatak National Preserve, Alaska
- Microbial biogeography of streams in the Feniak Lake region, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska: Exploring influences of lithology and habitat
- Streams and Lake Monitoring Protocol Arctic Network National Parks and Preserves, Alaska
- Lakes Bathymetry: Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska
- Indicators supporting Freshwater Vital Signs for the Arctic Network of Parks