Coastal Lagoon Monitoring in Cape Krusenstern National Monument: Fieldwork Summary 2023-2024
Fraley K and Robards M. 2025. Coastal Lagoon Monitoring in Cape Krusenstern National Monument: Fieldwork Summary 2023-2024. Wildlife Conservation Society. Fairbanks, AK
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has worked with the National Park Service since 2012 to design and implement the Coastal Lagoon Vital Signs component of the Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network. This program is intended to establish biotic and abiotic reference conditions for assessing longterm changes in the coastal lagoons of Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. The Vital Signs program focuses on monitoring both the structure and ecological function of lagoons, as well as the fish resources used for subsistence by coastal communities. A standardized Vital Signs Protocol was developed for these lagoons, informed by our field efforts throughout 2015-2022. Our 2023-2024 Vital Signs fieldwork sought to build upon the pre-existing database of in-depth temporal and spatial information on lagoon ecology, as well as to start developing a new Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for basal food abundance (e.g., mysids).
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Fraley, Kevin; Robards, Martin
- Date of Issue
- 2025-04
- Publisher
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Units
- CAKR
- Keywords
- abundance, alaska, coastal, diversity, fish, lagoon, marine, water quality