Long-Term Study of Boreal Watershed/Lake Ecosystems, Michigan; Fraser Experimental Forest, CO; and Alaska
Stottlemyer R and Toczydlowski D. 2000. Long-Term Study of Boreal Watershed/Lake Ecosystems, Michigan; Fraser Experimental Forest, CO; and Alaska. 1999 Annual Report and FY 00 Work Plan (Res. Rept. No. 82). Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report summarizes research completed during FY99, and outlines research objectives and a study plan for FY2000. The study sites considered in this research report are the Wallace Lake Watershed, Isle Royale National Park (ISRO), Michigan; the Calumet Watershed, Michigan's Upper Peninsula; watersheds of the U.S. Forest Service Fraser Experimental Forest, Colorado; and the treeline Asik Watershed, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska. The sites are predominately boreal ecosystems. All are major ecotones (northern hardwoods-boreal, subalpine-alpine, taiga-tundra). While the research objectives differ somewhat among sites, the conceptual approach is similar. Much of the work is common among sites, or is planned to be such. The research emphasis has been and continues to be on terrestrial processes. An assessment of the literature suggests for terrestrial ecosystems that the study of processes in an ecosystem context likely will give the earliest statistical indication of incipient change due to stress, and a better quantification of the magnitude of response.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Stottlemyer, Robert; Toczydlowski, David
- Date of Issue
- 2000-01
- Publisher
- Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
- Units
- ISRO
- Keywords
- Alaska, Biogeochemistry, Boreal, Colorado, Fraser Experimental Forest, Isle Royale National Park, litter decomposition, Michigan, Nitrogen Cycle, Noatak National Preserve, streamwater chemistry, Watershed