Vital signs monitoring plan, Southwest Alaska Network, inventory and monitoring program
Bennett AJ, Thompson WL, Mortenson DC. 2006. Vital signs monitoring plan, Southwest Alaska Network, inventory and monitoring program. National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network. Anchorage, AK
In 2001, a network of five national park units in southwest Alaska began the process of planning a long-term vital signs monitoring program. This report completes the three-phase process used in designing this monitoring program and constitutes a first draft of the monitoring plan. Phases I and II, completed in 2003 and 2004, respectively, involved evaluating and synthesizing existing data; defining monitoring questions and preliminary objectives; developing conceptual ecosystem models; and identifying and ranking a draft list of vital signs. Phase III, completed in 2005, involved development of sampling designs; monitoring protocols; data management procedures; and an administration and implementation framework. The overall process that this network has followed in planning, designing, and implementing its vital signs monitoring program is described in more detail at the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Web site (http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/). We encourage readers of this plan to visit that site to obtain additional background information on the history and evolving stages of the National Park Service’s Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M). This report, along with all appendices and supplemental information, is available on the Southwest Alaska Network Web site. (http:// www.nature.nps.gov/im/units/swan/index.cfm?theme=Overview).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bennett, Alan; Thompson, William; Mortenson, Dorothy
- Date of Issue
- 2006-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network
- Units
- ALAG , ANIA , KATM , KEFJ , LACL , SWAN
- Keywords
- Alagnak, Alaska, Alaska Peninsula, Aniakchak, Coastal, Ecosystem, Inventory, Katmai, Kenai Fjords, Kenai Peninsula, Lake Clark, Management, Monitoring, Planning, Vital Signs