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The Tundra in Transition Webinar by Don Spalinger Presented by Don Spalinger & Nathan WolfThis seminar focuses on our concepts of regulation of nutrient flows through tundra ecosystems and the effect that climate (or weather) has on these processes. Nutrient flow and climate, in turn, should regulate plant phenology and production, and thus caribou behavior and nutrition. We will present some ideas for assessing the landscape patterns of these processes and monitoring their impacts. Finally, we will provide examples of such assessment and monitoring processes from our work in Western Alaska over the past two years.​ Categories: Data; Tags: ALPINE/TUNDRA, ALPINE/TUNDRA, CARBON, CARBON, CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, All tags... CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, HERBIVORY, HERBIVORY, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LICHENS, LICHENS, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, NUTRIENTS, ORGANIC MATTER, ORGANIC MATTER, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, presentation, Fewer tags Summary handout - Factsheet A high spatial resolution storm surge model was developed for the YK Delta area to assess biological impacts of storm surges under current and future climates. Storm surges are expected to be more frequent and more severe in the YK Delta area due to climate change and sea level rise. The biological impacts in the YK Delta due to the changed storm surges could be extreme.The model was assessed with respect to measured water level data at the coast and, where available, spatial extent of inundation, for 6 storms from the period 1992 to 2011. In total, inundation projections from 9 historical storms (5 from the assessment + 4 others) were developed. For each storm, an spatial inundation index (time-integral of water... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, Academics & scientific researchers, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, All tags... COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION, CULTURAL FEATURES, CULTURAL FEATURES, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, EROSION, EROSION, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOODING, FLOODING, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, Federal resource managers, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, INLETS, INLETS, INUNDATION, INUNDATION, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, MARSHES, MARSHES, MODELS, MODELS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PEATLANDS, PEATLANDS, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, SALINITY, SALINITY, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, SEVERE STORMS, SEVERE STORMS, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORMS, STORMS, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, factSheet, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags High Resolution Vegetation Mapping of the Alaska Peninsula and Unimak Island The tundra biome is the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of the circumpolar north, and its fate in a rapidly changing climate is of high scientific and socioeconomic concern. One of those concerns is that the majority of caribou herds throughout the circumpolar north are declining, perhaps as a result of climate change. The principal objective of this research is to reveal the connections between soil nutrient cycling, forage quality and caribou habitat selection. This framework is underpinned by the concept that tundra ecosystem productivity is ultimately driven by the thermodynamics of the system induced by climate. Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: ALPINE/TUNDRA, ALPINE/TUNDRA, CARBON, CARBON, CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, All tags... CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, HERBIVORY, HERBIVORY, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LICHENS, LICHENS, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, NUTRIENTS, ORGANIC MATTER, ORGANIC MATTER, Publication, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Develop an existing vegetation layer for the Western Alaska LCC region. This project will produce an existing vegetation type map at 30m resolution for the entire Western Alaska LCC region. The lack of a consistently mapped vegetation data layer for Alaska has been identified as a primary road block for many conservation and management entities across the state. This project will address a number of the LCC conservation goals by addressing a baseline science need that is the foundation for current and future project within the region. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... Project, Report, State agencies, Tribes, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags The Tundra in Transition: Unraveling the Dynamics of Western Alaska Caribou-Tundra Ecosystems The tundra biome is the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of the circumpolar north, and its fate in a rapidly changing climate is of high scientific and socioeconomic concern. One of those concerns is that the majority of caribou herds throughout the circumpolar north are declining, perhaps as a result of climate change. The principal objective of this research is to reveal the connections between soil nutrient cycling, forage quality and caribou habitat selection. This framework is underpinned by the concept that tundra ecosystem productivity is ultimately driven by the thermodynamics of the system induced by climate. In winter, soil microbial processes drive N mineralization and thus N available for plant growth... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: ALPINE/TUNDRA, ALPINE/TUNDRA, CARBON, CARBON, Conservation Planning, All tags... Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, HERBIVORY, HERBIVORY, LCC Network Science Catalog, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, NUTRIENTS, ORGANIC MATTER, ORGANIC MATTER, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Publication, Report, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Model outputs A high spatial resolution storm surge model was developed for the YK Delta area to assess biological impacts of storm surges under current and future climates. Storm surges are expected to be more frequent and more severe in the YK Delta area due to climate change and sea level rise. The biological impacts in the YK Delta due to the changed storm surges could be extreme.The model was assessed with respect to measured water level data at the coast and, where available, spatial extent of inundation, for 6 storms from the period 1992 to 2011. In total, inundation projections from 9 historical storms (5 from the assessment + 4 others) were developed. For each storm, an spatial inundation index (time-integral of water... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, Academics & scientific researchers, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, All tags... COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION, CULTURAL FEATURES, CULTURAL FEATURES, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, EROSION, EROSION, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOODING, FLOODING, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, Federal resource managers, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, INLETS, INLETS, INUNDATION, INUNDATION, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, MARSHES, MARSHES, MODELS, MODELS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PEATLANDS, PEATLANDS, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, SALINITY, SALINITY, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, SEVERE STORMS, SEVERE STORMS, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORMS, STORMS, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, model, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags Model Domain A high spatial resolution storm surge model was developed for the YK Delta area to assess biological impacts of storm surges under current and future climates. Storm surges are expected to be more frequent and more severe in the YK Delta area due to climate change and sea level rise. The biological impacts in the YK Delta due to the changed storm surges could be extreme.The model was assessed with respect to measured water level data at the coast and, where available, spatial extent of inundation, for 6 storms from the period 1992 to 2011. In total, inundation projections from 9 historical storms (5 from the assessment + 4 others) were developed. For each storm, an spatial inundation index (time-integral of water... Categories: Data, Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, Academics & scientific researchers, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, All tags... COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION, CULTURAL FEATURES, CULTURAL FEATURES, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, EROSION, EROSION, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOODING, FLOODING, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, Federal resource managers, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, INLETS, INLETS, INUNDATION, INUNDATION, Image, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, MARSHES, MARSHES, MODELS, MODELS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PEATLANDS, PEATLANDS, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, SALINITY, SALINITY, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, SEVERE STORMS, SEVERE STORMS, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORMS, STORMS, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags Storm Surge Impacts on Biological Resources in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta The purpose of the research is to develop a storm surge model for the YK Delta area and to apply it to determine biological impacts of storm surges in the current and future climates. This research is needed as storm surges are expected to be more frequent and more severe in the YK Delta area due to climate change and sea level rise. The biological impacts in the YK Delta due to the changed storm surges could be extreme. With the model, we will study 10 storms over the 1980 – 2011 time period. Model output will be used to determine the recurrence interval for the individual storms. With the model output from individual storms, an inundation index (time-integral of water level during a storm) will be calculated.... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, Academics & scientific researchers, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, All tags... COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION, CULTURAL FEATURES, CULTURAL FEATURES, DELTAS, DELTAS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EROSION, EROSION, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, FLOODS, FLOODS, Federal resource managers, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, INLETS, INLETS, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, MARSHES, MARSHES, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PEATLANDS, PEATLANDS, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Report, SALINITY, SALINITY, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, SEVERE STORMS, SEVERE STORMS, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, null, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags Image of mapped study area The objective of this project was to produce an Alaskan Existing Vegetation Type (AKEVT) map at 30m resolution for a portion of the Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (WALCC) region using a very consistent (2000 +/- 1 yr.) remote sensing data set (Landsat 7 ETM+) and the same methodology. The mapped area encompasses the western and northern parts of the WALCC region, plus the Kodiak Archipelago. Categories: Data, Image; Tags: Federal resource managers, Image, LAND COVER, LAND COVER, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, boundaries, boundaries, completed, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, location, location, Fewer tags Develop an "Existing Vegetation" Map for the Western Alaska LCC Region This project produced an existing vegetation type map at 30m resolution for the northern half of the Western Alaska LCC region, and Kodiak Archipelago. The lack of a consistently mapped vegetation data layer for Alaska has been identified as a prima​​ry road block for many conservation and management entities across the state. This project addresses a number of the LCC conservation goals by addressing a baseline science and provides a foundation for current and future projects within the region. Categories: Data; Tags: Federal resource managers, LAND COVER, LAND COVER, LCC Network Science Catalog, Report, All tags... State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags Where we are and where we need to be to understand regional water temperature trends: establishing minimum data collection standards for stream temper As Alaskans continue to feel the impacts of a changing climate, the need for resource managers to understand how these changes will alter aquatic systems and fisheries resources grows. Water temperature data collection has increased in recent years to begin to fill our gaps in knowledge about current thermal profiles. Many entities are collecting temperature data for a variety of purposes to meet project or agency specific goals. AKOATS, the Alaska Online Aquatic Temperature Site, is a comprehensive statewide inventory of current (n=413) and historic (n=398) continuous monitoring locations for stream and lake temperature using a common set of attributes. Data were gathered from fish biologists, hydrologists, water... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Conservation NGOs, LCC Network Science Catalog, RIVERS/STREAM HABITAT, RIVERS/STREAM HABITAT, RIVERS/STREAMS, All tags... RIVERS/STREAMS, SALMONS/TROUTS, SALMONS/TROUTS, TEMPERATURE TRENDS, TEMPERATURE TRENDS, Tribes, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY, WATER TEMPERATURE, WATER TEMPERATURE, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, environment, environment, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, presentation, Fewer tags Alaska Peninsula High Resolution Vegetation Map The tundra biome is the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of the circumpolar north, and its fate in a rapidly changing climate is of high scientific and socioeconomic concern. One of those concerns is that the majority of caribou herds throughout the circumpolar north are declining, perhaps as a result of climate change. The principal objective of this research is to reveal the connections between soil nutrient cycling, forage quality and caribou habitat selection. Categories: Data; Tags: ALPINE/TUNDRA, ALPINE/TUNDRA, CARBON, CARBON, CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, All tags... CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, Data, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, HERBIVORY, HERBIVORY, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LICHENS, LICHENS, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, NUTRIENTS, ORGANIC MATTER, ORGANIC MATTER, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags Winter Diets of Southern Alaska Peninsula and Unimak Island Caribou: Nutritional Implications for Herd Productivity The tundra biome is the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of the circumpolar north, and its fate in a rapidly changing climate is of high scientific and socioeconomic concern. One of those concerns is that the majority of caribou herds throughout the circumpolar north are declining, perhaps as a result of climate change. The principal objective of this research is to reveal the connections between soil nutrient cycling, forage quality and caribou habitat selection. Categories: Data; Tags: ALPINE/TUNDRA, ALPINE/TUNDRA, CARBON, CARBON, CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, All tags... CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, HERBIVORY, HERBIVORY, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LICHENS, LICHENS, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, NUTRIENTS, ORGANIC MATTER, ORGANIC MATTER, Report, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Final Report: Storm surge impacts on biological resources in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta A high spatial resolution storm surge model was developed for the YK Delta area to assess biological impacts of storm surges under current and future climates. Storm surges are expected to be more frequent and more severe in the YK Delta area due to climate change and sea level rise. The biological impacts in the YK Delta due to the changed storm surges could be extreme.The model was assessed with respect to measured water level data at the coast and, where available, spatial extent of inundation, for 6 storms from the period 1992 to 2011. In total, inundation projections from 9 historical storms (5 from the assessment + 4 others) were developed. For each storm, an spatial inundation index (time-integral of water... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, Academics & scientific researchers, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, All tags... COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION, CULTURAL FEATURES, CULTURAL FEATURES, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, EROSION, EROSION, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOODING, FLOODING, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, Federal resource managers, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, INLETS, INLETS, INUNDATION, INUNDATION, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, MARSHES, MARSHES, MODELS, MODELS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PEATLANDS, PEATLANDS, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, Report, SALINITY, SALINITY, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, SEVERE STORMS, SEVERE STORMS, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORMS, STORMS, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags The Tundra in Transition: Unraveling the Dynamics of Western Alaska Caribou – Tundra Ecosystems Report The caribou populations of southwest Alaska have declined precipitously over the past decade or more, and the total population of this expansive region currently is 80% below the populations of the late 90’s to early 2000’s. This research is a collaborative effort among the principal managers of this resource to directly address the causes of this decline.The goals of this project was to mechanistically link climate, soil N cycling, plant morphological and nutritional phenology, and caribou population dynamics, by collecting high-quality information to knit together ecosystem function across several trophic levels and at a range of spatial and temporal scales. Categories: Data; Tags: ALPINE/TUNDRA, ALPINE/TUNDRA, CARBON, CARBON, CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, All tags... CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, HERBIVORY, HERBIVORY, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LICHENS, LICHENS, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, NUTRIENTS, ORGANIC MATTER, ORGANIC MATTER, Report, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL ABSORPTION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL RESPIRATION, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, onGoing, Fewer tags Stream Temperature Data Collection Standards and Protocol for Alaska: Minimum Standards to Generate Data Useful for Regional-scale Analyses As Alaskans continue to feel the impacts of a changing climate, the need for resource managers to understand how these changes will alter aquatic systems and fisheries resources grows. Water temperature data collection has increased in recent years to begin to fill our gaps in knowledge about current thermal profiles; however, with Alaska’s vast landscapes and ubiquitous freshwater habitats, the need for water temperature data is ongoing. Many entities are collecting temperature data for a variety of purposes to meet project or agency specific goals. Statewide interest in thermal patterns and increasing data collection efforts provides Alaska’s scientific and resource managing community an opportunity to meet broader... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Conservation NGOs, LCC Network Science Catalog, RIVERS/STREAM HABITAT, RIVERS/STREAM HABITAT, RIVERS/STREAMS, All tags... RIVERS/STREAMS, Report, SALMONS/TROUTS, SALMONS/TROUTS, TEMPERATURE TRENDS, TEMPERATURE TRENDS, Tribes, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY, WATER TEMPERATURE, WATER TEMPERATURE, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, environment, environment, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Water temperature monitoring standards for Alaska Researchers have consistently prioritized the need to measure the status and trends of stream and lake temperatures across Alaska landscapes, and to compile those data for predictive modeling. The goal of this project is to develop an open statewide water temperature network with easily understood and readily implemented data standards to support landscape-level assessments. Development of two-tiered data standard will allow data collectors and data managers the flexibility to use their existing agency protocols, yet set standards that are scientifically robust and suitable for landscape-level analysis. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Management and Integration, Decision Support, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... Presentation, Project, Report, Tribes, completed, environment, environment, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Presentation Slides, 2015 Nov 18 A high spatial resolution storm surge model was developed for the YK Delta area to assess biological impacts of storm surges under current and future climates. Storm surges are expected to be more frequent and more severe in the YK Delta area due to climate change and sea level rise. The biological impacts in the YK Delta due to the changed storm surges could be extreme.The model was assessed with respect to measured water level data at the coast and, where available, spatial extent of inundation, for 6 storms from the period 1992 to 2011. In total, inundation projections from 9 historical storms (5 from the assessment + 4 others) were developed. For each storm, an spatial inundation index (time-integral of water... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, Academics & scientific researchers, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, All tags... COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION, CULTURAL FEATURES, CULTURAL FEATURES, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, EROSION, EROSION, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOODING, FLOODING, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, Federal resource managers, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, INLETS, INLETS, INUNDATION, INUNDATION, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, MARSHES, MARSHES, MODELS, MODELS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PEATLANDS, PEATLANDS, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, SALINITY, SALINITY, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, SEVERE STORMS, SEVERE STORMS, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORMS, STORMS, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans, presentation, Fewer tags Develop an Existing Vegetation Layer for the Western Alaska LCC Region. The objective of this project was to produce an Alaskan Existing Vegetation Type (AKEVT) map at 30m resolution for a portion of the Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (WALCC) region using a very consistent (2000 +/- 1 yr.) remote sensing data set (Landsat 7 ETM+) and the same methodology. The mapped area encompasses the western and northern parts of the WALCC region, plus the Kodiak Archipelago. The legend was based on grouping the Alaska Vegetation Classification (Viereck, et al. 1992) Level IV classes to exclude the differences in vegetation height and canopy closure. Three major types of data were utilized; field plot data, Landsat 7 ETM+ spectral data, and environmental variables. All of the available... Categories: Data; Tags: Data, Federal resource managers, LAND COVER, LAND COVER, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... State agencies, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags