Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Freshwater Water Quality Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Sitka National Historical Park NPS photo/D. Schirokauer
Justification Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program (Adapted with permission from R. Edwards, USFS; data from Neal, Hood, & Smikrud 2010) Metric tons of nutrients CarbonNitrogenPhosphorous Salmon inputs7,9001, Terrestrial outputs 790,00046,0786,200 % salmon1%4%5%
Justification Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Ocean acidification Streamflow timing and magnitude Small increase Large increase Similar to current hydrograph Shifted from current hydrograph SEAN core water quality parameters: Water temperature Conductivity Dissolved oxygen pH Turbidity
Objectives Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Status and trends / Timing and magnitude
Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009 Salmon R. (GLBA) Indian R. (SITK) Taiya R. (KLGO)
Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009
Logistics and Budget Sampling season: May 1 thru October 31 Park and Project Leads commit approximately 7 and 17 days, respectively Protocol development $50K (UAS assistance) Annual equipment and supply costs less than $7K (maintenance, calibration standards, spare sensors, etc.) Backup equipment housed at SEAN office and ready for express air delivery Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Source:
What we’re learning Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program J. Armstrong
What we’re learning Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program (Adapted from Olden and Naiman 2010) How to translate the thermal regime:
What we’re learning Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Program Delivery Lessons learned from this program integrated into Sergeant, Moynahan, & Johnson 2012 Interest shown by researchers at USFS Pacific Northwest Lab and UAS Future manuscript: characterizing the thermal regimes of SE Alaska streams Interesting interpretive stories?
Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, NPS photo/C. Sergeant