1. Long-term ecological monitoring in Southeast Alaska national parks Chris Sergeant National Park Service UAF Fisheries Juneau Seminar Series October 12, 2012

2. “Natural resource management should strive to retain critical types and ranges of natural variation in ecosystems.” - Holling & Meffe 1996 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

3. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Image from Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring and Research Project “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” - Albert Einstein

4. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Data from www.jisao.washington.edu

5. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Isaak et al. 2011

6. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program “…leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” - Organic Act of 1916

11. SEAN core program “Vital Signs” 1. Airborne Contaminants 2. Marine Predators 3. Weather and Climate 4. Streamflow 5. Freshwater Water Quality 6. Oceanography 7. Marine Contaminants 8. Freshwater Contaminants 9. Intertidal Communities 10. Landform and Landcover 11. Kittlitz’s Murrelets 12. Glacial Dynamics

12. Two rules: 1) Monitor rigorously and sustainably 2) Serve high-quality data publicly Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

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15. Project Leader Klondike Lead Glacier Bay Lead Sitka Lead Data Manager Program Manager Validation, Certification Maintenance, Calibration, Data Collection Data flow, training, supplies, reporting Admin, budget, tech. oversight Water Quality Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

16. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program 1/3 funding dedicated to data management, analysis, and reporting!

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21. FQ_A FQ_B FQ_G

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33. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Oceanography From 1993 to the present: Temperature, salinity, turbidity, PAR, fluorescence NPS Photo

34. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Danielson 2012

35. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Kittlitz’s murrelets

36. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Annual abundance estimates Hoekman et al. 2011

37. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program M. Humling/USFS Contaminants

38. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Heavy metals byproduct of fossil fuel and waste burning, mining and ore processing, chemical production, and agriculture Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons found in coal, crude oil, and gasoline and other derived products Persistent Organic Pollutants human-produced organic substances such as DDT and PCBs

39. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program NPS Photo

40. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Mayflies Nagorski et al. 2011

41. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Age-0 coho salmon watershed age =methylmercury Nagorski et al. 2011

42. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Water quality

43. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program (Adapted from Olden and Naiman 2010)

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45. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program J. Armstrong

46. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Climate change Management Drivers of productivity NPS Photo

47. christopher_sergeant@nps.gov 364.1591 http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/sean