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Long-term ecological monitoring in Southeast Alaska national p arks

Long-term ecological monitoring in Southeast Alaska national p arks. Chris Sergeant National Park Service UAF Fisheries Juneau Seminar Series October 12, 2012. “Natural resource management should strive to retain critical types and ranges of natural variation in ecosystems.”

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Long-term ecological monitoring in Southeast Alaska national p arks

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

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

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

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

  7. SEAN core program “Vital Signs” Airborne Contaminants Marine Predators Weather and Climate Streamflow Freshwater Water Quality Oceanography Marine Contaminants Freshwater Contaminants Intertidal Communities Landform and Landcover Kittlitz’sMurrelets Glacial Dynamics

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

  9. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  10. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

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

  12. 1/3 funding dedicated to data management, analysis, and reporting! Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  13. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  14. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  15. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  16. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  17. FQ_B FQ_G FQ_A

  18. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  19. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  20. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  21. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  22. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  23. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

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

  25. Danielson 2012 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

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

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

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

  29. 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 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  30. NPS Photo Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

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

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

  33. Water quality Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

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

  35. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

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

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

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

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