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Freshwater Water Quality. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Sitka National Historical Park. NPS photo/D. Schirokauer. Justification. (Adapted with permission from R. Edwards, USFS; data from Neal, Hood, & Smikrud 2010) . Justification.
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Freshwater Water Quality Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Sitka National Historical Park NPS photo/D. Schirokauer Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
Justification (Adapted with permission from R. Edwards, USFS; data from Neal, Hood, & Smikrud 2010) Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
Justification Shifted from current hydrograph SEAN core water quality parameters: Water temperature Conductivity Dissolved oxygen pH Turbidity Streamflow timing and magnitude Small increase Large increase Ocean acidification Similar to current hydrograph Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
Objectives Status and trends / Timing and magnitude Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
Salmon R. (GLBA) Taiya R. (KLGO) Indian R. (SITK) Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009
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 Source: http://pll.seti.org Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
What we’re learning J. Armstrong Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
What we’re learning How to translate the thermal regime: (Adapted from Olden and Naiman 2010) Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
What we’re learning 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
christopher_sergeant@nps.gov 364.1591 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009 NPS photo/C. Sergeant
