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Long-term ecological monitoring in Southeast Alaska national parks
Chris SergeantNational Park Service
UAF Fisheries Juneau Seminar SeriesOctober 12, 2012
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“Natural resource management should strive to retain critical types and ranges of natural variation in ecosystems.”
- Holling & Meffe 1996
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory and Monitoring Program
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Image from Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring and Research Project
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not
simpler.”- Albert Einstein
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Data from www.jisao.washington.edu
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Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory and Monitoring Program
Isaak et al. 2011
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“…leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”
- Organic Act of 1916
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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
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Two rules:1) Monitor rigorously and sustainably
2) Serve high-quality data publicly
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Project Leader
Klondike LeadGlacier Bay
LeadSitka Lead
Data Manager
Program Manager
Validation, Certification
Maintenance, Calibration, Data Collection
Data flow,
training,
supplie
s,
reporti
ng
Admin, budget, tech. oversight
Water Quality
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1/3 funding dedicated to data management, analysis, and reporting!
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FQ_A
FQ_BFQ_G
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Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory and Monitoring Program
Oceanography
From 1993 to the present:
Temperature, salinity, turbidity, PAR, fluorescence
NPS Photo
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Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory and Monitoring Program
Danielson 2012
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Kittlitz’s murrelets
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Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory and Monitoring Program
Annual abundance estimates
Hoekman et al. 2011
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M. Humling/USFS
Contaminants
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Heavy metalsbyproduct 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
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NPS Photo
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OR, WI, & FL Sherman Cr. SEAN
To
tal Me
rcury (n
g/g
)
0
50
100
150
200
Mayflies
Nagorski et al. 2011
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Watershed age (years)
10 100 1000 10000
Total m
ercury (ng/g)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
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Young
MediumOld
Age-0 coho salmon
watershed age = methylmercury
Nagorski et al. 2011
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Water quality
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Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory and Monitoring Program
(Adapted from Olden and Naiman 2010)
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May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
2
4
6
8
10
12 Indian
May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Salmon
May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Taiya
GlacialGroundSurface
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J. Armstrong
Jul Aug Sep Oct 6.4
6.6
6.8
7.0
7.2
7.4
7.6
7.8
8.0
8.2
Indian RiverpH
Rainfall
May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 0
50
100
150
200
Taiya RiverTurbidity
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Climate change
Management
Drivers of productivity
NPS Photo