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Carbon Studies Recent Publications

Wickland, K., and Neff, J., 2007, Decomposition of soil organic matter from boreal black spruce forest: Environmental and chemical controls, Biogeochemistry, doi:10.1007/s10533-007-9166-3, 19p. http://www.springerlink.com/content/t37143r400788m77/

Wickland, K., Neff, J., and Aiken, G., 2007, Dissolved organic carbon in Alaskan boreal forest: Sources, chemical characteristics, and biodegradability, Ecosystems, doi:10.1007/s10021-007-9101-4, 18p. http://www.springerlink.com/content/t26286863v0m6542/

Striegl, R. G., M. M. Dornblaser, G. R. Aiken, K. P. Wickland, and P. A. Raymond (2007), Carbon export and cycling by the Yukon, Tanana, and Porcupine rivers, Alaska, 2001-2005, Water Resour. Res., 43, W02411, doi:10.1029/2006WR005201, 9 p. PDF (0.6M)

Wickland, K. P., R. G. Striegl, J. C. Neff, and T. Sachs (2006), Effects of permafrost melting on CO2 and CH4 exchange of a poorly drained black spruce lowland, J. Geophys. Res., 111, G02011, doi:10.1029/2005JG000099, 13 p. PDF (0.7M)

Striegl, R.G., G.R. Aiken, M.M. Dornblaser, P.A. Raymond, K.P. Wickland (2005), A decrease in discharge-normalized DOC export by the Yukon River during summer through autumn, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L21413, doi:10.1029/2005GL024413, 4 p. PDF (5.4M)

Published

R. L. Michel, P. Schuster and M. Walvoord, 2007. Tritium concentrations in the Yukon River and their implications, in: Advances in Isotope Hydrology and its Role in Sustainable Water Resources Management, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, Pg. 487-492. http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1310_web.pdf

Wickland, K., and Neff, J., 2007, Decomposition of soil organic matter from boreal black spruce forest: Environmental and chemical controls, Biogeochemistry, doi:10.1007/s10533-007-9166-3, 19p. http://www.springerlink.com/content/t37143r400788m77/

Wickland, K., Neff, J., and Aiken, G., 2007, Dissolved organic carbon in Alaskan boreal forest: Sources, chemical characteristics, and biodegradability, Ecosystems, doi:10.1007/s10021-007-9101-4, 18p. http://www.springerlink.com/content/t26286863v0m6542/

Halm, D.R., and Dornblaser, M.M., 2007, Water and sediment quality in the Yukon River and its tributaries between Atlin, British Columbia, Canada, and Eagle, Alaska, USA, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1197, 120 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1197/. This publication is online only.

Dornblaser, M. M., and R. G. Striegl (2007), Nutrient (N, P) loads and yields at multiple scales and subbasin types in the Yukon River basin, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S57, doi:10.1029/2006JG000366. http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/proj.bib/Publications/2007/dornblaser_striegl_2007.pdf

Raymond, P. A., J. W. McClelland, R. M. Holmes, A. V. Zhulidov, K. Mull, B. J. Peterson, R. G. Striegl, G. R. Aiken, and T. Y. Gurtovaya (2007), Flux and age of dissolved organic carbon exported to the Arctic Ocean: A carbon isotopic study of the five largest arctic rivers, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 21, GB4011, doi:10.1029/2007GB002934. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2007GB002934.shtml

Walvoord, M.A., and Striegl, R.G., 2007, Increased groundwater to stream discharge from permafrost thawing in the Yukon River basin: Potential impacts on lateral export of carbon and nitrogen: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 34, L12402, doi:10.1029/2007GL030216. http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/proj.bib/Publications/2007/walvoord_striegl_2007.pdf

Striegl, R.G., Dornblaser, M.M., Aiken, G.R., Wickland, K.P., and Raymond, P.A., 2007, Carbon export and cycling by the Yukon , Tanana, and Porcupine rivers, Alaska, 2001-2005, Water Resour. Res., 43, W02411, 9 p. doi:10.1029/2006WR005201. http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/proj.bib/Publications/2007/striegl_dornblaser_etal_2007.pdf

Schuster, P.F., 2007, Water and sediment quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, during water year 2005, Open-file report 2007-1037, U.S. Geological Survey, 65 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1037/

Schuster, P.F., 2006, Water and sediment quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, during water year 2004, open-file report 2006-1258, U.S. Geological Survey, 67 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1258/

Dornblaser, M., Halm, D.R., 2006, Water and Sediment quality of the Yukon River and its tributaries, from Eagle to St Marys, Alaska, 2002-2003, open-file report 2006-1228, U.S. Geological Survey, 213 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1228/

Wickland, K. P., R. G. Striegl, J. C. Neff, and T. Sachs (2006), Effects of permafrost melting on CO2 and CH4 exchange of a poorly drained black spruce lowland, J. Geophys. Res., 111, G02011, doi:10.1029/2005JG000099, 13 p. PDF (0.7M)

Striegl, R.G., G.R. Aiken, M.M. Dornblaser, P.A. Raymond, K.P. Wickland (2005), A decrease in discharge-normalized DOC export by the Yukon River during summer through autumn, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L21413, doi:10.1029/2005GL024413, 4 p. PDF (5.4M)

Cooper L.W., Benner R., McClelland J.W., Peterson B.J., Holmes R.M., Raymond P.A., Hansell D.A., Grebmeier J.M. & Codispoti L.A., 2005 Linkages among runoff, dissolved organic carbon, and the stable isotope composition of seawater and other water mass indicators in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, Vol. 110, doi:10.1029/2005JG000031, 14 p.

Voytek, M. A., J. B. Ashen, L. R. Fogarty, J. D. Kirshtein, and E. R. Landa, 2005, Detection of Helicobacter pylori and fecal indicator bacteria in five North American rivers: Journal of Water and Health, v. 3, no. 4, p. 405-422. http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/003/jwh0030405.htm

Schuster, P.F., 2005, Water and sediment quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, during water year 2003, open-file report 2005-1397, U.S. Geological Survey, 74 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1397/

Schuster, P.F., 2005, Water and sediment quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, during water year 2002, open-file report 2005-1199, U.S. Geological Survey, 82 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1199/

Jones, J.B., Petrone, K.C., Finlay, J.C., Hinzman, L.D., and Bolton, W.R., 2005, Nitrogen loss from watersheds of interior Alaska underlain by discontinuous permafrost, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 32, L02401, 4 p. doi:10.1029/2004GL021734. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2004GL021734.shtml

Schuster, P.F., Reddy, M.M., Aiken, G.R., and Shanley., J.B., 2004, What effect does permafrost have on dissolved organic carbon transport to streams during snowmelt, in, Wanty, R.B., and Seal, II, R.R., eds., Water Rock Interaction Volume 2, Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Water, Saratoga Springs, NY, p. 1385-1389.

Eberl, D.D., 2004, Quantitative mineralogy of the Yukon River system: Variations with reach and season, and sediment source unmixing. American Mineralogist, v. 89, 1784-1794

Schuster, P.F., 2003, Water and sediment quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, during water year 2001, Open-file Report 03-427, U.S. Geological Survey, 120 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr03427/

Shiller, A.M., 2003, Syringe Filtration Methods for Examining Dissolved and Colloidal Trace Element Distributions in Remote Field Locations, Environ. Sci. Technol., 37 (17), 3953 -3957. doi:10.1021/es0341182 S0013-936X(03)04118-X

Brabets, T.P., Wang, B., and Meade, R.H., 2000, Environmental and hydrologic overview of the Yukon River Basin, Alaska and Canada, Water-resources Investigations Report 99-4204, 106 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri994204/

Director-approved

Currently None

In Press

Michel, R.L, Schuster, P and Walvoord, M., Tritium concentrations in the Yukon River Basin and their implications (journal article in press, at Conference Proceedings IAEA-CN-151/70p.).

In Review

In Preparation

Aiken, G., and others, Biogeochemistry of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Yukon, Porcupine and Tanana Rivers, Alaska (journal article in progress)

Aiken, G., and others, Watershed Controls on the Composition of DOM in the Major Tributaries of the Yukon River (journal article in progress)

Baedecker, M.J., Kirshstein, J., Wickland, K., Metge, D., Schuster, P., Voytek, M., Microbial diversity in soil cores from the Yukon River basin (journal article in progress)

Brabets, T., and Walvoord, M., Trends in streamflow and groundwater in the Yukon River basin from 1944 to 2005 in relation to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (journal article or USGS SIR in progress)

Brabets, T., and Schuster, P., The Yukon River, a unique international resource: Hydrologic conditions in a warming climate (USGS Circular in progress)

Brabets, T., and Schuster, P., Suspended sediment, dissolved organic carbon, and flow characteristics of the Yukon River basin (USGS Fact Sheet in progress)

Schuster, P., Aiken, G., Reddy, M., Krabbenhoft, D, Striegl, R., DeWild, J., and Dornblaser, M., Interaction of mercury and organic carbon in the Yukon River Basin (journal article in progress)

Schuster, P., DeWild, J., and Krabbenhoft, D., Paleorecord of atmospheric mercury deposition from a high latitude permafrost core (journal article in progress)

Schuster, P., Halm, D., Butler K, and Dornblaser, M., Major ion chemistry of the Yukon River (journal article in progress)

Shiller, A., and Aiken, G., Trace metals and Dissolved Organic Matter in Rivers of Central Alaska (journal article in progress)

Striegl, R., Carbon dioxide and methane emission from the Yukon River and its tributaries (journal article in progress)

Wickland, K., Neff, J., and Harden, J., Controls of soil respiration and decomposition in geomorphically diverse boreal black spruce forests (journal article in progress)

Wickland, K., and Krabbenhoft, D., Evidence for a link between soil respiration and mercury emission from organic soils (journal article in progress)

Presentations

Oral

Striegl, R.G., 2007, Lotic carbon gas exchange in the Yukon River basin, Proceedings of the 2007 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, February 4-9, 2007.

Wickland, K.P., Neff, J.C., and Aiken, G.R., Chemistry and biodegradability of terrestrially-derived DOC in boreal black spruce forests of Alaska, Proceedings of the 2007 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, February 4-9, 2007.

Aiken, G R, Striegl, R G, Wickland, K P, Dornblaser, M M, Raymond, P A, 2006, Dissolved organic carbon in the Yukon, Tanana and Porcupine Rivers, Alaska, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Shiller, A.M., and Aiken, G.R., 2006, Dissolved and colloidal  trace elements in the Yukon River system: possible responses to climate change, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Striegl, R.G. and M.A. Walvoord, Groundwater, climate change, and dissolved organic material export by subarctic and arctic rivers, Invited keynote speaker, Hydro Eco 2006, International Conference on Hydrology and Ecology: the Groundwater/Ecology Connection, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, September 11-14, 2006

Striegl, R.G. G.R. Aiken, M.M. Dornblaser, DD. Eberl, and K.P. Wickland, 2005, Carbon biogeochemistry and transport in the Yukon River, Proceedings of the 2005 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City. http://www.aslo.org/meetings/slc2005/abstracts/453.htm

Striegl, R.G. and Aiken, G.R. 2005, Climate warming impacts on carbon export by the Yukon River, Proceedings 2005 ASLO Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela. http://www.aslo.org/meetings/santiago2005/abstracts/1788.htm

Raymond, P, J. McClelland, R. Striegl, M.Holmes, and B. Peterson, 2005, A preliminary evaluation of carbon sources and ages exported by major arctic rivers, Proceedings of the of the 2005 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City. http://www.aslo.org/meetings/slc2005/abstracts/352.htm

Shiller, A.M.,  J. Finlay, and G.R. Aiken, 2005, spatial and temporal variability of dissolved and colloidal trace elements in rivers of central Alaska, Proceedings of the 2005 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City http://www.aslo.org/meetings/slc2005/abstracts/761.htm

Eberl, D.D. 2005,  Quantitative mineralogy of the Yukon River system: Changes with reach and season and determining sediment provenance, Proceedings of the 2005 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City http://www.aslo.org/meetings/slc2005/abstracts/270.htm

Aiken, G.R., R.G. Striegl, and P.F. Schuster, 2005, Dissolved organic matter in the Yukon River basin, Proceedings of the 2005 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City. http://www.aslo.org/meetings/slc2005/abstracts/825.htm

Striegl, R., Aiken,G., Dornblaser, M.,  Eberl,D., 2004, Carbon Export by the Yukon River, Alaska.  Abstract presented at XXIX SIL Congress, Lahti, Finland, August 8-14.

Striegl, R G., Aiken, G R., Brabets, T P., Eberl, D D., 2002, Export of Carbon From the Yukon River and Some of its Major Tributaries; Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl. www.agu.org

Eberl, D.D., 2002, Is calcite dissolving in the Yukon River system? Abstracts Volume, Sixth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface (GES-6), p. 115-118.

Eberl, D.D., 2002, Quantitative mineralogy of sediment from the Yukon River systemProgram and Abstracts, The Clay Minerals Society 39th Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO, p. 72.

Posters

Murdoch., P.S., Armstrong., T.R., Dunn., P.H., Chapin, F.S., Tieszen, L.L., Wickland, K.P., Striegl., R., and Juday, G.P., 2006, Rates and effects of climate warming and permafrost thawing in the Yukon River Basin: The Yukon climate effects assessment and monitoring network, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Brabets, T.P., Frenzel, S.A., Markon, C., and DeGange, A.R., 2006, Changing conditions in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska: Biological, geograpgical, and hydrological research of the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center,  EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Landwehr, J.M., and Coplen, T.B., 2006, Stable isotopes of water in the Yukon River System, 2001 through 2005: Characterization and implications, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Kraemer, T.F., 2006, Dissolved uranium isotopes in rivers of the Yukon Basin, Alaska, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Michel, R.L., Schuster, P., and Walvord, M., 2006, Tritium concentrations in the Yukon River Basin and their implications, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Walvoord, M.A., and Streigl, R.G., 2006, Increased groundwater contribution to streamflow in the Yukon River Basin in response to climate warming and potential impacts on carbon and nitrogen export, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Striegl, R.G., Dornblaser, M.M., Aiken, G.R., and Walvoord, M.A., 2006, Carbon and nitrogen export from the Yukon River Basin, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Wickland, K.P., Neff, J.C., and Aiken, G.R., 2006, Dissolved organic carbon in boreal black spruce forest: Sources, chemistry, and biodegradability, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Baedecker, M.J., Kirshtein, J.D., Wickland, K.P., Metge, D.W., Schuster, P.F., and Voytek, A., 2006, Microbial Diversity in soil cores from the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

O’Donnell, J.A., Kane, E.S., Aiken, G.R., Jones Jr, J.B., and Harden, J.W., 2006, DOC composition at spring snowmelt and summer baseflow in boreal forest streams of interior Alaska, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Schuster, P., Aiken, G., Reddy, M., Krabbenhoft, D, Striegl, R., DeWild, J., Olson, M.L., Olund, S.D., Dornblaser, M., and Dawson, A., 2006, Interaction of mercury and organic carbon in the Yukon River Basin, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 www.agu.org.

Brabets, T.P., 2006, Trends in streamflow in the Yukon River Basin from 1943 to 2005, Abstract in Alaska Park Symposium, Sept. 12-14, 2006, Denali Park and Preserve

Schuster, P.F., Striegl, R.G., Aiken, G.R., and Brabets, T., 2006, Water quality of the Yukon River Basin, Abstract in Alaska Park Symposium, Sept. 12-14, 2006, Denali Park and Preserve

Schuster, P., Aiken, G., Reddy, M., Krabbenhoft, D., Striegl, R., DeWild, J., Olson, M., Olund, S., 2006, Interactions of mercury and organic matter in the Yukon River Basin, Abstract in Mercury as a Global Pollutant, 8^th International Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11, 2006

Wickland, K.P., Krabbenhoft, D.P., and Olund, S., 2006, Evidence for a link between soil respiration and mercury emission from organic soils, Abstract in Mercury as a Global Pollutant, 8^th International Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11, 2006

DeWild, J., Krabbenhoft, D., and Olson, M., 2006, Occurance and Transport of mercury and methymercury in the Yukon River Basin, Abstract in Mercury as a Global Pollutant, 8^th International Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11, 2006

Dornblaser, Mark M and Robert G Striegl , 2005, Export of Nitrogen from the Yukon River basin to the Bering Sea, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. www.agu.org

Walvoord, M.A., and R.G. Striegl, 2005, Climate-driven response of groundwater input to the Yukon River, GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 37, No. 7, Geological Society of America, 2005 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2005AM/finalprogram/abstract_93757.htm

Raymond, P., McClelland, J., Striegl, R., Holmes, M., Peterson, B., 2004,  A Preliminary Evaluation of Carbon Sources and Ages Exported By Major Arctic Rivers, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl.

Aiken, G., Striegl, R., Schuster, P., 2004, Dissolved organic matter in the Yukon River Basin, Abstract/poster presented at XXIX SIL Congress, Lahti, Finland, August 8-14.

Schuster, P F., Aiken, G R., Striegl, R G., Shanley, J B., 2004, DOC Export from a Small Permafrost Watershed, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl. www.agu.org

Schuster, P F., Striegl, R G., Aiken, G R., Brabets, T P., Hooper, R P., Krabbenhoft, D P., Reddy, M M., Taylor, H E., Michel, R L., Shiller, A M.,Eberl, D D., Voytek, M A., Kraemer, T F.,Kendall, C., Finlay, J, 2002, An Overview and Preliminary Data of a Five-year Water Quality Study of the Yukon River,Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl. www.agu.org

Wickland, K.P, R.G. Striegl, J.C. Neff, and T. Sachs, Soil respiration and CH4 fluxes in a black spruce forest and adjacent thermokarst wetlands in interior Alaska, 2004 International Boreal Forest Research Association Meeting, Fairbanks, AK, May 3-6

Striegl, R., Dornblaser, M., Schuster, P., Reddy, M., Brabets, T., Aiken, G, 2004, Export of Water and Carbon From the Yukon River Basin to the Bering Sea, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl. www.agu.org

Schuster, P F., Aiken, G R., Striegl, R G., Shanley, J B., 2004, DOC Export from  Small Permafrost Watershed, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl. www.agu.org

Wickland, K.P, R.G. Striegl, and J.C. Neff, Soil respiration in a black spruce forest and adjacent thermokarst wetlands in interior Alaska, 2003, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl. www.agu.org

Wickland, K.P. and Neff, J.C., 2002, Respiration and dissolved organic carbon dynamics in an area undergoing permafrost degradation, EOS Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., F207. www.agu.org

Schuster, P F; Striegl, R G; Aiken, G R; Finlay, J., 2002, A water quality assessment of the Yukon River drainage basin; preliminary results and implications for the river's response to global warming and melting permafrost; 53rd Arctic science conference; Connectivity in northern waters; Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska interrelationships; program and abstracts, vol.53, pp.199, 2002 www.agu.org

Brabets, T.P., 2002, Preliminary Results of the U.S. Geological Survey National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) Yukon River Study - 2001-2005, Eos Transactions, Vol 83 (47), AGU Fall Meeting

Brabets, T.P., 2000, How Climate Change Could Affect the Yukon River Basin, AWRA - American Water Resources Association Annual Spring Speciality Conference - 'Water Resources in Extreme Environments', Anchorage, Alaska, May 1-3.

Meeting Chairs

AGU 2003, Fall Meeting, R. G. Striegl, G.R. Aiken, and P.F. Schuster, Co-chairs of session: Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Northern Watersheds:  Current status and response to climate change. www.agu.org

High-latitude River Hydrology, Ecology, and Biogeochemistry, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Salt Lake City, 2005 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Special session, TS35, Robert (Max) Holmes, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, RHolmes@mbl.edu; Robert (Rob) Striegl, U.S. Geological Survey, rstriegl@usgs.gov, Chairs, http://www.aslo.org/meetings/slc2005/abstracts/TS35.htm

Carbon cycling in high latitude ecosystems, August, 2005, 39th Congress of International Society of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL), Special Session, R. Striegl, USGS, Chair, Pirkko Kortelainen, Finnish Environment Institute, Co-Chair

AGU 2003, Fall Meeting, R. G. Striegl, K. P. Wickland, and J. J. Carrasco, Co-chairs of session: Carbon cycling in northern soils and surface waters. http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/sessionsfm03?meeting=fm03&part=B22D&maxhits=100

Workshops

USGS Workshop to Develop a Plan to Study: "Terrestrial and Freshwater Interactions with Changing Climate In the Yukon River Basin", R. Striegl, 29 August - 1 September 2005, 401 International Arctic Research Center (IARC), University of Alaska Fairbanks

K.P. Wickland, Bioavailability of organic carbon in Yukon basin soils and water. Presentation at USGS Carbon Workshop, Reston, VA, Feb. 2005

Fourth YRITWC-USGS Water quality sampling workshop, March 28-30, 2007, Fairbanks, Alaska. Byran Maracle and Paul Schuster (USGS) presiding.

First YRITWC-USGS-EC-YTG Water quality sampling workshop, March 20-22, 2007, Whitehorse, YT,  Byran Maracle (YRITWC) Paul Schuster (USGS), Andrea Ryan and Bev McNaughton (EC), Bob Truelson (YTG) presiding.

Third YRITWC-USGS Water quality sampling workshop, Nov 13-15, 2006, Fairbanks, Alaska. Paul Schuster (USGS) presiding.

Second YRITWC-USGS Water quality sampling workshop, Mar. 2006, Fairbanks, Alaska. La’ona Dewilde (YRITWC), Paul Schuster (USGS), and Geoff Dates (River Network) presiding.

First YRITWC-USGS Water quality sampling workshop, Oct. 2005, Fairbanks, Alaska. La’ona Dewilde (YRITWC), Paul Schuster (USGS), Geoff Dates (River Network), and Ray Rolonde (UAA) presiding.

The 5th Bi-annual YRITWC Summit, Moosehide Village, Yukon Territory, August 9-11, 2005.  P.F. Schuster, Outreach with the Yukon River Inter Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC).  Providing an overview of the USGS WQ activities to the YRITWC and consultation and guidance to water quality technicians throughout the Yukon basin in the development phase of their own monitoring program

The 4th Bi-annual YRITWC Summit, Kotlik, Alaska, April 5-7, 2005. P.F. Schuster, Outreach with the Yukon River Inter Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC).  Providing an overview of the USGS WQ activities to the YRITWC and consultation and guidance to water quality technicians in the Lower Yukon basin in the development phase of their own monitoring program

Community Outreach

P.F. Schuster, August, 2002, Water quality sampling training of K6-12 students at Eagle Public School, Alaska, to sample American Creek.

P.F. Schuster, August, 2003, Water quality data from American Creek, Alaska; what can it tell us? Presentation of water quality data collected by the K6-12 students of the Eagle Public School during the 2003 Spring snowmelt flush at American Creek.  Review of Water quality sampling techniques.

P.F. Schuster, September, 2004, Discussion of a poster presented at the Fall AGU meeting showing the results of water quality data from American Creek collected by the K6-12 students of the Eagle Public School during the 2003 and 2004 spring flushes.  Refresher of Water quality sampling techniques.

News Reports

Senkowsky, S., 2004, Yukon: Thawing out the facts, ChemMatters, American Chemical Society, Feb., p.11-13.

Schuster, P.F., and Reddy, M.M., 2003, Kayaks down the Yukon--A two thousand-mile partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Department of the Interior, People, Land, and Water, v. 9, n. 4, p.49

Senkowsky, S., 2003, Sampling the Yukon, Heartland Magazine, Suppliment in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, p. H8-13

Rozell, N., 2002, Great Land's Largest River Gets Checkup, Anchorage Daily News, Science Section, Sunday, June 23

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