Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program
RESEARCH PROGRAM:
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- What are the Objectives of the Current USGS Research Program?
- Who is Being Funded, and What are They Doing?
- Recent Deliverables
A synthesis of our
understanding - About Denali Ecosystems - About
Monitoring (Posted July 19, 1999)
The USGS Alaska Biological Science Center conducts research to support the development of the Long-term Ecological Monitoring (LTEM) program at Denali National Park and Preserve. The research program, started in 1992, is supported by annual funding from a national USGS-Biological Resources Division (BRD) Inventory and Monitoring program.
The overall purpose of this research effort is to work with the Denali National Park and Preserve to develop a long-term ecological monitoring program that is:
- ecologically relevant,
- statistically sound,
- cost-effective, and
- relevant to park management concerns.
Because the program is being developed as a prototype, our secondary goal is to pass on lessons learned and contribute to the general knowledge of monitoring program development.
What are the Objectives of the Current USGS Research Program?
Research in the period FY 1998-2000 will focus on activities that will help Denali develop measurable objectives related to the broad goals that have been established for the LTEM program. The lack of measurable objectives has confounded development of the program. Further research and testing of specific methods (BRD’s typical role in the development of monitoring programs) will not be overly useful until measurable objectives have been defined.
The other research activities currently underway include:
- Continuation of the development and review process for protocols, focusing on vegetation, aquatic invertebrates and small mammals.
- Continuation of the effort to integrate data from the LTEM program.
- Development of basic cost-benefit information to be incorporated in the program design process.
- Continuation of our evaluation of the existing monitoring effort.
- Improve internal and external communications about the LTEM program through development of a web page.
For more detailed information on this project, see the study plan. As with all USGS-BRD projects, the study plan has been peer-reviewed.
Who is Being Funded, and What are They Doing?
Much of the work sponsored by the USGS—Alaska Biological Science Center related to the Denali Long-term Ecological Monitoring program is conducted by academic scientists or contractors. We currently have work agreements in place with the following Principal Investigators:
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Principal Investigator |
Focus of Work |
Agreement |
| Dr. Leslie A. Viereck Boreal Pursuits 1707 Red Fox Drive Fairbanks, AK 99709 907-479-2879 voice 907-479-4127 fax lviereck@lter.uaf.edu |
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Statement
of Work |
| Dr.Lyman McDonald Dr. Trent McDonald Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc. 2003 Central Ave. Cheyenne, WY 82001 Lymanmcd@uswest.net Tmcdonald@west-inc.com |
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Contract (Sole Source) Statement of Work Status: Pending |
| MicroAge 508 W. Ave., Suite 100 Anchorage, AK 99503 |
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Contract Statement of Work Status: Completed |
| Dr. Eric Rexstad University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK ffear@uaf.edu working with Ed Debevec |
Research
Work Order #81 Research Proposal |
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| Dr. Alexander
Milner University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, a.m.milner@bham.ac.uk working with Dr. Sarah Conn fnscc@uaf.edu |
Cooperative Agreement #98WRAG1015 | |
| Dr.
Dot J. Helm University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, Palmer, AK pndjh@aurora.alaska.edu |
Cooperative Agreement #98WRAG1017 | |
| Dr.
Glenn Juday University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, Fairbanks, Tree-Ring Laboratory, AK gjuday@gis.lter.alaska.edu |
Cooperative Agreement #98WRAG1016 | |
| Lynne
Caughlan USGS-Midcontinent Ecological Science Center, Fort Collins, CO lynne_caughlan@usgs.gov |
Statement of Work |
Recent
Deliverables
This section of the web page will be used to
post copies of the most recent deliverables received by the USGS Alaska
Biological Science Center for work related to the Denali LTEM program.
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Date |
Authors |
Product |
| 5/15/99 | Sandy
Milner Sarah Conn University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Draft
Study Plan Aquatic Invertebrates and Lotic Communities |
| 4/15/99 | Dot J.
Helm University of Alaska |
Draft
Study Plan Vegetation Revised Study Plan focusing on 1999 field work |
| 4/99 | Eric
Rexstad Ed Debevec University of Alaska |
Power and cost considerations for small mammal monitoring |
| 3/99 | Mike
Robbins MicroAge |
Data management and database design recommendations (initial) |
| 2/99 | Eric
Rexstad Ed Debevec University of Alaska |
Draft Study Plan for Synthesis and Integration: Denali Long-term Ecological Monitoring |
| 2/22/99 | Dot
J. Helm University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Evaluation of Existing Vegetation Protocols for Denali Long Term Ecological Monitoring |
| 1/19/1999 | Eric
Rexstad Ed Debevec University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK |
Scaling up of small mammal research in Denali National Park and Preserve: Extending the Denali Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program |
| 12/7/1998 | Eric
Rexstad Ed Debevec University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK |
1998
Annual Report
Small mammal monitoring at the landscape scale and syntheses of monitoring data in Denali National Park and Preserve" |
| 9/30/1998 | Lyman
McDonald Trent McDonald Donna Robertson WEST, Inc. 2003 Central Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82001 |
Review of the Denali National Park and Preserve (DENA) Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program (LTEM) |
| 9/30/1998 | Dana Hoag Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 |
Denali National Park and Preserve, Long-Term Monitoring Program (a review) |
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