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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Water Resources Discipline, National Research Program (NRP) and the USGS Alaska Science Center have been cooperating to collect baseline and process-based water quality data in the Yukon River Basin (2001-2005) as part research-based National Stream-Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) study to understand the Basin’s response to climate change. A better understanding of baseline trends and processes controlling the water quality of the Yukon River and its tributaries will facilitate the proper management of resources as conditions change in response to environmental change.

The NASQAN Yukon River study began with the first sample collection in October 2000 at five fixed monitoring stations (three on the mainstem Yukon River and two major tributaries). Each year following, each fixed station was sampled seven times (once under ice and six open water) to build a multi-year water-quality baseline dataset. During 2002-2005, process-based studies (synoptics) were conducted, sampling the entire 2,100 mile reach of the Yukon River from headwaters in the Yukon Territory, Canada, to Pilot Station, Alaska, near the outlet to the Bering Sea. In addition, 47 major tributaries also were sampled. The last Fixed Station sample was collected in September, 2005. Each sampling consisted of a complete suite of water quality samples measuring over 90 constituents.

The following is the most recent list of products delivered or approved that disseminate information, whether it be description of activities or logistics, baseline data, preliminary findings, interpretation of processed-based data, or outreach.

Please direct any questions to:
Rob Striegl (rstriegl@usgs.gov)
Paul Schuster (pschuste@usgs.gov)
Tim Brabets (tbrabets@usgs.gov)

Reports
  Delivered
  Director Approved
  In Press
  Academic Contributions
Presentations
  Oral
  Posters
  Meeting Chairs
Workshops
Outreach/Workshops
Outreach
Newsletters

USGS Website

Yukon River National Stream Quality Accounting Network
http://ak.water.usgs.gov/yukon/
Schuster, P.F., Striegl, R., Robert Ourso (webmaster)

USGS Fact Sheet

Brabets, T.P. and Schuster, P.F., 2008, Transport of Water, Carbon, and Sediment Through the Yukon River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2008-3005.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3005

Hooper, R.P., Brabets, T.P., Landa, E.R., Nelson, G.L., 2001, Water Quality in the Yukon River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-050-01.
http://water.usgs.gov/nasqan/progdocs/factsheets/yukonfact/yukonfs.html

Reports

Delivered

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

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, v. 110, doi:10.1029.2005JG00031, 14 p

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: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1228, 213 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1228/

Dornblaser, M. M., and Striegl, R.G., 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

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.

Fan, Z., Neff, J. C., Harden, J. W., and Wickland, K. P., 2008, Boreal soil carbon dynamics under a changing climate: A model inversion approach, J. Geophys. Res., 113, G04016, doi:10.1029/2008JG000723.

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.

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, v. 32, L02401, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021734, 4 p.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2004GL021734.shtml

Michel, R.L., Schuster, P.F.,  and Walvoord, M.A., 2007, Tritium concentrations in the Yukon River and their implications, in: Advances in Isotope Hydrology and its Role in Sustainable Water Resources Management: Proceedings of an International Symposium on advances in isotope hydrology and its role in sustainable water resources management (IHS-2007), Vienna, Austria, 21-25 May, p. 487-492. 
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1310_web.pdf

Moran, E.H., 2007, Water quality in the Tanana River basin, Alaska, water years 2004-06: U.S. Geological Survey Open- File Report 2007-1390.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1390

Raymond, P. A., McClelland, J.W., Holmes, R.M., Zhulidov, A.V., Mull, K., Peterson, B.J., Striegl, R.G., Aiken, G.R., and Gurtovaya, T.Y., 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

Schuster, P.F., 2003, Water and sediment quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, during water year 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 03-427, 120 p.
http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/SW_corrosion/Yukon%202001-OFR-Ver7.pdf

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.

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

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

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

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

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. 10.1021/es0341182 S0013-936X(03)04118-X.

Striegl, R.G., Aiken, G.R., Dornblaser, M.M., Raymond, P.A., Wickland, K.P., 2005, A decrease in discharge-normalized DOC export by the Yukon River during summer through autumn: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 32, L21413, doi:10.1029/2005GL024413, 4 p.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2005GL024413.shtml

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, doi:10.1029/2006WR005201, 9 p.
http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/proj.bib/Publications/2007/striegl_dornblaser_etal_2007.pdf

Turetsky, M.R., Treat, C.C., Waldrop, M.P., Waddington, J.M., Harden, J.W., and McGuire, A.D., 2008, Short-term response of methane fluxes and methanogen activity to
water table and soil warming manipulations in an Alaskan peatland: J. Geophys. Res., v. 113, G00A10, doi:10.1029/2007JG000496.

Voytek, M. A., Ashen, J.B., Fogarty, L.R., Kirshtein, J.D., and Landa, E.R., 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

Waldrop, M.P., and Harden, J.W., 2008, Interactive effects of wildfire and permafrost on microbial communities and soil processes in an Alaskan black spruce forest: Global Change Biology, 14, 2591–2602, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01661.x.

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

Wickland, K. P., Striegl, R.G., Neff, J.C., and Sachs, T., 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.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2005JG000099.shtml

Wickland, K.P., Neff, J.C., and Aiken, G.R., 2007, Dissolved organic carbon in Alaskan boreal forest: Sources, chemical characteristics, and biodegradability: Ecosystems
doi: 10.1007/s10021-007-9101-4.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t26286863v0m6542/?p=e2b71318888048d0924e4b0a9015bbb9&pi=4

Wickland, K.P., and Neff, J.C., 2007, Decomposition of soil organic matter from boreal black spruce forest: Environmental and chemical controls: Biogeochemistry doi:10.1007/s10533-007-9166-3.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t37143r400788m77/?p=61493bd50ae94950bf33b774068cc72f&pi=0

Director Approved

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Dornblaser, M.M. and Striegl, R.G., Suspended sediment and carbonate transport in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska: Recent fluxes and potential future response.

Walvoord, M.A., Schuster, P.F., and Striegl, R.G., Understanding the effects of climate change in the Yukon River Basin through a synergistic research approach, Proceedings of the Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report.

In Press

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Brabets, T.P., and Walvoord, M.A., (in press) Trends in streamflow in the Yukon River Basin from 1944 to 2005 and the influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation: Journal of Hydrology.

Academic Contributions

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Frederick, Z.A., 2008,  Water and Solute Export from the Yukon River and its Tributaries, Masters of Science Thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2008, 70 p.

Presentations

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Aiken, G.R., Striegl, R.G., and Schuster, P.F., 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

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 Trans., American Geophysical Union v. 87 ( 52), Suppl. 26.
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 system: Program and Abstracts, The Clay Minerals Society 39th Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO, p. 72.

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

Maracle, B.K., and Schuster, P.F., 2008, The Yukon River Basin Water Quality Monitoring Program: Partnerships between governments and grass roots at the national and international levels: The National Water Quality Monitoring Council 6th Conference, May 18-22, Atlantic City, NJ.

McClelland, J.W., Holmes, R.M., Peterson, B.J., Amon, R., Brabets, T., Cooper, L.,. Gibson, J., Gordeev, V.V., Guay, C.,. Milburn, D., Staples, R., Raymond, P.A., Shiklomanov, I., Striegl, R., Zhulidov, A., and Gurtovaya, T., 2008, Development of a Pan-Arctic Database for River Chemistry: EOS, v. 89, n. 24, p. 217-218.

Raymond, P.J., McClelland, J.W., Striegl, R.G., Holmes, R.M., and Peterson, B.J., 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. and Aiken, G.R., 2008. Predicting the climate change response of dissolved and colloidal trace elements in the Yukon River Basin: Invited Tutorial Presentation, 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2-7 March 2008. Abstract available at
http://aslo.org/meetings/orlando2008/.

Shiller, A.M., Finlay, J., and Aiken, G.R., 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

Shiller, A.M., and Aiken, G.R., 2006, Dissolved and colloidal trace elements in the Yukon River system: possible responses to climate change: EOS Trans., American Geophysical Union v. 87 (52), Fall Meeting Suppl. 26.
www.agu.org.

Shiller, A.M., 2007, Towards a Model of Dissolved and Colloidal Fe and Mn in the Yukon River Basin: EOS, Trans. American Geophysical Union v. 88 (52) Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract B43F-08.

Striegl, R., 2008, Climate Warming Effects on the Hydrology and Aquatic Carbon Cycling of the Yukon River Basin, INVITED, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2008.

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., American Geophysical Union, 83(47), Fall Meeting Suppl.
www.agu.org

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

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

Striegl, R.G., Aiken, G.R., Dornblaser, M.M., Eberl, D.D., and Wickland, K.P., 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 Walvoord, M.A., 2006, 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., 2007, Lotic carbon gas exchange in the Yukon River Basin: Proceedings of the 2007 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, February 4-9, 2007.

Striegl, R.G., 2007, Effects of permafrost thaw on carbon and nitrogen export in the Yukon River basin, International Conference on High Latitude Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems: Interactions and Response to Environmental Change, 11-14 September 2007, Abisko, Sweden.

Striegl, R.G., Walvoord, M., Aiken G.R., and Wickland, K.P., 2007, Effects of permafrost thaw on hydrology and C & N export in the Yukon River basin, Eos Transactions AGU, Fall Meeting, December 2007, San Francisco.

Walvoord, M.A., 2008, Impacts on water and ecological resources in the Yukon River Basin due to historical changes in climate: Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, Sept 8-11, Estes Park, CO, 2008.

Wickland, K.P., Neff, J.C., and Aiken, G.R., 2007, 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.

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

Anderson, L., Striegl, R.G., Wickland, K.P, Finney, B.P., Guldager, N., 2008, Influence of hydrogeographic setting on the limnology and carbon dynamics of lakes in the Yukon Flats, Alaska, Proceedings of the Summer Meeting of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, St. Johns, Newfoundland, June 8-13, 2008.

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 Trans., American Geophysical Union. v. 87 (52), Suppl. 26. www.agu.org.

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

Brabets, T.P., 2002, Preliminary Results of the U.S. Geological Survey National Stream-Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) Yukon River Study - 2001-2005, EOS Trans., v. 83 (47), American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Suppl.

Brabets, T.P., Frenzel, S.A., Markon, C., and DeGange, A.R., 2006, Changing conditions in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska: Biological, geographical, and hydrological research of the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center: EOS Trans., American Geophysical Union. v. 87 (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.

DeWild, J.F., Krabbenhoft, D.P., and Olson, M.L., 2006, Occurrence and transport of mercury and methymercury in the Yukon River Basin: Abstract in Mercury as a Global Pollutant, 8th International Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11, 2006.

Dornblaser, M.M. and Striegl, R.G., 2005, Export of Nitrogen from the Yukon River basin to the Bering Sea: EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, v. 86 (52), Fall Meeting Suppl. www.agu.org

Kraemer, T.F., 2006, Dissolved uranium isotopes in rivers of the Yukon Basin, Alaska: EOS Trans., American Geophysical Union. v. 87 (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 Trans., American Geophysical Union. v. 87 (52), Suppl. 26. www.agu.org.

Maracle, B.K., and Schuster, P.F., 2008, Success in Outreach and Education Through a Partnership Approach Between Government and Grass Roots: The Yukon River Basin Water Quality Monitoring Program: Poster ED13A-0590, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 2008

Michel, R.L., Schuster, P.F., and Walvord, M.A., 2006, Tritium concentrations in the Yukon River Basin and their implications: EOS Trans., American Geophysical Union. v. 87 (52), Suppl. 26. www.agu.org.

Murdoch., P.S., Armstrong., T.R., Dunn., P.H., Chapin, F.S., Tieszen, L.L., Wickland, K.P., Striegl., R.G., 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 Trans., American Geophysical Union. v. 87 (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 Trans., American Geophysical Union. v. 87 (52), Suppl. 26. www.agu.org.

Raymond, P.J., McClelland, J.W., Striegl, R.G., Holmes, R.M., and Peterson, B.J., 2004, A Preliminary Evaluation of Carbon Sources and Ages Exported By Major Arctic Rivers: EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, v. 85 (47), Fall Meeting Suppl.

Schuster, P.F., Striegl, R.G., Aiken, G.R., and 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, v.53, pp.199. www.agu.org

Schuster, P.F., Aiken, G.R., Striegl, R.G., and Shanley, J.B., 2004, DOC Export from small permafrost watershed: EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, v. 85 (47), Fall Meeting Suppl. www.agu.org

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

Schuster, P.F., Aiken, G.R., Reddy, M.M., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Striegl, R.G., DeWild, J.F., Olson, M.L., Olund, S.D., Dornblaser, M.M., and Dawson, A., 2006, Interaction of mercury and organic carbon in the Yukon River Basin: EOS Trans., American Geophysical Union. v. 87 (52), Suppl. 26. www.agu.org.

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

Schuster, P.F., 2008, A synergistic approach to hydrologic research and education in the Yukon River Basin: Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, Sept. 8-11, Estes Park, CO, 2008.

Schuster, P.F., DeWild, J.F., Krabbenhoft, D.P., and Sabin, G., 2008, A Paleoenvironmental Record of Atmospheric Mercury Deposition in a Permafrost Core from Northern Alaska: Poster B13C-0452, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 2008. www.agu.org

Schuster, P.F., and Maracle, B.K., 2008, The Yukon River Basin Water Quality Monitoring Program: A Successful Transition from Government to Grass Roots: The National Water Quality Monitoring Council 6th Conference, May 18-22, Atlantic City, NJ.

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., and Finlay, J., 2002, An Overview and Preliminary Data of a Five-year Water Quality Study of the Yukon River: EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, v. 83 (47), Fall Meeting Suppl. www.agu.org

Shiller, A.M., Huang, H., and Aiken, G.R., 2008. Dissolved and colloidal oxyanion trace elements in the Yukon River system: Poster B21B-0354, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 2008.

Shiller, A.M., Huang, H., van Erp, P., and Aiken, G.R., 2008, Dissolved and colloidal trace elements in glacial watersheds of the Yukon River Basin: Invited Poster C11A-0481, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 2008.

Striegl, R.G., Dornblaser, M.M., Schuster, P.F., Reddy, M.M., Brabets, T.P., and Aiken, G.R., 2004, Export of water and carbon from the Yukon River Basin to the Bering Sea: EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, v. 85 (17), Joint Assem. Suppl. 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 Trans., American Geophysical Union. v. 87 (52), Suppl. 26. www.agu.org.

Striegl, R.G., Anderson, L., Wickland, K.P, & Guldager, N., 2008, Water and Isotope Chemistry and Carbon Dynamics along a Lake Evaporation Gradient in Yukon Flats, Alaska, Chapman Conference on Lakes and Reservoirs as Sentinels, Integrators, and Regulators of Climate Change, Sept. 8-10, 2008, Incline Village, Nevada.

Walvoord, M.A., and Striegl, R.G., 2005, Climate-driven response of groundwater input to the Yukon River: GSA Abstracts with Programs v. 37 (7), Geological Society of America, 2005 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City.
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2005AM/finalprogram/abstract_93757.htm

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 Trans., American Geophysical Union. v. 87 (52), Suppl. 26. 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. American Geophysical Union, v. 83 (47), Fall Meeting Suppl., F207. www.agu.org

Wickland, K.P, Striegl, R.G., and Neff, J.C., 2003, Soil respiration in a black spruce forest and adjacent thermokarst wetlands in interior Alaska: EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, v. 84 (46), Fall Meeting Suppl. www.agu.org

Wickland, K.P, Striegl, R.G., Neff, J.C., and Sachs, T., 2004, 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.

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

Wickland, K.P., Neff, J.C., and Aiken, G.R., 2006, Dissolved organic carbon in boreal black spruce forest: Sources, chemistry, and biodegradability: EOS Trans., American Geophysical Union. v. 87 (52), Suppl. 26. www.agu.org.

Wickland, K.P., O’Donnell, J.A., Koch, J.C., Jorgenson, M.T., Harden, J.W., Striegl, R.G., and Anderson, L., 2008, Chemical character and lability of carbon across a chronosequence of drained sediments of a drying arctic lake interior Alaska, Proceedings of the Summer Meeting of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, St. Johns, Newfoundland, June 8-13, 2008.

Meeting Chairs

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

American Geophysical Union 2003 Fall Meeting, Striegl, R.G., Wickland, K.P., and Carrasco, J.J., 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

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 2005 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Special session, TS35, High-latitude River Hydrology, Ecology, and Biogeochemistry: 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

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

Air to Land to Ocean: Biogeochemical and Hydrological Fluxes in Northern Watersheds: Worrall, F., Wickland, K., (B43F), Striegl, R.G., and Holmes, R., (B41D), Co-chairs of sessions, Fall 2007 AGU Meeting, San Francisco.

Workshops

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U.S. Geological Survey Workshop to Develop a Plan to Study: “Terrestrial and Freshwater Interactions with Changing Climate In the Yukon River Basin”, Striegl, R.G., 29 August – 1 September 2005, 401 International Arctic Research Center (IARC), University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Wickland, K.P., Bioavailability of organic carbon in Yukon basin soils and water: Presentation at U.S. Geological Survey Carbon Workshop, Reston, VA, Feb. 2005.

Outreach/Workshops

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First Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council—U.S. Geological Survey—Environment Canada—Yukon Territory Government Water quality sampling workshop: Mar. 20-22, 2007, Whitehorse, YT, Byran Maracle (YRITWC) Paul Schuster (USGS), Andrea Ryan and Bev McNaughton (EC), Bob Truelson (YTG) presiding.

Third Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council—U.S. Geological Survey Water quality sampling workshop: Nov. 13-15, 2006, Fairbanks, Alaska. Paul Schuster (USGS) presiding.

Second Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council—U.S. Geological Survey Water quality sampling workshop: Mar. 2006, Fairbanks, Alaska. La’ona Dewilde (YRITWC), Paul Schuster (USGS), and Geoff Dates (River Network) presiding.

First Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council—U.S. Geological Survey 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 Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council 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 water quality 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 Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council Summit, Kotlik, Alaska, April 5-7, 2005. P.F. Schuster, Outreach with the YRITWC. Providing an overview of the U.S. Geological Survey water quality 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.

Outreach

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Schuster, P.F., September, 2004, Discussion of a poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall 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.

Schuster, P.F., 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.

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

Newsletters

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

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

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


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