USGS ASC - Changing Arctic Ecosystems - Birdlist - 2011-2013

Annie Simpson

doi:10.15468/1c9xmg

USGS ASC - Changing Arctic Ecosystems - Birdlist - 2011-2013

Citation

Simpson A (2016). USGS ASC - Changing Arctic Ecosystems - Birdlist - 2011-2013. Version 3.1. United States Geological Survey. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/1c9xmg accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

Through the Changing Arctic Ecosystems initiative, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) strives to inform key resource management decisions for Arctic Alaska by providing scientific information on current and future ecosystem response to a warming climate. Our research is (1) examining critical physical and landscape-scale changes in the environment; (2) assessing key ecological drivers of population change; and (3) projecting future abundance and distribution of focal species, including mammals, birds, fish, and aquatic invertebrates that use the landscapes of the Arctic in different ways and likely will express differently the consequences of changes to the associated ecosystems. This dataset is a list of all bird species observed, and their location, during the 2011-13 field seasons for this project. USGS Alaska Science Center (ASC).

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Chipp North (N 70.686, W-155.304) is coastal and low lying.

Sampling

Bird List – As biologists conducted their field studies they noted all bird species observed. Observations were compiled into a list for each study area (i.e., Chipp North and Chipp South). In the 2013 season, day of observation was not included.

Method steps

Record all bird species observed.

Taxonomic Coverages

birds.

Aves
common name: birds rank: class

Geographic Coverages

This study is being conducted on Alaska's North Slope, on the Arctic Coastal Plain between the Brooks Range and the Arctic Ocean, north of the Arctic Circle (~70° 32' N, -155° 21' W). More specifically, our research is confined to two, 7 km2 study plots, approximately 35 km apart, along the Chipp River, 100 km (60 miles) southeast of the community of Barrow. Each plot exhibits different ecological and climatic characteristics; Chipp North (N 70.686, W-155.304) is coastal and lower lying, while the Chipp South (N 70.395, W -155.407) is more inland, having rolling terrain features.

Bibliographic Citations

Paruk, J. D., K. G. Wright, B.D. Uher-Koch, D.C. Evers, J. S. Fair, and C.E. Gray. Breeding Ecology of the Yellow-billed Loons (Gavia adamsii) on the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska 2013. Biodiversity Research Institute Report # 2013-12, Gorham, Maine. -
Walker, D.A., M.K. Raynolds, F.J.A. Daniels, E. Einarsson, A. Elvebakk, W.A. Gould, A.E. Katenin, S.S. Kholod, D.J. Markon, E.S. Melnikov, N.G. Moskalenko, S.S. Talbot, and B.A. Yurtsev. 2005. Journal of Vegetation Science 16(3): 267-282. -
Pearce, J., T. DeGange, P. Flint, T. Fondell, D. Gustine, L. Holland-Bartels, A. Hope, J. Hupp, J. Koch, S. Talbot, D. Ward, and M. Whalen. 2012. Changing Arctic Ecosystems—Measuring and forecasting the response of Alaska's terrestrial ecosystem to a warming climate. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3144, 4 p. -

Contacts

Annie Simpson
originator
position: Biologist & Information Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Mailstop 302
Reston
20192
Virginia
US
Telephone: +1 703 648 4281
email: asimpson@usgs.gov
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Annie Simpson
metadata author
Telephone: +1 703 648 4281
email: asimpson@usgs.gov

Thomas Fondell
principal investigator
position: Research Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey - Alaska Science Center
4210 University Drive
Anchorage
99508
Alaska
US
Telephone: +1 907 786 7155
email: tfondell@usgs.gov
homepage: http://alaska.usgs.gov

Joel Schmutz
principal investigator
position: Research Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey - Alaska Science Center
4210 University Drive
Anchorage
99508
Alaska
US
Telephone: +1 907 786 7186
email: jschmutz@usgs.gov
homepage: http://alaska.usgs.gov

Brian Uher-Koch
content provider
position: Research Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey - Alaska Science Center
4210 University Drive
Anchorage
99508
Alaska
US
Telephone: +1 907 786 7052
email: buher-koch@usgs.gov
homepage: http://alaska.usgs.gov

Annie Simpson
processor
Telephone: +1 (703) 648-4281
email: asimpson@usgs.gov

Thomas Fondell
administrative point of contact
position: Research Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey - Alaska Science Center
4210 University Drive
Anchorage
99508
Alaska
US
Telephone: +1 907 786 7155
email: tfondell@usgs.gov
homepage: http://alaska.usgs.gov