Loess Ecosystems of Northern Alaska: Regional Gradient and Toposequence at Prudhoe Bay

• Published in: Ecological Monographs
• Main Authors: Walker, D. A., Everett, K. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1991
• Subjects: Arctic; Devon Island; Barrow; Prudhoe Bay; Thermokarst; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2937050; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.2307%2F2937050; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2307/2937050; https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2307/2937050

Loess—dominated ecosystems cover ≈14%(11 000 km 2 ) of the Arctic Coastal Plain and much of the northern portion of the Arctic Foothills. Knowledge of this poorly known ecosystem is important for sound land—use planning of the expanding developments in the region and for understanding the paleoecolo...