Ecosystem metabolism for an arctic warm spring-stream (Ivishak Hot Spring, Alaska)

• Main Author: Alexander Huryn
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2012
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > SPRINGS; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > WATER TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > LAND SUBSIDENCE; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > LIGHT TRANSMISSION; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > RIVERS/STREAMS; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > RADIATION SENSORS > LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR; FIELD SURVEY; POINT; 1 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR; inlandWaters; Arctic; Survey Point; Brooks Range; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2NW7P

We investigated the productivity of a perennial, Arctic spring-stream. Ivishak Spring has the stable discharge (~131 L/s) and temperature (~4-8 degrees Celsius) typical for springs. It is unusual, however, in having an annual cycle of daylight from 24 hrs/d (summer) to 0 hrs/d (winter). We tested th...