Wintertime water quality measurements at beaver ponds and associated locations in Arctic Alaska, 2022-2026.

• Main Authors: Ken Tape, Jason Clark, Sebastian Zavoico, Benjamin Jones
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2023
• Subjects: arctic; beavers; alaska; tundra; pond; stream; water quality; Arctic; Canada; Baldwin; Beaver Pond; Beaver Ponds; Ice; permafrost; Seward Peninsula; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2SX64B8W

This dataset contains water quality measurements and snow and ice data from Alaskan beaver ponds collected during the winter as part of the Arctic Beaver Observation Network. The Arctic Beaver Observation Network is a 5-year project (2021-2026) funded by the National Science Foundation. The natural science part of the project uses remote sensing to observe the progress and impacts of beaver engineering in the Arctic, starting in Alaska and extending into Canada and Eurasia. The project also establishes field sites at tundra beaver ponds to study the implications of beaver engineering on hydrology and permafrost, as well as pond evolution documented using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Remote sensing work will map beaver ponds over time. Field measurements at tundra beaver ponds are made in August and late March. Data generated by field measurements include water level and temperature from pressure-transducers, subsurface imaging from ground-penetrating radar, sonar measurements for beaver pond bathymetry, tabular data associated with water quality measurements, and ice thickness and water depth (in winter). Data is also posted from UAS surveys: annual visible and multi-spectral surveys, as well as snow depth.