Swan Lake Creek Study Reach Datasets - beaver dams, flowlines, and UAS imagery; Seward Peninsula, Alaska; 2006-2021

• Main Authors: Jones, Benjamin, Tape, Ken, Clark, Jason, Bondurant, Allen, Ward Jones, Melissa, Gaglioti, Benjamin, Elder, Clayton, Witharana, Chandi, Miller, Charles
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Beavers; Geomorphology; Permafrost; Remote Sensing; Thermokarst; Tundra; Lake Creek; Ice; permafrost; Seward Peninsula; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2fj29d9x; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2FJ29D9X

Beavers have established themselves as a key component of low arctic ecosystems over the past several decades. The data presented here document the occurrence, reconstruct the timing, and highlight the effects of beaver activity on a small creek valley confined by ice-rich permafrost on the Seward P...