A lake-centric geospatial database to guide research and inform management decisions in an Arctic watershed in northern Alaska experiencing climate and land-use changes
Lakes are dominant and diverse landscape features in the Arctic, but conventional land cover classification schemes typically map them as a single uniform class. Here, we present a detailed lake-centric geospatial database for an Arctic watershed in northern Alaska. We developed a GIS dataset consis...
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ftubpotsdam:oai:kobv.de-opus4-uni-potsdam:52189 2023-05-15T14:35:57+02:00 A lake-centric geospatial database to guide research and inform management decisions in an Arctic watershed in northern Alaska experiencing climate and land-use changes Jones, Benjamin M. Arp, Christopher D. Whitman, Matthew S. Nigro, Debora Nitze, Ingmar (Dr.) Beaver, John Gadeke, Anne Zuck, Callie Liljedahl, Anna Daanen, Ronald Torvinen, Eric Fritz, Stacey Grosse, Guido (Prof. Dr.) 2017-03-25 https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/index/index/docId/52189 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-017-0915-9 eng eng https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/index/index/docId/52189 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-017-0915-9 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess CC-BY ddc:550 Institut für Geowissenschaften article doc-type:article 2017 ftubpotsdam https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-017-0915-9 2022-08-21T22:36:47Z Lakes are dominant and diverse landscape features in the Arctic, but conventional land cover classification schemes typically map them as a single uniform class. Here, we present a detailed lake-centric geospatial database for an Arctic watershed in northern Alaska. We developed a GIS dataset consisting of 4362 lakes that provides information on lake morphometry, hydrologic connectivity, surface area dynamics, surrounding terrestrial ecotypes, and other important conditions describing Arctic lakes. Analyzing the geospatial database relative to fish and bird survey data shows relations to lake depth and hydrologic connectivity, which are being used to guide research and aid in the management of aquatic resources in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Further development of similar geospatial databases is needed to better understand and plan for the impacts of ongoing climate and land-use changes occurring across lake-rich landscapes in the Arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Alaska University of Potsdam: publish.UP Arctic Ambio 46 7 769 786 |
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Lakes are dominant and diverse landscape features in the Arctic, but conventional land cover classification schemes typically map them as a single uniform class. Here, we present a detailed lake-centric geospatial database for an Arctic watershed in northern Alaska. We developed a GIS dataset consisting of 4362 lakes that provides information on lake morphometry, hydrologic connectivity, surface area dynamics, surrounding terrestrial ecotypes, and other important conditions describing Arctic lakes. Analyzing the geospatial database relative to fish and bird survey data shows relations to lake depth and hydrologic connectivity, which are being used to guide research and aid in the management of aquatic resources in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Further development of similar geospatial databases is needed to better understand and plan for the impacts of ongoing climate and land-use changes occurring across lake-rich landscapes in the Arctic. |
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Jones, Benjamin M. Arp, Christopher D. Whitman, Matthew S. Nigro, Debora Nitze, Ingmar (Dr.) Beaver, John Gadeke, Anne Zuck, Callie Liljedahl, Anna Daanen, Ronald Torvinen, Eric Fritz, Stacey Grosse, Guido (Prof. Dr.) |
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Jones, Benjamin M. Arp, Christopher D. Whitman, Matthew S. Nigro, Debora Nitze, Ingmar (Dr.) Beaver, John Gadeke, Anne Zuck, Callie Liljedahl, Anna Daanen, Ronald Torvinen, Eric Fritz, Stacey Grosse, Guido (Prof. Dr.) |
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A lake-centric geospatial database to guide research and inform management decisions in an Arctic watershed in northern Alaska experiencing climate and land-use changes |
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A lake-centric geospatial database to guide research and inform management decisions in an Arctic watershed in northern Alaska experiencing climate and land-use changes |
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A lake-centric geospatial database to guide research and inform management decisions in an Arctic watershed in northern Alaska experiencing climate and land-use changes |
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A lake-centric geospatial database to guide research and inform management decisions in an Arctic watershed in northern Alaska experiencing climate and land-use changes |
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A lake-centric geospatial database to guide research and inform management decisions in an Arctic watershed in northern Alaska experiencing climate and land-use changes |
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lake-centric geospatial database to guide research and inform management decisions in an arctic watershed in northern alaska experiencing climate and land-use changes |
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