Physical Scientist
Email:
rtoohey@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
907-865-7802
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Key Messages: 1. Ecosystem functions and the services they provide to people can support climate adaptation efforts. 2. A systems perspective that includes ecosystem services could contribute to the CASC research agenda in three interrelated ways: they can directly benefit current CASC stakeholder goals, they can provide co-benefits to CASC stakeholders, and they allow for full-benefit accounting of the impacts of choices made by natural resource managers. 3. Some existing CASC research aligns well with an ecosystem services framing and could be enhanced by understanding how the components fit into a broader multi-objective context. Notable bright spots for research in these dimensions concern coastal resilience...
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Abstract (from Wiley Online Library): Runoff from boreal hillslopes is often affected by distinct soil boundaries, including the frozen boundary and the organic-mineral boundary (OMB), where highly porous and hydraulically conductive organic material overlies fine-grained mineral soils. Viewed from the surface, ground cover appears as a patchwork on sub-meter scales, with thick, moss mats interspersed with lichen-covered, silty soils with gravel inclusions. We conducted a decameter-scale subsurface tracer test on a boreal forest hillslope in interior Alaska to quantify locations and mechanisms of transport and storage in these soils, focusing on the OMB. A sodium bromide tracer was added as a slug addition to a...
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Explore thousands of curated scholarly articles, state and federal resource reports, land management plans, and more in the Northwest Boreal Landscape Conservation Cooperative bibliography. The tool allows users to search by keyword and geography to find relevant documents (i.e., peer-reviewed journal articles, government reports, land use management plans, dissertations, theses, etc.) across the boreal.
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A trichotomous choice survey was used to document local expert observations of five berry species locally known as: salmonberry (Rubus chamaemorus), blackberry (Empetrum nigrum), cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum), and red berry (Rubus arcticus). The survey consisted of propositions concerning importance of specific berry species within Indigenous households; observations of changes in berry abundance, phenology, habitat, or availability; attribution of potential drivers of change; and instance of changes in behavior in response to changing berry resources. Respondents were asked to agree (yes) or disagree (no) with propositions or state that they were unsure of an answer (don’t...
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Botany,
Chevak,
Ecology,
Emmonak,
Hooper Bay, All tags...
Indigenous Knowledge,
Kotlik,
Yukon Delta, Fewer tags
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The Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta Berry Outlook is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Water Mission Area, Alaska Science Center, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, and Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities. Berries are an important subsistence resource culturally and nutritionally for Alaska Natives as well as an important resource for the globally significant population of migratory birds in the Yukon Delta wildlife refuge. As such understanding berry resources is essential for human and bird populations and is of interest to communities and land managers alike. A trichotomous choice survey coupled with a participatory mapping exercise was used to document local expert...
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