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Macroinvertebrates from Rivers in Northwest Alaska, 2015-2019

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2015-08-07
End Date
2019-08-22

Citation

Carey, M.P., Koch, J.C., O'Donnell, J.A., Riddle-Berntsen, A., 2024, Macroinvertebrates from rivers in northwest Alaska, 2015-2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P90B3QO0.

Summary

This dataset contains taxonomic information, counts, and lengths of macroinvertebrates collected from rivers in northwest Alaska using drift and kick nets during summer and fall 2015-2019.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Originator :
Michael P Carey, Joshua C Koch, Jonathan A O'Donnell, Ann E Riddle-Berntsen
Metadata Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Publisher :
Alaska Science Center
Distributor :
USGS ScienceBase Team
SDC Data Owner :
Alaska Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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macroinvertebrate_riverSamples_nwAlaska_carey_metadata.html 75.43 KB text/html
macroinvertebrate_counts_nwAlaska_carey.csv 68.71 KB text/csv
macroinvertebrate_length_nwAlaska_carey.csv 97.35 KB text/csv
macroinvertebrate_samples_nwAlaska_carey.csv 8.06 KB text/csv
macroinvertebrate_taxonomy_nwAlaska_carey.csv 10.63 KB text/csv

Purpose

These data were collected to examine how landscape dynamics, including permafrost thaw, beaver (Castor canadensis) range expansion, and metal seeps, alter macroinvertebrate communities and modify the structure of lotic food webs across Arctic riverscapes.

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