Ecosystems We Study: Alaska Bioregions and Arctic
Alaska is simultaneously a landscape of extremes requiring specialized adaptations by plants and animals to survive the winters and a landscape of abundance that supports breeding birds each summer from as far away as Africa. Terrestrial Alaska also supports iconic species such as caribou and muskoxen whose population dynamics, predator/prey relationships and habitat ecology are researched by USGS scientists. Alaska is also bounded by 3 oceans and has a strong marine connection. USGS scientists conduct research that informs the management and conservation ecosystems that supports species such as sea ducks, seabirds, walrus, and polar bears.
Alaska Research
Recent data (2020-2022) related to USGS Alaska Bioregions and Arctic research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS Alaska Bioregions and Arctic data is available from the button below.
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS Alaska Bioregions and Arctic research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS Alaska Bioregions and Arctic publications is available from the button below.
Reduced quality and synchronous collapse of forage species disrupts trophic transfer during a prolonged marine heatwave
A study of marine temperature variations in the northern Gulf of Alaska across years of marine heatwaves and cold spells
Changes in rocky intertidal community structure during a marine heatwave in the northern Gulf of Alaska
Interaction between watershed features and climate forcing affects habitat profitability for juvenile salmon
Environmental gradients of selection for an alpine-obligate bird, the white-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura)
Further information on the avifauna of St. Matthew and Hall Islands, Bering Sea, Alaska
Monitoring nearshore ecosystem health using Pacific razor clams (Siliqua patula) as an indicator species
Climate- and disturbance-driven changes in subsistence berries in coastal Alaska: Indigenous knowledge to inform ecological inference
Multi-decadal patterns of vegetation succession after tundra fire on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
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Alaska is simultaneously a landscape of extremes requiring specialized adaptations by plants and animals to survive the winters and a landscape of abundance that supports breeding birds each summer from as far away as Africa. Terrestrial Alaska also supports iconic species such as caribou and muskoxen whose population dynamics, predator/prey relationships and habitat ecology are researched by USGS scientists. Alaska is also bounded by 3 oceans and has a strong marine connection. USGS scientists conduct research that informs the management and conservation ecosystems that supports species such as sea ducks, seabirds, walrus, and polar bears.
Alaska Research
Recent data (2020-2022) related to USGS Alaska Bioregions and Arctic research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS Alaska Bioregions and Arctic data is available from the button below.
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS Alaska Bioregions and Arctic research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS Alaska Bioregions and Arctic publications is available from the button below.
Reduced quality and synchronous collapse of forage species disrupts trophic transfer during a prolonged marine heatwave
A study of marine temperature variations in the northern Gulf of Alaska across years of marine heatwaves and cold spells
Changes in rocky intertidal community structure during a marine heatwave in the northern Gulf of Alaska
Interaction between watershed features and climate forcing affects habitat profitability for juvenile salmon
Environmental gradients of selection for an alpine-obligate bird, the white-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura)
Further information on the avifauna of St. Matthew and Hall Islands, Bering Sea, Alaska
Monitoring nearshore ecosystem health using Pacific razor clams (Siliqua patula) as an indicator species
Climate- and disturbance-driven changes in subsistence berries in coastal Alaska: Indigenous knowledge to inform ecological inference
Multi-decadal patterns of vegetation succession after tundra fire on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Explore our software related to Alaska Bioregions and Arctic