Title:

30 years of stream habitat monitoring data from Tongass National Forest, Alaska, USA, 1991-2020

Author(s):

Tucker, Emil; Prussian, Katherine M.; Moore, Michael J.; Claeson, Shannon M.; Munyon, Jay W.; Flitcroft, Rebecca L.

Publication Year:

2024

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Tucker, Emil; Prussian, Katherine M.; Moore, Michael J.; Claeson, Shannon M.; Munyon, Jay W.; Flitcroft, Rebecca L. 2024. 30 years of stream habitat monitoring data from Tongass National Forest, Alaska, USA, 1991-2020. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2024-0031

Abstract:

This data publication includes 1991 to 2020 stream habitat monitoring data compiled from several projects on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Data from 862 habitat surveys were collected on 333 fish-bearing stream reaches (sites) in an area approximately 500 kilometers from north to south and 200 kilometers from east to west at their greatest points. Variables were collected by personnel taking empirical measurements of stream habitat characteristics, while other data were extracted or calculated from Geographic Information System (GIS) databases. Empirical field measurements include, but are not limited to, reach length, channel bed width, slope, various large woody debris measurements, undercut bank, riffle and pool measurements, and substrate measurements. Data extracted from GIS databases include data related to LTA, catchment size, roads, canopy cover, historic harvest, hydrological classification, and process group. Other data include time since last harvest, location coordinates, and HUC 12 watershed name.

Keywords:

inlandWaters; geoscientificInformation; environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Ecology; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Monitoring; Natural Resource Management & Use; Restoration; Water; stream habitat; geomorphic data; riparian data; Alaska; Tongass National Forest

Related publications:

• Moore, Michael J.; Flitcroft, Rebecca L.; Tucker, Emil; Prussian, Katherine M.; Claeson, Shannon M. Unknown. Same streams in a different forest? Investigations of forest harvest legacies and future trajectories across 30 years of stream habitat monitoring on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Plos One. [In press].
• Flitcroft, Rebecca L.; Munyon, Jay W.; Claeson, Shannon M.; Johnson, Adelaide; Moore, Michael J.; Tucker, Emil; Prussian, Katherine M.; Lombard, Heidi. 2022. Forest legacies and climate realities: spatial and temporal variation in fish populations and habitat characteristics on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. General Technical Report. PNW-GTR-1009. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 86 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-1009

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