​​​Water Temperature Regimes in the Togiak NWR and Wood-Tikchik State Park

Southwest Alaska is one of the fastest warming regions on Earth and its aquatic resources are at distinct risk from changing climate. Previous work has demonstrated that a variety of physical and biological processes are sensitive to changing climate regimes in this region, including those that support wildlife and fisheries that are of substantial importance for subsistence and commercial activities. 

​​Project ID: WA2014_37​

Lead Investigator: Daniel Schindler, University of Washington

​Collaborators: Patrick Walsh, USFWS

Project Duration: 2014-2016

This collaborative project will result in the compilation of a database of existing stream, river and lake temperatures that is unmatched anywhere else in Alaska in terms of its spatial and temporal coverage.  Analysis of these data will result in refinement of the monitoring plan developed to characterize thermal responses to ongoing climate change in the Wood‐Tikchik State Park and the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge.  The project will also evaluate how average change and spatial variation in stream thermal condition respond to changing climate. ​​

Related Resources

Dr. Schindler's homepage​ at UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences​