Fish Creek Watershed Observatory

Monitoring Aquatic Habitat in the Context of Land-use and Climate Change Impacts in Arctic Alaska

Fish CAFE: Response of an Arctic Freshwater Ecosystem to Climate and Land-use Change in the Fish Creek Watershed, Beaufort Coastal Plain of Alaska

Fish CAFE Crew (Interdisciplinary Science Team)

  • Chris Arp
  • Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Ecologist
  • PI – Team Coordination, Hydrological and ecological analysis and modeling
leafy water plants
  • Anna Liljedahl
  • Water and Environmental Research Center and International Arctic Research Center University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Hydrologist
  • Co-I – Team Coordination, Hydrological modeling
tundra birds
  • Matthew Whitman
  • Bureau of Land Management, Arctic Field Office
  • Fish Biologist
  • Co-I – Fieldwork Coordination, Fisheries studies and integration
fish
  • Ben Jones
  • Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Geographer
  • Co-I – Geospatial Analysis, Integration with field studies and modeling
caribou on tundra
  • Debora Nigro
  • Bureau of Land Management, Arctic Field Office
  • Wildlife Biologist
  • Co-I – Bird studies and integration
arctic tern
  • Anne Gädeke
  • Water and Environmental Resources Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Hydrologist
  • Collaborator – Hydrologic modeling
fish
  • Jeff Adams
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Fish Biologist, Supervisor
  • Collaborator – Fish biology and subsistence integration
fish
  • Ronald Daanen
  • Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
  • Hydrogeologist
  • Collaborator – Permafrost processes and modeling
snowy owl
  • Vladimir Alexeev
  • International Arctic Research Center University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Climatologist
  • Co-I – Climate modeling and integration with snow and hydrologic models
tundra fox
  • Christopher Hiemstra
  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Snow Scientist
  • Co-I – Snow modeling and field data collection, Integration with hydrologic
bear tracks in snow
  • Ben Gaglioti
  • Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Paleoecologist
  • Collaborator – Habitat history and productivity analysis
tundra nest
  • Guido Grosse
  • Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Germany
  • Permafrost Scientist
  • Co-I – Remote sensing and permafrost processes analysis
ice bird
  • Frank Urban
  • Geology and Environmental Change Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Geologist, climatologist
  • Collaborator – Climate data collection and management
tracks in snow

Additional Project Collaborators