Oceanography

1. Oceanography Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

2. Justification • GLBA is quintessentially marine. • Virtually every park resource is strongly connected to the marine environment. • Virtually every park management issue is strongly connected to the marine environment. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

3. Objective Compile dataset of oceanographic conditions: • Seasonal and interannual changes in oceanographic parameters. • Spatial and temporal variation in distribution and abundance patterns of marine organisms. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

4. Technical Approach Hydrographic surveys: • 22 stations bi-annually (resolve annual signals and detect long-term trends) • 8 stations monthly (resolve seasonal signals) Core parameters: • temperature, salinity, light penetration, turbidity, fluorescence, dissolved oxygen. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

5. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009

6. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009

7. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009

8. Logistics and Budget • Staffing and field schedule. • Protocol development $50K. • Equipment: CTD $25K, vessel $60K + $120K, water sampler $25K. • Annual operations $5K. • Ocean acidification partnership with UAF. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

9. What We’re Learning • It is as we thought. • High interannual variability. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

10. Temperature (ºC) Temperature (ºC) Temperature (ºC) 2009 2010 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

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12. Temperature (ºC) Temperature (ºC) Temperature (ºC) 2009 2010 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

13. What We’re Learning • It is as we thought. • High interannual variability. • Ecosystem coupling. • High primary production. • THIS is why people come to Glacier Bay. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

14. Program Delivery • 1993-2008 legacy data review/validation/roll-up. • 1993-2009 Synthesis Report. • 2009, 2010, and 2011 Annual Reports. • QA/QC’d raw data available SEAN website and NODC. • Alaska Park Science (2010); GWS Conference (2011). • NOAA Tides and Currents update, ocean acidification research. • Gustavus School – tomorrow’s scientists and citizens. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

15. Why it Matters • Ocean resources and processes drive GLBA • These resources are the core of the park • The single most important annual event in GLBA • Effective, wise management decisions Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

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