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Ecological Monitoring at Toolik Field Station: Lessons Learned and Challenges AheadLaura GoughDepartment of BiologyUniversity of Texas Arlington Toolik Field Stationhttp://toolik.alaska.edu/•Managed by University of Alaska Fairbanks•Many institutions use as base for field work•Most funding from U.S. federal agencies–National Science Foundation (NSF)–Department of Energy (DOE)–National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Monitoring Programs•Funded through specialized solicitations•NSF Programs–LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research)–AON (Arctic Observing Network)–NEON (National Ecological Observing Network) Toolik Field Station•Environmental Data Center–Funded as logistics support for NSF research grants based at Toolik–Plant phenology (dates)–Migratory bird arrival and departure dates–Mammal presence/absence–Weather Arctic LTER•Part of LTER Network•6-year funding cycles; up for renewal in 2016•5 core areas•Terrestrial and aquatic•Long-term experiments–Opportunities for data collection–Participate in other networks (e.g., ITEX)–But need funding in addition to LTER for new efforts Long-term Nutrient AdditionMoist Acidic Tussock Tundra (MAT)ControlAnnual N and P additionPhotos: J. McLaren Annual NDVIMoist Acidic Tussock (MAT) Tundra AON•3 year funding cycles •Two projects at Toolik•Euskirchen, Kling, Bret-Harte and Shaver–continue collecting and making available year-round, continuous observations of C, water, and energy exchange in arctic terrestrial and aquatic systems Cumulative NEE January 2008 – July 2014Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Dec 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2013Updated from Euskirchen et al., Ecosphere, 2012(Positive Value = C Release) NEE (g C m-2 yr-1)Sink SourceVariation in NEE across sites and yearsBoreal rich fenBoreal black spruceBoreal collapse bogTussock tundraWet sedge tundraHeath tundraSiberian ecotoneSiberian thermokarstEach bar represents one full yearEuskirchen et al., Ecosphere, 2012; Euskirchen et al., J. Geophys.
Res., 2014, Euskirchen et al., in prep.

The SEARCH Vision: Scientific understanding of arctic environmental change to help society understand and respond to a rapidly changing Arctic.The SEARCH Mission: To provide a foundation of arctic change science through collaboration with the research community, funding agencies, and other stakeholders.
Towards this mission, SEARCH:•Generates and synthesizes research findings and promotes arctic science and scientific discovery across disciplines and among agencies.•Identifies emerging issues in arctic environmental change.•Provides scientific information to arctic stakeholders, policy-makers, and the public to help them understand and respond to arctic environmental change.•Facilitates research activities across local-to-global scales, with an emphasis on addressing needs of decision-makers.•Collaborates with national and international science programs integral to SEARCH goals.
NEON•Arctic Biome –Toolik Field Station–Barrow•Projected start date: Summer 2015•Datasets to be collected–Plants–Birds–Bugs–Small mammals–Weather–Carbon flux Adaptation and Management•Not factored in to current data collection or planning Challenges•Funding (amount and duration)•Monitoring is not considered groundbreaking science, not funded in usual grant cycle–Result is hodgepodge of data collected by collaborators depending on grant goals–Aquatic teams do a better job of this than the terrestrial•Without strong baseline, hard to predict Acknowledgements•National Science Foundation•Gus Shaver, Eugenie Euskirchen, LTER Collaborators