BONA - Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed, NEON Aquatic Field Site | Alaska
Channel: NEON Science
Date: 2020-09-14

The Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed terrestrial field site is located 35 minutes north of Fairbanks in central Alaska, and covers an area of about 104 square kilometers. This NEON site consists of boreal forest and wetlands, sitting on top of a discontinuous layer of permafrost. Scientific data has been collected in the watershed from as far back as the 1970s, with research focusing on how watersheds are influenced by wildfires, discontinuous permafrost, and climate change. It features a 56 foot tall flux tower that collects meteorological data along with defined plots for soil, vegetation, bird, mammal and insect observations and sampling. 

Suggested citation for this video: National Ecological Observatory Network. August 12th, 2020. BONA - Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed, NEON Terrestrial Field Site [Video file]. Courtesy: Battelle. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/DyuCixsFCnM.