Fish Creek Watershed Observatory

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

Station Name:
Ini-003
Latitude:
N 69.996°
Longitude:
W 152.951°
Elevation:
46.9 masl
Lake Area:
417 ha
Mean Depth:
2.2 m
Record:
2011-2014 (discontinued)
Purpose:

The lake has sand sea shelf and trough morphology, yet troughs are relatively shallow with dense macrophyte beds. The lake is actively eroding into adjacent lake basins. This is the headwater for Judy-Kayaak Creek. This site was also part of the Circum-Arctic Lake Observation Network (CALON) from 2012-2014.

Ini-003 location map
FishCreek Ini-003

Select Published Studies on Ini-003: