Fish Creek Watershed Observatory

Publications, Reports, Presentations, and Archived Datasets (*Fish CAFE Project)

• Arp, C.D., Drew, K.A. and Bondurant, A.C. (2023) Observation of a rapid lake-drainage event in the Arctic: Set-up and trigger mechanisms, outburst flood behavior, and broader fluvial impacts. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 1– 15.
• Torvinen, E., Falke, J., Arp, C. D., Jones, B., Whitman, M., and Zimmerman, C., (2022). Lake trout(Salvelinus namaycush) otoliths indicate effects of climate and lake morphology on growth patterns in Arctic lakes. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.
• *Gädeke, A., Arp, C. D., Liljedahl, A. K., Daanen, R. P., Cai, L., Alexeev, V. A., et al., (2022). Modeled streamflow response to scenarios of tundra lake water withdrawal and seasonal climate extremes, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. Water Resources Research, 58, e2022WR032119.
• Arp, C. D., and Whitman, M. S., (2022). Lake basins drive variation in catchment-scale runoff response over a decade of increasing rainfall in Arctic Alaska. Hydrological Processes, 36(5), e14583.
• Arp, C. D., Engram, M., Bondurant, A. C., and Drew, K. A. (2022). Unusually thick freshwater ice and its impacts on aquatic resources in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) during the winter of 2020-2021. Arctic Science, 00, 1-9.
• Leppi, J. C., Falke, J. D., Rinella, D. J., Wipfli, M. S., Seitz, A. C., and Whitman, M. S. (2022). Landscape geomorphology and local-riverine features influence Broad Whitefish (Coregonus nasus) spawning habitat suitability in Arctic Alaska. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 31(4), 622-639.
• Leppi, J. C., Rinella, D. J., Wipfli, M. S., Brown, R. J., Spaleta, K. J., and Whitman, M. S. (2022). Strontium isotopes reveal diverse life history variations, migration patterns, and habitat use for Broad Whitefish (Coregonus nasus) in Arctic, Alaska. PLoS ONE, 17(5), e0259921.
• Simpson, C. E., Arp, C. D., Sheng, Y., Carroll, M. L., Jones, B. M., and Smith, L. C., (2021). Landsat-derived bathymetry of lakes on the Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, v. 13, no. 3, p. 1135-1150.
• Arp, C. D., Whitman, M. S., Kemnitz, R., & Stuefer, S. L. (2020). Evidence of hydrological intensification and regime change from northern Alaskan watershed runoff. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089186.
• Taylor M. Johaneman, Christopher D. Arp, Matthew S. Whitman, Allen C. Bondurant, Hillary B. Hamann & Michael W. Kerwin (2020) Classifying connectivity to guide aquatic habitat management in an arctic coastal plain watershed experiencing land use and climate change, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 52:1, 476-490.
• Arp, C. D., Jones, B. M., Hinkel, K. M., Kane, D. L., Whitman, M. S., Kemnitz, R. K. 2020. Recurring outburst floods from drained lakes: an emerging Arctic hazard. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 18( 7): 384– 390.
• *Beaver, J. R., Arp, C. D., Tausz, C. E., Jones, B. M., Whitman, M. S., Renicker, T. R., Samples, E. E., Ordosch, D. M., and Scotese, K. C., 2019. Potential shifts in zooplankton community structure in response to changing ice regimes and hydrologic connectivity. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 51(1): 327-345.
• *Arp, C. D., M. S. Whitman, B. M. Jones, D. A. Nigro, V. A. Alexeev, A. Gädeke, S. Fritz, R. Daanen, A. K. Liljedahl, F. J. Adams, B. V. Gaglioti, G. Grosse, K. C. Heim, J. R. Beaver, L. Cai, M. Engram, and H. R. Uher-Koch. 2019. Ice roads through lake-rich arctic watersheds: integrating climate uncertainty and freshwater habitat responses into adaptive management. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 51(1): 9-23
• Arp, C. D., Jones, B. M., Engram, M., Alexeev, V. A., Cai, L., Parsekian, A., Hinkel, K. M., Bondurant, A. C., and Creighton, A. 2018. Contrasting Lake Ice Responses to Winter Climate Indicate Future Variability and Trends on the Alaskan Arctic Coastal Plain. Environmental Research Letters 13(12): 125001
• Heim, K. C., C. D. Arp, M. S. Whitman, and M. S. Wipfli. 2019. The complimentary role of shallow lakes and streams as foraging habitat to Arctic Grayling. Ecology of Freshwater Fishes. DOI: 10.1111/eff.12444
• *Engram, M., C. D. Arp, B. M. Jones, O. A. Ajadi, and F. J. Meyer. 2018. Analyzing floating and bedfast lake ice regimes across Arctic Alaska using 25 years of space-borne SAR imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 209:660-676.
• *Cai, L., V. A. Alexeev, C. D. Arp, B. M. Jones, A. Liljedahl, A. Gädeke. 2018. The polar WRF downscaled historical and projected 21st century climate for the coast and foothills of Arctic Alaska. Frontiers in Earth Science-Atmospheric Science.
• Stueffer, S. L., C. D. Arp, D. L. Kane, and A. K. Liljedahl. 2017. Recent extreme runoff observations from coastal Arctic watersheds in Alaska. Water Resources Research. 53, 9145–9163.
• *Jones, B. M., C. D. Arp, M. S. Whitman, D. Nigro, I. Nitze, J. Beaver, A. Gadeke, C. Zuck, A. Liljedahl, R. Daanen, E. Torvinen, S. Fritz, G. Grosse. 2017. A lake cover classification to guide research and inform management decisions in an arctic watershed in northern Alaska experiencing climate and land-use change. Ambio.
• *MacDonald, L. A., B. B. Wolf, K. W. Turner, L. Anderson, C. D. Arp, S. J. Birks, F. Bouchard, T. W. D. Edwards, N. Farquharson, R. I. Hall, I. McDonald, B. Narancic, C. Ouimeth, R. Pienitz, J. Tondug, and H. White. 2016. A synthesis of thermokarst lake water balance in high-latitude regions of North America from isotope tracers. Arctic Science.
• *Arp, C. D., B. M. Jones, G. Grosse, A. C. Bondurant, V. E. Romanovsky, K. E. Hinkel, and A. Parsekian. 2016. Threshold sensitivity of shallow arctic lakes and sub-lake permafrost to changing winter climate. Geophysical Research Letters.
• *Cai, Lei; Alexeev, Vladimir A; Arp, Chistopher D; Jones, Benjamin M; Liljedahl, Anna; Gädeke, Anne. 2016. High-resolution dynamical downscaling products for the North Slope of Alaska and surrounding areas, links to model result files. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863625.
• *Jones, B. M. and Zuck, C. 2016.Fish Creek Watershed Lake Classification; NPRA, Alaska, 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7H70CXB.
• *Alexeev, V. A., C. D. Arp, B. M. Jones, L. Cai. 2016. Arctic sea ice decline contributes to thinning lake ice trend in northern Alaska. Environmental Research Letters. 11(7) DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074022
• Arp, C. D., M. S. Whitman, and B. M. Jones. 2015. Observing Arctic freshwater habitat dynamics in the Fish Creek Watershed, northern Alaska. Arctic Observing Open Science Meeting, Seattle, WA.
• *Arp, C. D., B. M. Jones, A. K. Liljedahl, K. M. Hinkel, and J. A. Welker. 2015. Depth, ice thickness, and ice-out timing cause divergent hydrologic responses among Arctic lakes. Water Resources Research. DOI:1002/2015WR017362
• Leppi, J. C., C. D. Arp, and M. S. Whitman. 2015. Predicting late winter dissolved oxygen levels in Arctic lakes using morphology and landscape metrics. Environmental Management. DOI:10.1007/s00267-015-0622-x
• *Heim, K. C., M. S. Wipfli, M. S. Whitman, C. D. Arp, J. Adams, and J. A. Falke. 2015. Environmental cues of Arctic grayling seasonal movement in a small Arctic stream: the importance of surface water connectivity. Environmental Biology of Fishes DOI 10.1007/s10641-015-0453-x
• *Arp, C. D., M. S. Whitman, B. M. Jones, G. Grosse, B. V. Gaglioti, and K. C. Heim. 2015. Distribution and biophysical processes of beaded streams of Arctic permafrost landscapes. Biogeosciences 12: 1-19.
• *Arp, C. D., B. M. Jones, A. K. Liljedahl, M. S. Whitman, and M. S. Wipfli. 2014. Response of an Arctic freshwater ecosystem to climate and land-use change: interdisciplinary research in the Fish Creek Watershed, northern Alaska, U.S.A. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR.
• Arp, C. D. and M. S. Whitman. 2013. Hydrological analysis of catchments in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska prior to petroleum development. 19th International Northern Research Basins Symposium and Workshop, Southcentral Alaska, USA.
• *Jones, B. M., A. Gusmeroli, C. D. Arp, T. Strozzi, G. Grosse, B. V. Gaglioti, and M. S. Whitman. 2013. Classification of freshwater ice conditions on the Alaskan Arctic Coastal Plain using ground penetrating radar and TerraSAR-X satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 34(23): 8253-8265.
• Arp, C.D., B.M. Jones, Z. Lu, and M.S. Whitman. 2012. Shifting balance of thermokarst lake ice regimes across the Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska. Geophysical Research Letters 39 (L16503):1-5.
• Arp, C. D., M. S. Whitman, B. M. Jones, R. Kemnitz, G. Grosse, and F. E. Urban. 2012. Drainage network structure and hydrologic behavior of three lake-rich watersheds on the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 44(4):385-398.
• Arp, C. D., B. Jones, F. E. Urban, G. Grosse, and M. Whitman. 2011. Shifting ice regimes of Arctic thermokarst lakes and implications for permafrost and surface-water dynamics American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
• Whitman, M. S., C. D. Arp, B. Jones, W. Morris, G. Grosse, F. Urban, and R. Kemnitz. 2011. Developing a long-term aquatic monitoring network in a complex watershed of the Alaskan Arctic Coastal Plain. Pages 15-20 in C. N. Medley, G. Patterson, and M. J. Parker, editors. Proceedings of the Fourth Interagency Conference on Research in Watersheds: Observing, Studying, and Managing for Change. USGS, Reston.
• Arp, C., B. Jones, R. Beck, M. Whitman, J. Derry, M. Lilly, and G. Grosse. 2010. Variation in snow-water equivalent (SWE) among tundra, lakes, and streams on the Alaskan Arctic Coastal Plain: implications for regional SWE estimates and ice-thickness. Annual Conference of the American Water Resources Association, Phillidelphia, PA.
• Arp, C. D., M. Whitman, B. M. Jones, and G. Grosse. 2009. Headwater stream morphology, evolution, and feedbacks in a lake-rich, permafrost landscape of the Alaskan Arctic Coastal Plain in a changing climate.in American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Conference, San Francisco, CA.
• Jones, B. M., C. D. Arp, K. M. Hinkel, R. A. Beck, J. A. Schmutz, and B. Winston. 2009. Arctic lake physical processes and regimes with implications for winter water availability and management in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska. Environmental Management 43:1071-1084.