Mark Miller, Team Lead for Research, Stewardship and Science at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, presented a list of recent relevant research publications with links at the February 11 Subsistence Resource Commission Meeting. Miller gave us permission to re-publish a list of links for our readers to peruse. 

Mark says, “Citations in bold print were conducted in the park to some extent. Others were not conducted in the park but are particularly  relevant to the park and park issues.”

Climate Change 

Bessette-Kirton, E. K. and J. A. Coe (2020). "A 36-Year Record of Rock Avalanches in the Saint Elias  Mountains of Alaska, With Implications for Future Hazards." Frontiers in Earth Science 8: 293. 

Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00293 

Bloom, C. K., et al. (2020). "Catastrophic landscape modification from a massive landslide tsunami in  Taan Fiord, Alaska." Geomorphology 353: 107029. 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169555X19305215?via%3Dihub (Abstract only available to the general public)

Jacquemart, M., et al. (2020). "What drives large-scale glacier detachments? Insights from Flat Creek  glacier, St. Elias Mountains, Alaska." Geology. 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1130/G47211.1  (Abstract only available to the general public)

Oke, K. B., et al. (2020). "Recent declines in salmon body size impact ecosystems and fisheries." Nature  Communications 11(1): 4155. 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17726-z 

Pitman, K. J., et al. (2020). "Glacier retreat and Pacific salmon." BioScience 70(3): 220-236. 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa015 

Runyon, A. N., et al. (2020). "Repeatable approaches to work with scientific uncertainty and advance climate  change adaptation in US national parks." Parks Stewardship Forum 36(1): 98-104. 

Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339080383_Repeatable_approaches_to_work_with_scientific_uncertainty_and_advance_climate_change_adaptation_in_US_national_parks

Swanson, D. K., et al. (2021). "Increased mean annual temperatures in 2014–2019 indicate permafrost  thaw in Alaskan national parks." Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 53(1): 1-19. 

Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15230430.2020.1859435

Thoman, R. and J. E. Walsh (2019). Alaska's changing environment: documenting Alaska's physical and  biological changes through observations. H. R. McFarland, ed. International Arctic Research Center,  University of Alaska Fairbanks. 15. 

Link: https://uaf-iarc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Alaskas-Changing-Environment_2019_WEB.pdf 

Other Topics 

Anderson, R. T. (2019). "The Katie John Litigation: A Continuing Search for Alaska Native Fishing  Rights After ANCSA." Arizona State Law Journal 51: 845. 

Link: https://arizonastatelawjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/01-Anderson-Final.pdf

Elliott, J. and M. E. Pritchard (2020). "Historic photographs of glaciers and glacial landforms from the  Ralph Stockman Tarr collection at Cornell University." Earth Syst. Sci. Data 12(2): 771-787. 

Link: https://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/12/771/2020/ 

Reininghaus, L. (2019). "Recent archaeological investigations of Glacial Lake Atna shorelines in  Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska." Alaska Journal of Anthropology 17(1&2): 28- 43.

Link:  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348818515_Recent_Archaeological_Investigations_of_Glacial_Lake_Atna_Shorelines_in_Wrangell-St_Elias_National_Park_and_Preserve 

Schmidt, J. H., et al. (2019). "Direct and indirect effects of temperature and prey abundance on bald  eagle reproductive dynamics." Oecologia. 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04578-8 (Abstract only available to the general public)

Smith, G. M. (2019). "Geoarchaeology of Glacial Lakes Susitna and Atna." Alaska Journal of  Anthropology 17(1&2): 6-27. 

Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336721960_Geoarchaeology_of_Glacial_Lakes_Susitna_and_Atna