Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER - United States of America

Basic Information
Site Name
Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER
Short name
BLE
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://ble.lternet.edu
Site Manager
James McClelland
Site Description
The BLE LTER program (https://ble.lternet.edu/) focuses on productivity, trophic relationships, and biogeochemical cycling in the network of lagoons that span Alaska’s northernmost coastline. BLE is examining factors that affect the stability and resilience of microbial and metazoan food webs, including drivers and forms of primary production, in these highly dynamic ecosystems.
Last modified
2020-12-18 11:12:34

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2017
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
US LTER✔ (LTER_BLE_US_BLE)This site is a verified "US LTER" member.
Photos
Coastal lagoons along the Eastern Beaufort Sea (courtesy of Susan Schonberg)
Coastal lagoons along the Eastern Beaufort Sea (courtesy of Susan Schonberg)
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 71.32894 Longitude: -156.56479

Size
ca. 6147.46ha
Elevation (average)
5.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
10.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Coastal
Fresh water rivers
Biome
Tundra
Ecosystem Type
Coastal
Rivers
Small rivers
Large river deltas
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Coastal habitats (B) » Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, including the supralittoral (B3)
Coastal habitats (B) » Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, including the supralittoral (B3) » Soft sea-cliffs, often vegetated (B3.4)
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2)
Marine habitats (A)
Marine habitats (A) » Sublittoral sediment (A5)
Marine habitats (A) » Sublittoral sediment (A5) » Sublittoral mixed sediments (A5.4)
Marine habitats (A) » Ice-associated marine habitats (A8)
Marine habitats (A) » Ice-associated marine habitats (A8) » Sea ice (A8.1)
Marine habitats (A) » Ice-associated marine habitats (A8) » Under-ice habitat (A8.4)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
0.00°C
Precipitation Annual
115.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Catalog Service (CSW)
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
We travel to the sites to sample and collect data three times a year, generally April, June, and August.
Site Visit Interval
120
Maintenance Interval
120
General Data Policy
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
Reprints of articles using the dataset must be provided to the data provider
Data Policy Notes
Under current development. Will be posted at ble.lternet.edu
LTER Site Classification
Regular