US Arctic Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring (PRISM) (PRISM)

Updated 2012-07-25

To collect contemporary data on the distribution, abundance and trends in abundance of Arctic-breeding shorebirds. Main gaps: No long term funding available to continue to conduct these surveys.

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: not specified
Data collection: not specified
Data processing: not specified
Data reporting: not specified

Contact information

Contact person: - -
Address: Richard Lanctot
Email: vog.swf@totcnal_drahciR

Parameters and Media

Not specified

Geography

Regions studied: Alaska

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: 1998 to present. Surveys are conducted in Alaska and Canada when funds are available. To date, surveys have been conducted on the North Slope of Alaska and to a limited degree on the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Selawik NWR, Alaska Maritime NWR and Alaska Peninsula/Becharoff NWR (all in 2002).

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: PRISM committee, organized via the US Shorebird Conservation Plan Council, Susan Skagen, chair. Networks: Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring (PRISM) (PRISM)
Indigenous AND traditional knowledge used in this project: No