Global InformationToolik Lake information
| Toolik Lake | |
|---|---|
 Toolik Lake as photographed in 2016. Toolik Field Station is seen on the left. | |
  Toolik Lake | |
| Coordinates | 68°37′50″N 149°36′38″W / 68.630692°N 149.610636°W |
| Type | Lake |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Managing agency | Bureau of Land Management |
| Surface area | 358 acres (1.45 km2) |
| Max. depth | 77 ft (23 m) |
| Surface elevation | 745 m (2,444 ft) |
Toolik Lake is an Arctic lake located within the North Slope Borough, Alaska. It is in a remote wilderness area managed by the Bureau of Land Management accessed by the Dalton Highway.[1] It is 130 mi (210 km) south of Prudhoe Bay in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range.[2] The name is derived from the Iñupiat word tutlik, meaning yellow-billed loon.[3]
Limnological studies of Toolik Lake began in the summer of 1975.[4] Research is performed by organizations such as the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network,[5] Institute of Arctic Biology,[6] International Tundra Experiment,[7] National Ecological Observatory Network,[8] and NASA.[9] Nearly one-third of all Arctic research takes place within 50 km of either Toolik Lake or Abisko Scientific Research Station.[10]
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- ^ "Monitoring Mixing Dynamics in Toolik Lake, Alaska". Campbell Scientific. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ Orth, Donald J. (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 990. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ O’Brien, W. J. (1992). o’Brien, W. J (ed.). Toolik Lake: Ecology of an Aquatic Ecosystem in Arctic Alaska. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-2720-2. ISBN 978-9401052061. S2CID 46517393. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Toolik Lake | GLEON". GLEON. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Toolik Lake & Toolik Field Station". Alaska.org. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Voiland, Adam (10 July 2020). "Satellites Size Up Bubbles of Methane in Lake Ice". NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ Brouillette, Monique (17 March 2021). "How microbes in permafrost could trigger a massive carbon bomb". Nature. 591 (7850): 360–362. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00659-y. PMID 33731951. S2CID 232297719.