Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Roy Churchwell

PhD
Phone: (907) 474 - 6052
Email: rchurchw@alaska.edu

Biography

Use of coastal lagoons of the Beaufort Sea by shorebirds

Research Publications Publication Date
Powell A.N., R.T.Churchwell , K. H. Dunton, J.G. Baguley, A.D. Kamikawa, C. Kellogg, B. Crump, and P. Bucolo. 2016. Sediment Characteristics and Infauna of Deltaic Mudflats Along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS Region, Anchorage. OCS Study BOEM 2015-045. 77 pp. June 2016
Nolan, M., R. Churchwell, J. Adams, J. McClelland, K. D. Tape, S. Kendall, A. Powell, K. Dunton, D. Payer, and P. Martin. Predicting the impact of glacier loss on fish, birds, floodplains, and estuaries in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, p. 49-55. In C. N. Medley, C. N., G. Patterson, and M. J. Parker [eds.], Observing, Studying, and Managing for Change - Proceedings of the Fourth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watershed. US Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5169, Reston, VA. October 2011
Churchwell, R. T., S. Kendall, S. C. Brown, A. L. Blanchard, T. E. Hollmen, and A. N. Powell. 2018. The first hop: use of Beaufort Sea Deltas by hatch-year Semipalmated Sandpipers. Estuaries and Coasts 41:280–292, DOI 10.1007/s12237-017-0272-8. June 2017
Churchwell, R. T., S. J. Kendall, A. L. Blanchard, K. H. Dunton, and A. N. Powell. 2015. Natural disturbance shapes benthic intertidal macroinvertebrate communities of high latitude river deltas. Estuaries and Coasts. DOI 10.1007/s12237-015-0028-2 September 2015
Churchwell, R. T., S. Kendall, S. C. Brown, and A. N. Powell. 2018. Will increased storm surge frequency impact food availability for Semipalmated Sandpipers Calidris pusilla at the beginning of fall migration? Wader Study 125:195-204. DOI: 10.18194/ws.00121 December 2018
Project Completion Date
Shorebird Ecology in North Slope Coastal Habitats December 2010
Shorebirds and invertebrate distribution on delta mudflats along the Beaufort Sea December 2015
Presentations Presentation Date
Churchwell, R.T., A. N. Powell, S. Kendall, and S. Brown. 2014. Forage quality for pre-migratory semipalmated sandpipers using three river deltas on the Beaufort Sea, Alaska. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK. January 2014
Churchwell, R., A. Powell, S. Kendall, and S. Brown. 2014. Assessing eastern Beaufort Sea deltas as fall stopover sites for semipalmated sandpipers. September 2014
Churchwell, R., A. Powell, S. Kendall and S. Brown. 2014. Shorebird use of River Delta Habitat on the Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, Alaska. TWS Alaska Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK. April 2014
Churchwell, R. T., A. N. Powell. S. Kendall, and S. Brown. 2013. SHOREBIRD USE OF FORAGING HABITAT DURING THE POST-BREEDING SEASON ON THE COAST OF THE BEAUFORT SEA, ALASKA, USA. 5th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting Santa Marta, Colombia. September 2013
Churchwell, R. ., A. Powell, S. Kendall, and S. Brown. The Delta Diner: Assessing eastern Beaufort Sea deltas as fall stopover sites for Semipalmated Sandpipers. 16th Alaska Bird Conference, Juneau, AK. December 2014
Technical Publications Publication Date
Powell A. N., R. T. Churchwell, K. H. Dunton, J. G. Baguley, A. D. Kamikawa, C. T. E. Kellogg, B. C. Crump, and P. Bucolo. 2016. Sediment Characteristics and Infauna of Deltaic Mudflats Along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS Region, Anchorage. OCS Study BOEM 2015-045. 77 pp. June 2016