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Ecological Mapping and Permafrost Database for Northern Alaska (Final Ecological Mapping Update (2014))
Note:This revision updates the geodatabase and shapefiles associated with the prior Landscape Level Ecological Mapping of Northern Alaska (NOAK). It includes recoding of some... -
Organohalogen concentrations in blood and adipose tissue of Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears
151 organohalogen chemicals (OHCs) in whole blood and subcutaneous fat of 57 polar bears sampled along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast in spring, 2003 were analyzed for major... -
Precipitation Decrease in the Western Arctic with Special Emphasis on Barrow and Barter Island, Alaska
Over the Arctic during the last few decades a decrease in annual precipitation and snow depths have been observed; this decrease is especially pronounced during the winter... -
Genetic Variation, Relatedness, and Effective Population Size of Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in the southern Beaufort Sea, Alaska
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are unique among bears in that they are adapted to the Arctic sea ice environment. Genetic data are useful for understanding their evolution and... -
Reduction of Garbage in the Diet of Nonbreeding Glaucous Gulls Corresponding to a Change in Waste Management
Glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) are major predators in the Arctic and may benefit from human development. We studied use of garbage by glaucous gulls in Barrow, Alaska, in... -
Ways to Help and Ways to Hinder: Governance for Effective Adaptation to an Uncertain Climate
This paper compares two case studies in Alaska, one on commercial fishers of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands region and the other on moose hunters of Interior Alaska, to... -
Seasonal observations of carbonate chemistry and ocean acidification in the Northeast Chukchi Sea
The primary objective of the ocean acidification program is to describe spatial, seasonal and interannual variability in the marine carbon cycle to assess the extent and... -
Salt Marshes of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The purpose of this study was to map all salt marshes along the coastline of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, from the Canning River to the Canadian border. These salt... -
Dietary biomagnification of organochlorine contaminants in Alaskan polar bears
The variation in PCB153 and oxychlordane concentration are strong indicators of variation in diet and biomagnification of organochlorines among polar bears related to their sex,... -
Social Ecological Soundscapes: Examining aircraft-harvester-caribou conflict in arctic Alaska
Indigenous communities across Arctic Alaska have expressed concern over the last four decades that low-flying aircraft interfere with their traditional harvest practices.... -
A Review of Aircraft-Subsistence Harvester Conflict in Arctic Alaska
The traditional harvest of wild resources carries significant nutritional, economic, and sociocultural values for rural residents in the Arctic, especially for Indigenous...
