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Chukchi Offshore Monitoring in Drilling Area (COMIDA): Factors Affecting the Distribution and Relative Abundance of Endangered Whales and Other Marine Mammals in the Chukchi Sea
The Chukchi Sea shelf is a bathymetrically complex region where air-sea-ice interactions govern ecosystem structure and function. CHAOZ used a combination of autonomous moored... -
Terrestrial Mammal Ecology Research
Research conducted by the USGS Alaska Science Center on terrestrial mammals is focused on informing Department of Interior management decisions across Alaska. Our work provides... -
Winter Ecology of Stellers Eiders and Other Seaducks in western Alaska
Declines in the breeding population of Steller's eiders (STEI) in Alaska have resulted in its listing of as threatened under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act.... -
Porcupine Caribou Herd photocensus
Estimate population size of the Porcupine Caribou Herd during the post-calving aggregation period on the Refuge coastal plain. -
Stock Structure Study of Bowhead Whales
Conduct various studies to document stock structure and population size/trend of BCB bowheads. Studies include genetics, TEK, stable isotope of baleen, etc. -
Enhancing forecasts of walrus population response to a rapidly changing Arctic ecosystem (Modeling walrus population dynamics and bioenergetics)
The Pacific walrus is a benthic feeding, ice-associated pinniped that ranges over the continental shelves of the Bering and Chukchi seas. The extent of summer sea ice in the... -
DOI on the Landscape - Avian Population Response to Ecological Change along the Arctic Coastal Plain
The Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP) region of Alaska contains the vast majority of the nation's arctic tundra ecosystems that exist for the most part in a pristine, but ecologically... -
Pelagic Seabird Database for the North Pacific
Much pelagic seabird data remains in individual datasets. While some investigators can analyze their own data sets for specific purposes, the bulk of pelagic seabird data are... -
Population Status and Ecology of North Pacific Shorebirds
Alaska is widely recognized as a global center for shorebirds. Ninety percent of the migratory species in the Western Hemisphere have breeding populations in Alaska. The North... -
Shorebirds and Infaunal Abundance and Distribution on Delta Mudflats along the Beaufort Sea (AK-11-10a)
This study builds on an existing study with Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and tiers off a BOEMRE/CMI previous shorebird study by Abby Powell across the Beaufort and Chukchi... -
Seabirds, Forage Fish, and Marine Ecosystems Research
The objective of this project is to observe the effects of human perturbation on seabird populations, and distinguish the effect of human input from natural variations that... -
Fish Monitoring Studies in Prudhoe Bay
This study collects data about fish populations and characteristics in the near shore Beaufort Sea. Collect data on anadromous and amphidromous fish population characteristics... -
Status and Trends of Boreal Land Bird Populations
Boreal habitats in Alaska support 130 species of breeding landbirds, including 68 species that migrate to Neotropical wintering areas. Significant population declines have been...
