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ConocoPhillips Environmental Field Study Summaries (2020-2023)
Each year ConocoPhillips conducts scientific field studies throughout the Colville River and northeastern National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A) on the North Slope of... -
Long-Term Ecological Monitoring in BP’s North Slope Oil Fields (2005 - 2014)
Over the past decade, hundreds of reports and papers on North Slope birds, fish, plants, caribou, whales, seals, bears, vegetation, and similar topics have been produced. Most... -
NSSI Scenarios GIS Data: Prioritizing Science Needs Through Participatory Scenarios for Energy and Resource Development on the North Slope and Adjacent Seas.
This record contains the data used by the North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) scenario process. These data sets are listed in the Alaska DataCatalog. The data sets are... -
BPXA Rehabilitation Sites - 2006 and 2008 Summaries
BP Exploration Alaska Inc. Environmental Studies Group (BPXA-ESG) rehabilitation plans and monitoring reports are provided for site rehabilitation/revegetation projects.... -
Effects of Noise from Vibroseis Equipment on Arctic Fish
The study was designed to address potential physical effects to fish from the energy imparted to a water body by vibroseis equipment and also to semi-quantitatively assess the... -
Long Term Vegetation Change Following Tundra Fire
Wildland fire is one of the most influential environmental processes across the Alaskan landscape. Fire affects all of the National Parks in the Arctic Network; in the past 50... -
Ecological Atlas of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas
The Ecological Atlas of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas provides a description of the natural history and ecological relationships in the Arctic marine environment. This... -
A Field Guide to North Slope Fishes
The purpose of this booklet is to provide an easy-to-use identification guide to the common fish species of the North Slope and Arctic coast of Alaska. Another intent is to... -
Contaminant Deposition
Despite the pristine appearance of the arctic parklands, the steady input of contaminants from both local and global sources make pollution a primary concern in ARCN. Sources of... -
Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program: Acoustic Buoy
The acoustics monitoring program is designed to measure underwater ambient and industrial noise levels, and to detect and classify species of vocalizing marine mammals over a... -
Nearshore fish assemblages in a changing Beaufort Sea
In the Arctic, rapid changes in temperature and salinity have led to changes in where fish commonly occur. Recent offshore survey efforts also provide an opportunity to compare... -
Microbial Biodegradation Of Alaska North Slope Crude Oil In Arctic Marine Sediments
This project investigated the biodegradation of Alaska North Slope crude oil and Corexit 9500 (Corexit) in Arctic seawater and sediments to identify the microbes and genes... -
Tundra Treatment Guidelines - Cleanup, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Tundra Treatment Guidelines is a manual published by the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), Division of Spill Prevention and Response, Prevention... -
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... -
Using Trace Elements in Pacific Walrus Teeth to Track the Impacts of Petroleum Production in the Alaskan Arctic (AK-13-03-26)
Offshore oil and gas exploration and extraction have the potential to introduce harmful materials into marine food webs. These pollutants are typically associated with... -
Dispersal Patterns and Summer Ocean Distribution of Adult Dolly Varden from the Wulik River, Alaska, Evaluated Using Satellite Telemetry (AK-08-12)
In northwest Alaska near the Chukchi Sea, Dolly Varden charr Salvelinus malma is highly valued as a subsistence fish and local residents harvest thousands of these fish each... -
Caribou Demography, Distribution and Movements in Relation to Oil Field Infrastructure
This project was designed to complete collection and analysis of data concerning movements, growth rates, and survival of caribou from the Central Arctic herd (CAH) in relation... -
Arctic Bornite Biomonitoring Studies
The Ambler mining district is located in northwest Alaska in the Kobuk River drainage along the southern end of the Brooks Range (Figure 1). There are two primary deposits... -
Tundra Travel Modeling Project
This project intended to provide natural resource managers with objective, quantitative data to assist decision making regarding opening of the tundra to cross-country travel.... -
Contaminants, and Habitat Characteristics in Yellow-billed Loon, 2002-2012
The Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) is one of the rarest breeding birds in North America. Because of the small population size and patchy distribution, any stressor to its...
