Project Information

Title: APEX: Abundance and Distribution of Forage Fish and Their Influence on Recovery of Injured Species 95163-A

Project Year and Number: 1995: 95163-A

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2000: 00163-A, 1999: 99163-A, 1998: 98163-A, 1997: 97163-A, 1996: 96163-A1, 1996: 96163-A, 1995: 95163-A1

Principal Investigator (PI): David Duffy (Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit)

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: Mark Willette

Research Location: PWSKEN

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Common Murres, Harbor Seals, Marbled Murrelets, Pacific Herring, Pigeon Guillemot, Pink Salmon

Abstract: This project would continue an effort initiated in FY 94 (Project 94163) concentrating on the distribution, abundance and availability of important prey species (e.g., herring, pollock, sandlance, capelin, macrozooplankton, squid) to predatory species affected by the oil spill (i.e., harbor seals, pigeon guillemots, marbled murrelets, common murres, black-legged kittiwakes and pink salmon). Diet overlap and prey selection among forage fish species will also be examined. This information (trophic position and niche overlap among species) would be used to establish the basic structure of future ecosystem models.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY95: View (10,792 KB)
Final Report: See Project 00163-A

Publications from this Project: None Available