Project Information

Title: APEX: Alaska Predator Ecosystem Experiment in PWS and the GOA 02163

Project Year and Number: 2002: 02163

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2001: 01163-CLO, 2000: 00163, 1999: 99163, 1998: 98163, 1997: 97163, 1996: 96163, 1995: 95163, 1994: 94163

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

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: None

Research Location: Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, Northern Gulf of Alaska

Restoration Category: Research

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

Abstract: This project will fund a third closeout year for Project /163, which used seabirds as probes of the trophic (foraging) environment of Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet, comparing their reproductive and foraging biologies, including diet. These measurements were compared with hydroacoustic, aerial, and net sampling of fish to calibrate seabird performance with fish distribution and abundance. This allowed a determination that food played a major role in limiting the recovery of seabirds from the oil spill. In FY 02, the project leader will prepare a semi-popular account of the results and implications of the project.


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Reports:
Final Report: Not available. For current status, please contact us.

Publications from this Project: None Available