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Title: Ecology and Demographics of Pacific Sand Lance in Lower Cook Inlet 99306
Project Year and Number: 1999: 99306
Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2000: 00306, 1998: 98306, 1997: 97306
Principal Investigator (PI): Martin Robards (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Managing Agency: USGS
Assisting Personnel: John Piatt
Research Location: Kenai Peninsula, Lower Cook Inlet
Restoration Category: Research
Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified
Abstract: This project will characterize the basic ecology, distribution, and demographics of sand lance in lower Cook Inlet. Recent declines of upper trophic level species in the Northern Gulf of Alaska have been linked to decreasing availability of forage fishes. Sand lance is the most important forage fish in most nearshore areas of the northern gulf. Despite its importance to commercial fish, seabirds, and marine mammals, little is known or published on the basic biology of this key prey species.Proposal: Not Available
Reports:
Final Report: View (26 KB)
Publications from this Project: None Available