Project Information

Title: Gulf Watch Ocean Acidification Monitoring 22200127

Project Year and Number: 2022: 22200127

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2021: 21200127, 2020: 20200127

Principal Investigator (PI): Steve Baird (Kachemak Bay Research Reserve), Robert Campbell (Prince William Sound Science Center), Wiley Evans (Hakai Institute), Jeff Hetrick (Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery)

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: None

Project Website: https://www.alutiiqprideak.org/oar

Research Location: Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract:

The Chugach Regional Resources Commission (CRRC) operates the Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute (APMI), and its Ocean Acidification Research Laboratory (OAR Lab), in Seward Alaska. This project incorporates dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) sampling for the purposes of quantifying ocean acidification into the Gulf Watch Program currently funded by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council (EVOSTC). The Gulf Watch program, through its routine sampling, has added the collection of DIC samples to several of its sampling sites. This has added to the current data sets from these locations and offers a broader understanding of ocean acidification in Prince William Sound and Lower Cook Inlet. The Prince William Sound Science Center (PWSSC) and the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) are current partners in the Gulf Watch program and routinely conduct marine (vessel-based) sampling transects on a time series. The cost to sample and process DIC samples ($34,323 per year) is the only additional cost to the PWSSC and KBNERR existing programs and would go directly to CRRC.


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