Project Information

Title: Gulf Watch Ocean Acidification Sampling 20200127

Project Year and Number: 2020: 20200127

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2022: 22200127 , 2021: 21200127

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

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: Jacqueline Ramsay (Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery)

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 Shellfish Hatchery (APSH) and the Alaska Ocean Acidification Laboratory in Seward, Alaska. This project would incorporate ocean acidification sampling into the Gulf Watch Program currently funded by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council (TC). The Gulf Watch program, through its routine sampling, would add the collection of ocean acidification samples to several of its sampling sites. This would add to the current data set from these sites and offer a broader understanding of ocean acidification in the Prince William Sound and Lower Cook Inlet. The Prince William Sound Science Center (PWSCC) and the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) are current partners in the Gulf Watch program and routinely conduct marine (vessel) sampling transects on a time series. The cost to sample and process ocean acidification samples ($34,300 per year) would be the only additional cost to the PWSCC and KBNERR existing programs and would go directly to CRRC.


Proposal: View (1,346 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report: View (188 KB)
Final Report: See Project 22200127

Publications from this Project: None Available