Project Information

Title: Monitoring Ecosystem Parameters in the Northern GOA 040639

Project Year and Number: 2004: 040639

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: None

Principal Investigator (PI): Ken Goldman (Alaska Department of Fish & Game)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Bill Bechtol

Research Location: Kachemak Bay, Cook Inlet

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract: This project will refine long-term monitoring of forage species populations in Cook Inlet, an area representative of ecosystem conditions and changes in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Finfish and shellfish will be sampled annually in May with a small-mesh bottom trawl to determine whether competitive and predatory interactions or different responses to the environment may be favoring the abundance of one species over another. Project funding includes mounting a thermosalinograph on the survey platform to collect surface temperature and salinity data during all fieldwork conducted by the survey vessel throughout the calendar year. Products will include annual reports, presentations at scientific meetings, and a manuscript submission to a peer-reviewed journal. Project data will be also made available to other researchers to facilitate broader ecosystem modeling for the Gulf of Alaska. The study will incorporate community outreach and education involving local science classes in the collection of field data.


Proposal: View (115 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY04: View (33 KB)
Annual Report FY05: View (22 KB)
Annual Report FY06: View (32 KB)
Final Report: Final Report Not available. For current status, please contact us.

Publications from this Project: None Available