Project Information

Title: Patterns and Processes of Population Change in Selected Nearshore Vertebrate Predators 00423

Project Year and Number: 2000: 00423

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2003: 030423, 2002: 02423, 2002: 02423-AM, 2001: 01423, 1999: 99423

Principal Investigator (PI): Jim Bodkin (DOI )

Managing Agency: USGS

Assisting Personnel: Tom Dean, Dan Esler

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Harlequin Ducks, Sea Otters

Abstract: Sea otters and harlequin ducks have not fully recovered from the oil spill. This project will explore links between oil exposure and the lack of population recovery, with the intent of understanding constraints to recovery of these species and the nearshore environment. Sea otter work will include aerial surveys of distribution and abundance, estimation of abundance and size of green sea urchins, and sea otter carcass surveys. Harlequin duck work will include field and captive bird components. Harlequin field studies will examine the relationship between survival and CYP1A; captive experiments will examine the relationships between oil exposure and CYP1A induction, and metabolic and behavioral consequences of exposure.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY00: View (4,258 KB)
Final Report: See Project 030423

Publications from this Project: None Available