Project Information

Title: SEA: Avian Predation on Herring Spawn 94320-Q

Project Year and Number: 1994: 94320-Q

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1999: 99320-Q-CLO, 1996: 96320-Q, 1995: 95320-Q

Principal Investigator (PI): Mary Anne Bishop (Prince William Sound Science Center)

Managing Agency: USFS

Assisting Personnel: Patrick Green

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Pacific Herring

Abstract: This project would close out research to determine herring egg loss to avian predators such as glaucous-winged gulls, surf scoters, black turnstones and surfbirds.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY94: View (1,254 KB)
Final Report: See Project 95320-Q

Publications from this Project: None Available

Datasets:
EVOSTC Data Archive: Aerial survey documenting herring spawn. 4/21/94 to 5/19/94. Scuba transects documenting spawn biomass and egg loss. Aerial transects of bird numbers (gulls and sea ducks) 4/13/94 to 5/13/94 Paradox, basic data storage. Excel and Lotus 1 2 3 data analysis. Availability: Contact Copper River Delta Institute at 424-7212 and request or write Dr. Bishop at CRDI Box 1460, Cordova AK 99574