Project Information

Title: SEA: Avian Predation on Herring Spawn 95320-Q

Project Year and Number: 1995: 95320-Q

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1999: 99320-Q-CLO, 1996: 96320-Q, 1994: 94320-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 continue work initiated in FY 94 as part of the PWS System Investigation (Project 94320). This particular sub-project would attempt to determine herring egg loss to avian predators such as glaucous-winged gulls, surf scoters, black turnstones and surfbirds.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Final Report: View (3,425 KB)

Publications from this Project: None Available

Datasets:
EVOSTC Data Archive: Aerial survey documenting herring spawn. Scuba transects documenting spawn biomass and egg loss. Aerial transects of bird numbers. Paradox, basic data storage. Excel and Lotus 123 data analysis. Availability: Upon request.