Project Information

Title: SEA: Nearshore Fish 95320-N

Project Year and Number: 1995: 95320-N

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1999: 99320-N-CLO, 1998: 98320-N, 1997: 97320-N, 1996: 96320-N, 1994: 94320-N

Principal Investigator (PI): Gary Thomas (Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences; U. Miami)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Jay Kirsch, Nicholas Peters, Geoff Steinhart

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Pacific Herring, Pink Salmon

Abstract: This project would continue work initiated in FY 94 as part of the PWS System Investigation (Project 94320). This particular sub-project would include description of macrozooplankton distribution and biomass in real time using hydroacoustics; description of fish predator distribution /biomass in real time using hydroacoustics; integration of this sub-project with research on other birds, mammals and fishes to test the hypothesis that plankton/nekton/predator populations aggregate in cyclic patterns and specific locations due to currents and bottom morphology; and determination of the relative recruitment of juvenile Pacific herring into the nearshore rearing areas and adult spawning population of PWS.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY95: View (9,550 KB)
Final Report: Final Report Not available. For current status, please contact us.

Publications from this Project: None Available

Datasets:
EVOSTC Data Archive: The data produced by this project includes acoustically derived biomass density estimates of herring, pollock, and macro-zooplankton around Prince William Sound. In the future, data will include two dimensional surface maps, two dimensional vertical distributions and three dimensional seascapes. ASCII text, or paper printouts, reports, articles Availability: Available to collaborating researchers and managers and through the scheduled release of the SEA database.