Project Information

Title: SEA: Phytoplankton and Nutrients 96320-G

Project Year and Number: 1996: 96320-G

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1999: 99320-G-CLO, 1998: 98320-G, 1997: 97320-G, 1995: 95320-G, 1994: 94320-G

Principal Investigator (PI): Peter McRoy (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Jill Cameron, Paul Simpson, Kathy Tamburello, Alison Ward

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Pacific Herring, Pink Salmon

Abstract: This project would focus on primary production and provide nutrient and phytoplankton data to help evaluate the influence of phytoplankton dynamics on the PWS food web. The project would examine variations in phytoplankton production in relation to zooplankton production and oceanographic conditions.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY96: View (1,317 KB)
Final Report: See Project 99320-G-CLO

Publications from this Project: None Available

Datasets:
EVOSTC Data Archive: The data collected by this project include ocean nutrients and phytoplankton variables. Nutrient measurements include nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, phosphate and silicate. Phytoplankton variables include biomass as chlorophyll and HPLC pigments. We measure total particulate carbon and nitrogen, a measure of both phytoplankton and micro- animal biomass. We do species determinations and counts for all phytoplankton samples (as time allows). CTD measurements are made at the same time as our samples are collected. Our areal coverage includes all SEA stations on all oceanographic cruises and some fish catch cruises for the same parameters. In addition we have a time series of these variables from AFK. ASCII files Availability: Available to collaborating researchers and managers and through the scheduled release of the SEA database.