Project Information

Title: SEA: Role of Zooplankton in the PWS Ecosystem 95320-H

Project Year and Number: 1995: 95320-H

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

Principal Investigator (PI): Ted Cooney (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: None

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract: This project would continue work initiated in FY 94 as part of the PWS System Investigation (Project 94320). This particular sub-project would continue to investigate the hypothesis that levels of predation on 0-class pink salmon and herring are modulated each year by the amount of macrozooplankton present during the critical months of April and May (i.e., that large populations of macrozooplankton tend to "shelter" 0-class pink salmon and herring from predation). The project would support data collection efforts to sample and monitor the distribution and composition of PWS macrozooplankton populations in collaboration with the physical oceanography component of the PWS System Investigation.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY95: View (1,318 KB)
Final Report: See Project 99320-H-CLO

Publications from this Project: None Available

Datasets:
EVOSTC Data Archive: This project is collecting and analyzing zooplankton samples from SEA stations around Prince William Sound. The data include numbers and biomass by species and life stage per unit volume (m^3) or under a unit area of sea surface (m^2) SEA Database, Reports, and ASCII files Availability: Available to collaborating researchers and managers and through the scheduled release of the SEA database.