Project Information

Title: Toward Long-Term Oceanographic Monitoring of the GOA Ecosystem 01340

Project Year and Number: 2001: 01340

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2010: 10100340, 2007: 070340, 2004: 040340, 2003: 030340, 2002: 02340, 2000: 00340, 1999: 99340, 1998: 98340

Principal Investigator (PI): Tom Weingartner (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: None

Project Website: http://www.ims.uaf.edu/gak1/

Research Location: Resurrection Bay, Gulf of Alaska shelf

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract: Interannual variations in the temperature and salinity of Gulf of Alaska shelf waters could significantly influence this ecosystem and, therefore, the recovery and restoration of organisms and services affected by the oil spill. This variability is best quantified from long time series such as that gathered over 30 years at a hydrographic station near Seward (GAK 1). This project will continue this time series to quantify variability on this shelf. It will also attempt to establish relationships between Seward sea level and shelf salinity and regional atmospheric pressure patterns and discharge variability. The data and the analyses will aid in designing a cost-effective ecosystem-monitoring program.


Proposal: View (314 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY01: View (1,431 KB)
Final Report: See Project 10100340

Publications from this Project: None Available