Project Information

Title: Toward Long-Term Oceanographic Monitoring of the GOA Ecosystem 98340

Project Year and Number: 1998: 98340

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2010: 10100340, 2007: 070340, 2004: 040340, 2003: 030340, 2002: 02340, 2001: 01340, 2000: 00340, 1999: 99340

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: The 27-year time series of temperature and salinity data from hydrographic station GAK1 near Seward shows substantial interannual and interdecadal variability that could influence the Gulf of Alaska shelf ecosystem. This program will continue this time series and quantify the interannual and interdecadal variability of this shelf. A related goal is to resolve better the time and vertical structure of this variability at periods ranging from the tidal to the interannual. This information will aid in assessing progress in the recovery and restoration of organisms and services affected by the oil spill, and will aid in designing a long-term, cost-effective ecosystem monitoring program for this shelf.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY98: View (1,518 KB)
Final Report: See Project 10100340

Publications from this Project: None Available