Focus is on the cause and consequences of yellow-cedar decline in Alaska and British Columbia. We are developing a conservation strategy based on climate vulnerabilities and...

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (GBNPP), like many pristine high-latitude areas, is currently at risk from atmospherically derived contaminants such as Hg. Although the...

The artificial culture of seaweeds has been of interest in Alaska since the 1980s. Originally the interest lay in the culture of the giant kelp (Macrocystis) as a substrate for...

This project is intended to provide physical and biological measurements that may be used to assess bottom-up impacts on the marine ecosystems of Prince William Sound....

A major unknown facing fisheries biologists and managers is how climate change will impact populations, species, and ecosystems. This research makes use of 40 years of data to...

Selection of the best method for preserving structural timbers in the marine environment requires an assessment of the relative toxicity of preservation methods. Creosote has...

Since discovery of this second known population of the Golden V Kelp, Aureophycus aleuticus, we have been examined molecular phylogeny, evolutionary history,and are attempting...

In recent decades, actions by the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government have altered the management directives of the Tongass National Forest....

The coastal Gulf of Alaska (GoA) region is experiencing accelerating climate change as manifested by rapid recession of glaciers; climate models predict up to a 40% increase in...

The PWSSC has been contracted by Alaska Department of Fish and Game to collect the large amounts of field data to support scientific analyses to two overarching questions: (1)...

The ongoing resource conflict between sea otters and commercial, sport and subsistence harvesters in southern Southeast Alaska has been underway for at least 15 years. This...

The GAP project was initiated in 1999 by Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program faculty at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Kodiak to address trophic-level questions of...

We seek to understand the conditions under which groups of people can successfully manage their own rural, developing forest resources using behavioral experiments, survey data,...

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We are describing and mapping ecosystems, alliances and plant associations that are rare or of conservation concern in Alaska. This is part of a larger effort by the network of...

Through this research, we hope to identify human activities negatively impacting Cook Inlet belugas and their value as perceived by society by analyzing the vocal repertoire of...

JISAO’s Seasonal Coastal Ocean Prediction Experiment (J-SCOPE) represents a collaborative project involving scientists at JISAO and NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center...

Ecosystem management requires information on habitat condition across large scales; however, in Alaska comprehensive environmental surveys are often impractical and expensive to...

Ecosystem management requires information on habitat condition across large scales; however, in Alaska comprehensive environmental surveys are often impractical and expensive to...

Ichthyophonus hoferi is a parasite infecting various fish species, including Chinook salmon. While the parasite is not harmful to humans, the effects on the fish host can be...