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Yellow-cedar ecology, conservation, and management
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... -
Mercury dynamics in contrasting watersheds of Glacier Bay National Park and P...
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... -
Control of egg production in Alaskan kelps
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... -
Long-term monitoring of oceanographic conditions in Prince William Sound
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.... -
Salmon responses to climate change
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... -
A toxicity study of creosote-treated wood to Pacific herring (Clupea pallassi...
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... -
Aureophycus aleuticus evolutionary biology, ecology and population dynamics i...
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...
