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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... -
Compatibility of management activities with local landscape values and forest...
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.... -
Melting ice, habitat change and nutrient flux: Hydrological, biogeochemical a...
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... -
Interaction of wild and hatchery pink and chum salmon in Prince William Sound...
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)... -
Impacts of sea otter recolonization on marine resources and coastal communiti...
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... -
Gulf Apex Predator prey (GAP)
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... -
The emergence of adaptive governance arrangements for tropical forest ecosystems
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,... -
Surviving the gauntlet: A comparative study of the pelagic and demersal and s...
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Rare ecosystems and plant associations
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... -
Passive acoustic monitoring of Cook Inlet belugas
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... -
Development of prediction system for the california current integrated ecosys...
JISAO’s Seasonal Coastal Ocean Prediction Experiment (J-SCOPE) represents a collaborative project involving scientists at JISAO and NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center... -
Intrinsic potential habitat modeling for chinook salmon in the Copper River w...
Ecosystem management requires information on habitat condition across large scales; however, in Alaska comprehensive environmental surveys are often impractical and expensive to... -
Intrinsic potential habitat modeling for chinook salmon in the Copper River w...
Ecosystem management requires information on habitat condition across large scales; however, in Alaska comprehensive environmental surveys are often impractical and expensive to... -
Endocrine responsiveness in Chinook salmon
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...
