Perspectives: Gene Expression in Fisheries Management
Jennifer L. Nielsen, Scott A. Pavey
2010, Current Zoology (56) 157-174
Functional genes and gene expression have been connected to physiological traits linked to effective production and broodstock selection in aquaculture, selective implications of commercial fish harvest, and adaptive changes reflected in non-commercial fish populations subject to human disturbance and climate change. Gene mapping using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to identify...
Metal exposure and effects in voles and small birds near a mining haul road in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska
William G. Brumbaugh, Miguel A. Mora, Thomas W. May, David N. Phalen
2010, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (170) 73-86
Voles and small passerine birds were live-captured near the Delong Mountain Regional Transportation System (DMTS) haul road in Cape Krusenstern National Monument in northwest Alaska to assess metals exposure and sub-lethal biological effects. Similar numbers of animals were captured from a reference site in southern Cape Krusenstern National Monument for...
Long-term persistence of spent lead shot in tundra wetlands
Paul L. Flint, Jason L. Schamber
2010, Journal of Wildlife Management (74) 148-151
We seeded experimental plots with number 4 lead pellets and sampled these plots for 10 years to assess the settlement rate of pellets in tundra wetland types commonly used by foraging waterfowl. After 10 years, about 10% of pellets remained within 6 cm of the surface, but >50% remained within...
Marine tephrochronology of the Mt. Edgecumbe volcanic field, southeast Alaska, USA
Jason A. Addison, James E. Beget, Thomas A. Ager, Bruce P. Finney
2010, Quaternary Research (73) 277-292
The Mt. Edgecumbe Volcanic Field (MEVF), located on Kruzof Island near Sitka Sound in southeast Alaska, experienced a large multiple-stage eruption during the last glacial maximum (LGM)-Holocene transition that generated a regionally extensive series of compositionally similar rhyolite tephra horizons and a single well-dated dacite (MEd) tephra. Marine sediment cores...
Divergent movements of walrus and sea ice in the northern Bering Sea
Chadwick V. Jay, Mark S. Udevitz, Ron Kwok, Anthony S. Fischbach, David C. Douglas
2010, Marine Ecology Progress Series (407) 293-302
The Pacific walrus Odobenus rosmarus divergens is a large Arctic pinniped of the Chukchi and Bering Seas. Reductions of sea ice projected to occur in the Arctic by mid-century raise concerns for conservation of the Pacific walrus. To understand the significance of sea ice loss to the viability of walruses,...
GPS tracking devices reveal foraging strategies of black-legged kittiwakes
Jana Kotzerka, Stefan Garthe, Scott A. Hatch
2010, Journal of Ornithology (151) 459-467
The Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla is the most abundant gull species in the world, but some populations have declined in recent years, apparently due to food shortage. Kittiwakes are surface feeders and thus can compensate for low food availability only by increasing their foraging range and/or devoting more time to...
Catalogue of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternal den locations in the Beaufort Sea and neighboring regions, Alaska, 1910–2010
George M. Durner, Anthony S. Fischbach, Steven C. Amstrup, David C. Douglas
2010, Data Series 568
This report presents data on the approximate locations and methods of discovery of 392 polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternal dens found in the Beaufort Sea and neighboring regions between 1910 and 2010 that are archived by the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. A description of data collection...
Epizootic of beak deformities among wild birds in Alaska: An emerging disease in North America?
Colleen M. Handel, Lisa M. Pajot, Steven M. Matsuoka, Caroline R. Van Hemert, John Terenzi, Sandra L. Talbot, Daniel M. Mulcahy, Carol U. Meteyer, Kimberly A. Trust
2010, The Auk (127) 882-898
The sudden appearance of a large cluster of animals with gross abnormalities may signal a significant change in an ecosystem. We describe an unusual concentration of beak deformities that appear to have arisen rapidly within Alaska and now extend southward along the Pacific Coast. In Alaska we have documented 2,160...
Reproductive ecology and habitat use of pacific Black Scoters (Melanitta nigra americana) nesting on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Jason L. Schamber, Fred J. Broerman, Paul L. Flint
2010, Waterbirds (33) 129-139
Abundance indices of Black Scoters (Melanitta nigra. americana) breeding in Alaska indicate a long-term population decline without obvious cause (s). However, few life history data are available for the species in North America. In 2001–2004, information was collected on nesting habitat and reproductive parameters (i.e. components of productivity) from a...
Distribution and community characteristics of staging shorebirds on the northern coast of Alaska
Audrey R. Taylor, Richard B. Lanctot, Abby N. Powell, Falk Huettmann, Debora A. Nigro, Steven J. Kendall
2010, Arctic (63) 451-467
Avian studies conducted in the 1970s on Alaska’s Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP) indicated that coastal littoral habitats are important to Arctic-breeding shorebirds for staging prior to fall migration. However, relatively little recent, broad-scale, or quantitative information exists on shorebird use of staging areas in this region. To locate possible shorebird...
Health evaluation of western arctic King Eiders (Somateria spectabilis)
Cheryl A. Scott, Jonna A.K. Mazet, Abby N. Powell
2010, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (46) 1290-1294
The western arctic population of King Eiders (Somateria spectabilis) has declined by >50% in recent years. A health assessment was conducted for adult King Eiders breeding on the north slope of Alaska, USA, to evaluate body condition (n=90, 2002–2006) and baseline biochemical and hematologic values (n=20–30, 2005–2006). Body condition for...
Salmon carcasses increase stream productivity more than inorganic fertilizer pellets: A test on multiple trophic levels in streamside experimental channels
Mark S. Wipfli, John P. Hudson, John P. Caouette, N.L. Mitchell, Joanna L. Lessard, Ron A. Heintz, D. T. Chaloner
2010, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (139) 824-839
Inorganic nutrient amendments to streams are viewed as possible restoration strategies for re-establishing nutrients and stream productivity throughout the western coast of North America, where salmon runs and associated marine-derived nutrient subsidies have declined. In a mesocosm experiment, we examined the short-term (6 weeks) comparative effects of artificial nutrient pellets...
Estimating carcass persistence and scavenging bias in a human‐influenced landscape in western Alaska
Paul L. Flint, Ellen W. Lance, Kristine M. Sowl, Tyrone F. Donnelly
2010, Journal of Field Ornithology (81) 206-214
We examined variation in persistence rates of waterfowl carcasses placed along a series of transects in tundra habitats in western Alaska. This study was designed to assess the effects of existing tower structures and was replicated with separate trials in winter, summer and fall as both the resident avian population...
Two mechanisms of aquatic and terrestrial habitat change along an Alaskan Arctic coastline
Christopher D. Arp, Benjamin M. Jones, Joel A. Schmutz, Frank E. Urban, M. Torre Jorgenson
2010, Polar Biology (33) 1629-1640
Arctic habitats at the interface between land and sea are particularly vulnerable to climate change. The northern Teshekpuk Lake Special Area (N-TLSA), a coastal plain ecosystem along the Beaufort Sea in northern Alaska, provides habitat for migratory waterbirds, caribou, and potentially, denning polar bears. The 60-km coastline of N-TLSA is...
Development of monitoring protocols to detect change in rocky intertidal communities of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Gail V. Irvine
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1283
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeastern Alaska includes extensive coastlines representing a major proportion of all coastlines held by the National Park Service. The marine plants and invertebrates that occupy intertidal shores form highly productive communities that are ecologically important to a number of vertebrate and invertebrate consumers...
Hazard information management, interagency coordination, and impacts of the 2005-2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano: Chapter 28 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
Christina A. Neal, Thomas L. Murray, John A. Power, Jennifer N. Adleman, Paul M. Whitmore, Jeffery M. Osiensky
John A. Power, Michelle L. Coombs, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, editor(s)
2010, Professional Paper 1769-28
Dissemination of volcano-hazard information in coordination with other Federal, State, and local agencies is a primary responsibility of the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO). During the 2005-6 eruption of Augustine Volcano in Alaska, AVO used existing interagency relationships and written protocols to provide hazard guidance before, during, and after eruptive events....
Emission of SO2, CO2, and H2S from Augustine Volcano, 2002-2008: Chapter 26 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
Kenneth A. McGee, Michael P. Doukas, Robert G. McGimsey, Christina A. Neal, Rick L. Wessels
John A. Power, Michelle L. Coombs, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, editor(s)
2010, Professional Paper 1769-26
Airborne surveillance of gas emissions from Augustine Volcano and other Cook Inlet volcanoes began in 1990 to identify baseline emission levels during noneruptive conditions. Gas measurements at Augustine for SO2, CO2, and H2S showed essentially no evidence of anomalous degassing through spring 2005. Neither did a measurement on May 10,...
Petrology and geochemistry of the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano: Chapter 15 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
Jessica F. Larsen, Christopher J. Nye, Michelle L. Coombs, Mariah Tilman, Pavel Izbekov, Cheryl Cameron
John A. Power, Michelle L. Coombs, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, editor(s)
2010, Professional Paper 1769-15
Deposits from the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska, record a complex history of magma mixing before and during the eruption. The eruption produced five major lithologies: low-silica andesite scoria (LSAS; 56.5 to 58.7 weight percent SiO2), mostly during the initial explosive phase; high-silica andesite pumice (HSA; 62.2 to 63.3...
Lightning and electrical activity during the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano: Chapter 25 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
Ronald J. Thomas, Stephen R. McNutt, Paul R. Krehbiel, William Rison, Grayden Aulich, Harald Edens, Guy Tytgat, Edward Clark
John A. Power, Michelle L. Coombs, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, editor(s)
2010, Professional Paper 1769-25
Lightning and other electrical activity were measured during the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano. We found two phases of the activity, the explosive phase corresponding to the explosive eruptions and the plume phase. We classified the lightning into three types, vent discharges, near-vent lightning, and plume lightning. Vent discharges are...
Remote telemetered and time-lapse cameras at Augustine Volcano: Chapter 12 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
John Paskievitch, Cyrus Read, Thomas Parker
John A. Power, Michelle L. Coombs, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, editor(s)
2010, Professional Paper 1769-12
Before and during the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) installed a network of telemetered and nontelemetered cameras in Homer, Alaska, and on Augustine Island. On December 1, 2005, a network camera was installed at the Homer Field Station, a University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute...
Public outreach and communications of the Alaska Volcano Observatory during the 2005-2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano: Chapter 27 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
Jennifer N. Adleman, Cheryl E. Cameron, Seth F. Snedigar, Christina A. Neal, Kristi L. Wallace
John A. Power, Michelle L. Coombs, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, editor(s)
2010, Professional Paper 1769-27
The 2005-6 eruption of Augustine Volcano in the Cook Inlet region, Alaska, greatly increased public desire for volcano hazard information, as this eruption was the most significant in Cook Inlet since 1992. In response to this heightened concern, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) increased ongoing efforts to deliver specific eruption-focused...
Timing, distribution, and character of tephra fall from the 2005-2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano: Chaper 9 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano
Kristi L. Wallace, Christina A. Neal, Robert G. McGimsey
John A. Power, Michelle L. Coombs, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, editor(s)
2010, Professional Paper 1769-9
The 2005–6 eruption of Augustine Volcano produced tephra-fall deposits during each of four eruptive phases. Late in the precursory phase (December 2005), small phreatic explosions produced small-volume, localized, mostly nonjuvenile tephra. The greatest volume of tephra was produced during the explosive phase (January 11–28, 2006) when 13 discrete Vulcanian explosions...
Pyroclastic flows, lahars, and mixed avalanches generated during the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano: Chapter 10 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
James W. Vallance, Katharine F. Bull, Michelle L. Coombs
John A. Power, Michelle L. Coombs, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, editor(s)
2010, Professional Paper 1769-10
Each of the three phases of the 2006 eruption at Augustine Volcano had a distinctive eruptive style and flowage deposits. From January 11 to 28, the explosive phase comprised short vulcanian eruptions that punctuated dome growth and produced volcanowide pyroclastic flows and more energetic hot currents whose mobility was influenced...
Preliminary slope-stability analysis of Augustine Volcano: Chapter 14 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
Mark E. Reid, Dianne L. Brien, Christopher F. Waythomas
John A. Power, Michelle L. Coombs, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, editor(s)
2010, Professional Paper 1769-14
Augustine Volcano has been a prolific producer of large debris avalanches during the Holocene. Originating as landslides from the steep upper edifice, these avalanches typically slide into the surrounding ocean. At least one debris avalanche that occurred in 1883 during an eruption initiated a far-traveled tsunami. The possible occurrence of...
The Plate Boundary Observatory Permanent Global Positioning System Network on Augustine Volcano before and after the 2006 Eruption: Chapter 19 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
Benjamin A. Pauk, Michael Jackson, Karl Feaux, David Mencin, Kyle Bohnenstiehl
John A. Power, Michelle L. Coombs, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, editor(s)
2010, Professional Paper 1769-19
In September of 2004, UNAVCO and the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) installed five permanent Continuous Global Positioning System (CGPS) stations on Augustine Volcano, supplementing one existing CGPS station operated by the Alaska Volcano Observatory. All six CGPS stations proved crucial to scientists for detecting...
