Additions to the avifauna of St Matthew Island, Bering Sea
James A. Johnson, Steven M. Matsuoka, Daniel R. Ruthrauff, Michael A. Litzow, Maksim N. Dementyev
2004, Western Birds (35) 50-52
St. Matthew Island (60°24' N, 172°42' W) is located in the north-central Bering Sea and is renowned for its distinctive Beringian flora and fauna. Because of its central position between the coasts of Russia and Alaska, St. Matthew Island and its nearby satellites, Hall and Pinnacle islands, support a mixture...
Using discrete choice modeling to generate resource selection functions for female polar bears in the Beaufort Sea
George M. Durner, Steven C. Amstrup, Ryan M. Nielson, Trent McDonald
Snehalata Huzurbazar, editor(s)
2004, Conference Paper, Resource selection methods and applications: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Resource Selection
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) depend on ice-covered seas to satisfy life history requirements. Modern threats to polar bears include oil spills in the marine environment and changes in ice composition resulting from climate change. Managers need practical models that explain the distribution of bears in order to assess the...
Preliminary grid data and maps for an aeromagnetic survey of the Taylor mountains quadrangle and a portion of the Bethel quadrangle, Alaska
R. W. Saltus, B. Milicevic
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1293
A preliminary data grid and maps are presented for an aeromagnetic survey of the Taylor Mountains and a portion of the Bethel quadrangles, Alaska. The aeromagnetic survey was flown by McPhar Geosurveys Ltd. for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). A flight-line spacing of 1,600 meters (1 mile) and nominal flight...
Flow-Meter and Passive Diffusion Bag Tests and Potential Influences on the Vertical Distribution of Contaminants in Wells at Galena Airport, Galena, Alaska, August to October 2002
Don A. Vroblesky, J.E. Peterson
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1241
Past activities at Galena Airport, a U.S. Air Force Base in Galena, Alaska, have resulted in ground-water contamination by volatile organic compounds. The primary contaminants are petroleum hydrocarbons and chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons. The U.S. Geological Survey and Earth Tech, in cooperation with the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence, conducted...
Floods on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, October and November 2002
Josh D. Eash, Ronald L. Rickman
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3023
Conventional natural gas resource potential, Alaska North Slope
David W. Houseknecht
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1440
An estimate of total natural gas resource potential of northern Alaska can be obtained by summing known gas reserves in oil and gas fields (35 TCF), mean estimates of undiscovered nonassociated (61 TCF) and associated (12 TCF) gas resources in NPRA, and mean estimates of undiscovered nonassociated (4 TCF) and...
Selected geochemical and biogeochemical studies of the Fortymile River watershed, Alaska
Larry P. Gough
2004, Professional Paper 1685
Baseline Characteristics of Jordan Creek, Juneau, Alaska
Randy H. Host, Edward G. Neal
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1220
Anadromous fish populations historically have found healthy habitat in Jordan Creek, Juneau, Alaska. Concern regarding potential degradation to the habitat by urban development within the Mendenhall Valley led to a cooperative study among the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and the U.S. Geological Survey, that...
Glacial history and runoff components of the Tlikakila River Basin, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Timothy P. Brabets, Rod S. March, Dennis C. Trabant
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5057
The Tlikakila River is located in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve and drains an area of 1,610 square kilometers (622 square miles). Runoff from the Tlikakila River Basin accounts for about one half of the total inflow to Lake Clark. Glaciers occupy about one third of the basin and...
Pop-up archival transmitting (PAT) tags: A method to investigate the migration and behavior of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) in the Gulf of Alaska
Andrew C. Seitz, Derek Wilson, Brenda L. Norcross, Jennifer L. Nielsen
2003, Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin (10) 124-136
Pop-up archival transmitting (PAT) tags provide a fisheries-independent method of collecting environmental preference data (depth and ambient water temperature) and migration distance. In this study, we evaluate the use of pop-up archival transmitting tags as a method to investigate demersal fish. We report the results from eight pop-up archival transmitting...
A 2,000-mile partnership with the USGS, Kayaks down the Yukon
Peter Schuster, M. Reddy
2003, People, Land, and Water 39-39
Early in 2001, Bill Barber and Jay Klinck, avid kayakers and scientists, began planning a northern expedition that would take them across more than 2,000 miles of mostly untamed wilderness along the Yukon River. At the same time, USGS scientists were making plans to study the last, unregulated great river...
Long-term ecosystem repsonse to the Exxon Valdez oil spill
C. H. Peterson, S.D. Rice, J.W. Short, Daniel Esler, James L. Bodkin, Brenda E. Ballachey, D.B. Irons
2003, Science (302) 2082-2086
The ecosystem response to the 1989 spill of oil from the Exxon Valdez into Prince William Sound, Alaska, shows that current practices for assessing ecological risks of oil in the oceans and, by extension, other toxic sources should be changed. Previously, it was assumed that impacts to populations derive almost...
White phosphorus at Eagle River Flats, Alaska: A case history of waterfowl mortality
Donald W. Sparling
David J. Hoffman, Barnett A. Rattner, G. Allen Burton Jr., John Cairns Jr., editor(s)
2003, Book chapter, Handbook of ecotoxicology, second edition
White phosphorus has a limited distribution in the environment because it only occurs where it has been directly used by humans. It is not transported aerially for any distance and, due to its density, has a limited ability to disperse through water. Therefore, it is not a contaminant of broad-scale...
A temporal study of urban development for the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska
Carl J. Markon
2003, Geocarto International (18) 21-33
A land use/land cover database was produced for a portion of the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska to document the temporal and spatial extent of urbanization to assist in the analysis of changes in impervious cover and water quality. Data were derived from black and white and color infrared aerial photography,...
Surface and ground water geochemistry near the Donlin Creek gold deposit, southwestern Alaska
S. H. Mueller, M.L. Goldfarb, L.A. Munk, R. Sanzolone, P. Lamothe, M. Adams, Paul H. Briggs, R. Blaine McCleskey, P. M. Theodorakos
2003, Open-File Report 2003-492
Water and Sediment Quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, During Water Year 2001
Paul F. Schuster
2003, Open-File Report 2003-427
Overview -- This report contains water-quality and sediment-quality data from samples collected in the Yukon River Basin during water year 2001 (October 2000 through September 2001). A broad range of chemical and biological analyses from three sets of samples are presented. First, samples were collected throughout the year at five...
Maps showing sedimentary basins, surface thermal maturity, and indications of petroleum in the Central Alaska Province
Sandra M. Troutman, Richard G. Stanley
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2428
This publication includes two maps (at 1:2,500,000 scale) and a pamphlet that describe sedimentary basins, surface thermal maturity, and 95 reported occurrences of petroleum in natural seeps, wells, and rock outcrops in central Alaska. No commercial petroleum production has been obtained from central Alaska, in contrast to the prolific deposits...
Alaska resource data file: Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle
Robert K. Rogers, Jeanine M. Schmidt
2003, Open-File Report 2003-457
Descriptions of the mineral occurrences shown on the accompanying figure follow. See U.S. Geological Survey (1996) for a description of the information content of each field in the records. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska....
Alaska resource data file: Juneau quadrangle
John C. Barnett, Lance D. Miller
2003, Open-File Report 2003-456
Descriptions of the mineral occurrences shown on the accompanying figure follow. See U.S. Geological Survey (1996) for a description of the information content of each field in the records. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska....
Chemical analyses of ground and surface waters, Ester Dome, central Alaska, 2000-2001
P. L. Verplanck, S. H. Mueller, E. K. Youcha, R.J. Goldfarb, R. F. Sanzolone, R. Blaine McCleskey, Paul H. Briggs, M. Roller, M. Adams, D. Kirk Nordstrom
2003, Open-File Report 2003-244
Water analyses are reported for ground and surface waters collected at 33 sites on and near Ester Dome, Fairbanks area, central Alaska during 2000-2001. This interdisciplinary study focused on documenting the temporal and spatial chemical variations in arsenic concentrations to elucidate the processes that lead to elevated arsenic concentrations in...
Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, 2001
John P. Galloway
2003, Professional Paper 1678
The collection of 14 studies that follow continues the series of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) investigative reports in Alaska under the broad umbrella of the geologic sciences. This series presents new and sometimes-preliminary findings that are of interest to Earth scientists in academia, government, and industry; to land and resource...
Mantle and Crustal Sources of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Noble gases in Cascade-Range and Aleutian-Arc Volcanic gases
Robert B. Symonds, Robert J. Poreda, William C. Evans, Cathy J. Janik, Beatrice E. Ritchie
2003, Open-File Report 2003-436
Here we report anhydrous chemical (CO2, H2S, N2, H2, CH4, O2, Ar, He, Ne) and isotopic (3He/4He, 40Ar/36Ar, δ13C of CO2, δ13C of CH4, δ15N) compositions of virtually airfree gas samples collected between 1994 and 1998 from 12 quiescent but potentially restless volcanoes in the Cascade Range and Aleutian Arc...
Metallogenesis and Tectonics of the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera
Warren J. Nokleberg, Thomas K. Bundtzen, Roman A. Eremin, Vladimir V. Ratkin, Kenneth M. Dawson, Vladimir I. Shpikerman, Nikolai A. Goryachev, Stanislav G. Byalobzhesky, Yuri F. Frolov, Alexander I. Khanchuk, Richard D. Koch, James W.H. Monger, Anany I. Pozdeev, Ilya S. Rozenblum, Sergey M. Rodionov, Leonid M. Parfenov, Christopher R. Scotese, Anatoly A. Sidorov
2003, Open-File Report 2003-434
U.S. Geological Survey Activities Related to American Indians and Alaska Natives Fiscal Year 2003
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Report
IntroductionInformation is a resource for Native American governments, communities, organizations, and people. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides technical expertise, reports, and other impartial information sources that benefit Native Americans interested in subsistence issues, water, resources and land use, and the health of many parts of the environment. Native decisions...
Preliminary geologic map of Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska
Christopher F. Waythomas, Thomas P. Miller, Christopher Nye
2003, Open-File Report 2003-36
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