Status of a translocated sea otter population and its habitat in Washington
Ronald J. Jameson, Karl W. Kenyon, S. Jeffries, Glenn R. VanBlaricom
1986, Murrelet (67) 84-87
During the summers of 1969 and 1970, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Washington Department of Game translocated 59 sea otters from Amchitka Island, Alaska, to release sites in Washington (Jameson et al. 1982, Wildl. Soc. Bull. 10:100-107). Of the 29 released near Pt. Grenvil (Fig. 1)...
Meeting the challenge of policy-relevant science: lessons from a water resource project
Berton L. Lamb
1986, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (22) 811-815
Water resource scientists face complex tasks in evaluating aspects of water projects, but relatively few assessment procedures have been applied and accepted as standard applications. Decision-makers often rely on environmental assessments to evaluate the value and operation of projects. There is often confusion about scientists' role in policy decisions. The...
Activity-time budgets of sea otters in California
James A. Estes, Karen E. Underwood, Margit J. Karmann
1986, Journal of Wildlife Management (50) 626-636
Daily time budgets and activity patterns of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) were determined by scan sampling at 4 study areas in central California. Diet was determined by direct observation of foraging animals. Average time invested in foraging ranged from 11 to 71% among viewing areas (1-2 km of coastline) and...
Strain accumulation in the Shumagin and Yakataga seismic gaps, Alaska
J.C. Savage, M. Lisowski, W.H. Prescott
1986, Science (231) 585-587
Strain accumulation during the 1980-85 interval has been measured by means of trilateration surveys in the Shumagin and Yakataga seismic gaps, which are the two regions identified as the most likely sites for the next great thrust earthquakes along the Alaska-Aleutian arc. No significant strain accumulation was detected in the...
Geochronology of augen gneiss and related rocks, Yukon-Tanana terrane, east-central Alaska
John N. Aleinikoff, Cynthia Dusel-Bacon, Helen L. Foster
1986, Geological Society of America Bulletin (97) 626-637
Using several isotopic techniques, we have determined the ages of selected metamorphic rocks in the Yukon-Tanana terrane (YTT) of east-central Alaska. U-Pb zircon data from an augen gneiss body in the Big Delta quadrangle indicate that the granitoid protolith of the gneiss was intruded 341 ± 3 m.y. ago (lower...
1986 wetland plant list: Alaska
P.B. Reed Jr.
1986, Report
No abstract available....
Correlation of quaternary glacial deposits in Alaska
T. D. Hamilton
1986, Quaternary Science Reviews (5) 171-180
[No abstract available]...
Late Cenozoic Arctic Ocean sea ice and terrestrial paleoclimate
L. D. Carter, J. Brigham-Grette, L. Marincovich Jr., V.L. Pease, John W. Hillhouse
1986, Geology (14) 675-678
Sea otter remains found in deposits of two marine transgressions (Bigbendian and Fishcreekian) of the Alaskan Arctic Coastal Plain which occurred between 2.4 and 3 Ma suggest that during these two events the southern limit of seasonal sea ice was at least 1600...
Oil-source correlation study in northeastern Alaska
D.E. Anders, Leslie B. Magoon
1986, Organic Geochemistry (10) 407-415
The occurrence of numerous oil-stained outcrops across the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in northeastern Alaska indicates that commercial hydrocarbons could be present in the subsurface of this region. In addition, this region is flanked by two important oil provinces—the Prudhoe Bay area to the west...
Renierite, Cu10ZnGe2Fe4S16-Cu11GeAsFe4S16: a coupled solid solution series.
L.R. Bernstein
1986, American Mineralogist (71) 210-221
The composition of renierite is found to be Cu10(Zn1-xCux)Ge2-xAsxFe4S16 (0 = or < x = or < 1), with continuous solid solution between the zincian and arsenian end-members, Cu10ZnGe2Fe4S16 and Cu11GeAsFe4S16, through the coupled substitution Zn(II) + Ge(IV) = Cu(I) + As(V). This is the first reported example of extensive...
Repetitive digital NOAA-AVHRR data for Alaskan engineering and scientific applications
William M. Christie, Robert J. Pawlowski, Michael D. Fleming
1986, Conference Paper, Technical Papers of the American Society of Photogrammetry, Fall Technical Meeting
Selected digitally enhanced NOAA - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) images taken by the NOAA 6, 7, 8 and 9 Polar Orbiting Satellites demonstrate the capability and application of repetitive low-resolution satellite data to Alaska's engineering and science community. Selected cloud-free visible and thermal infrared images are enhanced to...
Development of labd cover and terrain databases for the Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, using LANDSAT and digital terrain data
Carl J. Markon, Stephen S. Talbot
1986, Conference Paper, Technical Papers of the American Society of Photogrammetry, Fall Technical Meeting
Landsat-derived land cover maps and associated elevation, slope, and aspect class maps were produced for the Innoko National Wildlife Refuge (3,850,000 acres; 1,555,095 hectares) in northwestern Alaska. These maps and associated digital data products are being used by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service for wildlife management, research, and...
Marine birds
Anthony R. DeGange, Gerald A. Sanger
Donald W. Hood, Steven T. Zimmerman, editor(s)
1986, Book chapter, The Gulf of Alaska: Physical environment and biological resources
In this chapter we review existing knowledge of marine birds in the Gulf of Alaska. Three estuarine systems in the Gulf provide critical habitat for migratory shorebirds and waterfowl: 1) the Stikine River Delta, 2) Cook Inlet, and 3) the Copper River Delta. Over 20 million waterbirds are estimated to...
Research on polar bears in Alaska, 1983-1985
Steven C. Amstrup
1986, Conference Paper, Polar bears: Proceedings of the ninth working meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group
Research on the ecology and status of polar bear populations in Alaska has continued since 1967. Research was a joint U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Alaska Department of Fish and Game effort until passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1972, and has been largely a Federal effort since then....
Alaska goose populations: Past, present and future
James G. King, Dirk V. Derksen
1986, Conference Paper, Transactions of the fifty-first North American wildlife and natural resources conference
Many people think Alaska remains a pristine wilderness and that wildlife populations are still at prehistoric levels. This very likely is not true for the 11 species and subspecies of geese that nest in Alaska. Large, widely dispersed populations of geese were observed near the turn of the century. Even...
What won't Turnstones eat?
Robert E. Gill Jr.
1986, British Birds (79) 402-403
The Turnstone Arenaria interpres probably has one of the most varied diets of any wader species. Besides the 'normal' foods taken (see, e.g., Prater 1972, Nettleship 1973, Jones 1975), a considerable variety of 'unusual' foods and feeding behaviours has also been reported. Items taken include soap, gull excrement, dog food,...
Fish assemblages in Macrocystis and Nereocystis kelp forests off Central California
James L. Bodkin
1986, Fishery Bulletin (84) 799-808
The abundance and species composition of conspicuous fishes were compared within two canopy forming kelp forests (giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, and bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana) in Central California. The primary investigative method was a subtidal belt transect, in which visual observation was used. The species composition of fish assemblages in the...
Potassium-argon ages of volcanic rocks from near Ankara, Central Turkey
Jay A. Ach, Frederic H. Wilson
1986, Isochron/West (47) 15-17
No abstract available....
Past and present status of polar bears in Alaska
Steven C. Amstrup, Ian Stirling, J. Lentfer
1986, Wildlife Society Bulletin (14) 241-254
No abstract available....
Effect of glacier ablation on the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project, Long Lake and Crater Lake basins, Alaska, with a section on streamflow records
C. E. Sloan, P. A. Emery, Diana Fair, Robert D. Lamke
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4315
Long Lake Basin in the Snettisham Project Area southeast of Juneau, Alaska, yields water used for the production of hydroelectric power. Development of adjacent Crater Lake is planned to increase the Project 's generating capacity. Estimates of the hydroelectric potential of the lakes are based on streamflow records which are...
Evolution of the Coast batholith along the Skagway Traverse, Alaska and British Columbia.
F. Barker, Joseph G. Arth, T. W. Stern
1986, American Mineralogist (71) 632-643
Reconnaissance geological mapping of a strip 10-15 km wide across the Coast batholith from Haines to Skagway to the vicinity of Log Cabin was performed. The petrography, major- and minor-element chemistry, geochronology (using the U/Pb method on zircons), and initial ratios of 87Sr/86Sr of a suite of representative samples from...
Determination of total, commonality, and uniqueness of interpreted structural elements from remotely sensed data in Alaska
G.H. Rosenfield
1986, Mathematical Geology (18) 161-179
Statistical analysis is conducted to determine the unique value of real- and synthetic-aperture side-looking airborne radar (SLAR) to detect interpreted structural elements. SLAR images were compared to standard and digitally enhanced Landsat multispectral scanner (MSS) images and to aerial photographs. After interpretation of the imagery, data were cumulated by total...
Field observations of bed shear stress and sediment resuspension on continental shelves, Alaska and California
D.E. Drake, D.A. Cacchione
1986, Continental Shelf Research (6) 415-429
Bed shear stress was estimated using wave and current measurements obtained with the GEOPROBE bottom-tripod system during resuspension events in Norton Sound, Alaska, and on the northern California shelf. The boundary-layer model of Grant and Madsen (1979, Journal of Geophysical Research, 84, 1797-1808) was used to compute the bed shear...
Stratigraphic setting and mineralogy of the Arctic volcanogenic massive sulfide prospect, Ambler district, Alaska
J.M. Schmidt
1986, Economic Geology (81) 1619-1643
The Arctic prospect, south central Brooks Range, is among the 30 largest of 508 volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits in the world. The massive sulphide lenses are interlayered with graphitic schist between metamorphosed rhyolite porphyries in Middle Devonian to early Mississippian metamorphosed volcanic, volcaniclastic and sedimentary rocks. Hydrothermal alteration is of...
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S SIDE-LOOKING AIRBORNE RADAR PROGRAM: THE ALASKAN CONNECTION.
Allan N. Kover, John Edwin Jones, Stephen J. Gawarecki
1986, Conference Paper, Technical Papers of the American Society of Photogrammetry, Fall Technical Meeting
The U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) has become a major source of side-looking airborne radar (SLAR) data as a result of a Congressional mandate in 1980 to 'begin the use of side-looking airborne radar for topographic and geologic mapping, and geological resource surveys in promising areas, particularly Alaska. ' In...
