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Research Unit 241 243 248 249 Proposer Karl Schneider ADF&G Karl Schneider Kenneth Pitcher ADF&G John J. Burns ADF&G Francis H. Fay IMS/U. of Alaska Lewis H. Shapiro Geophys. Inst. U. of Alaska MARINE MAMMALS - Continued Title Distribution and Abundance of Sea Otters in Southwestern Bristol Bay Population Assessment, Ecology, and Trophic Relationships of Steller Sea Lions in the Gulf of Alaska The Relationships of Marine Mammal Distributions, Densities, and Activities to Sea Ice Conditions Page 69 71 77
Page 3: Environmental Assessment of the Ala
Page 7: MARINE MAMMALS A
Page 13: RU 13 "Behavior and Reproduction of
Page 17: RU 34 "Analysis of Marine Mammal Re
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Page 22 and 23: 16 Smooth Log Books of the 9-13 Aug
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Page 26 and 27: B. Scientific Party: None Assigned
Page 31 and 32: n OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENERGY PR
Page 35 and 36: Outer CONTINENTAL SHELF ENERGY PROG
Page 37 and 38: LIVE 3 NUMBER Walrus Odobenus rosma
Page 41 and 42: Quarterly Report for Quarter Ending
Page 43 and 44: -3- 3 Steller sea lions, 96 walruse
Page 45 and 46: -5- (continued) (6 months) Total Bu
Page 47 and 48: Fig. 2. The St. Lawrence and Punuk
Page 49 and 50: OCSEP - Research Unit #229 - Semi A
Page 51 and 52: E. Data Collected III. Results As e
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Page 55 and 56: 4. Regional differences in seal den
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Figure 3. Fetal growth of length in
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Semi-annual progress report Project
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Figure 1. Locations of villages fro
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hours. The difficulty involved in i
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Other marine mammal sightings were
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VI. surveyed areas during surveys a
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IV. Preliminary interpretation of r
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4. Oct. 1 through Oct. 17. Survey o
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3. Middleton Island 146 0 18'W, 59
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Quarterly Report for Quarter Ending
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MARINE BIRDS
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MARINE BIRDS - Continued Research U
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NOV 04 1975 NEGOA Contract io. 03-5
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OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENERGY PROG
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In general, the key to the censusin
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Table 1. Symbols Used in This Repor
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Table 3. Census Data--Stratum A Cli
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Table 5. Census Data--Stratum A Cli
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Table 6 continued
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Table 8 101 101
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Table 8 (cont.) 103
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Table 9. continued.
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Table 10 (Cont.)
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Table 10. (concluded)
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Table 11 continued.
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Table 11 continued.
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Table 13 Flight Counts: Comparison
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Table 15 Flight Counts: Diurnal Eas
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Table 16 (cont.)
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3. Bird submodel Let contract, init
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Table 1. Percent composition of die
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LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Study Site
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I. OBJECTIVES In the face of impend
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II. FIELD ACTIVITIES A. Scientific
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B. Location of Field Activities Fie
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FIGURE 1
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TABLE 1. Work Schedule Pribilof Isl
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TABLE 1 (continued) 141
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D. Methods 1. Reproductive Success
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All probable nest sites located for
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(principally the Common and Thick-b
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domestic fishing vessels within the
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FIGURE 4
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FIGURE 5
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TABLE 2 Dates and Locations of Colo
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TABLE 2 (continued) 157
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TABLE 3 Types of Data Collected, Pr
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2. Red-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocor
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an egg was kicked out of the nest b
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In all nests where two chicks hatch
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FIGURE 6 PRESENCE OF NESTS WITH EGG
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National Marine Fisheries Service,
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TABLE 7 Reproductive Success of Red
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area. Chicks that "fledge" spend an
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TABLE 8 COMMON MURRE REPRODUCTIVE S
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6. Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
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TABLE 10 CHICK AND EGG MORTALITY OF
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FIGURE 10 THICK-BILLED MURRE CHICK
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were located in an open "antemchamb
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Least Auklets exhibited a regular a
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B. Foods Table 11 presents the numb
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TABLE 11. Numbers of Birds Collecte
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C. Distribution of Foraging Seabird
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TABLE 13. Numbers of Seabirds Obser
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FIGURE 12 Number of Species of Bird
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FIGURE 14 Petrels (total) Counted o
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FIGURE 16 Red-faced Cormorant Count
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FIGURE 18 Puffin (total) Counted on
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FIGURE 20 Small Alcid (total) Count
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IV. DISCUSSION Ideally a baseline s
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St. Paul, while populations of the
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10-20 miles. Because the small alci
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TABLE 14 RESEARCH NEED VS. MOTORCYC
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B. Personnel We had originally expe
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C. Surveys of Foraging Seabirds Our
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TABLE 16 Weekly Work Schedule* - St
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TABLE 17 Summary of Expenditures, M
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APPENDIX 1 Charts of Additional Bir
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Petrels (unidentified) Counted on t
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Slender-billed Shearwater Counted o
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Arctic Tern Counted on the Cruise o
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Crested Auklet Counted on the Cruis
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Small Alcid (unidentified) Counted
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Horned Puffin Counted on the Cruise
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Wandering Tattler Counted on the Cr
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Long-tailed Jaeger Counted on the C
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Turnstones (unidentified) Counted o
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Ruddy Turnstone Counted on the Crui
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BREEDING ECOLOGY OF THE GULF OF ALA
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iii LIST OF TABLES Table page 1. Cl
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v LIST OF FIGURES (cont.) Figure pa
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vii I also express gratitude to the
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2 of the size of a population from
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Figure 1. Map of the Northeast Gulf
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SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
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Figure 2. Map of the Copper River D
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10 nature of the islands and the ma
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MATERIALS AND METHODS Colony Select
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14 the number of eggs and chicks fr
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Figure 3. Glacier Bay National Monu
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Figure 4. North Marble Island lies
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20 The mechanism for establishing t
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22 Alaska is not yet clear. Evidenc
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24 Gravel beds where no gulls nest
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Figure 8. Egg Island viewed from a
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Figure 10. Campsite on Egg Island,
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Table 2 Inner and Outer Diameter of
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Figure 12. Study area southwest of
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34 quite synchronized, and began im
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36 direct effect on the population
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38 This roughly follows a normal pa
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in the two years of Patten's (1974)
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Figure 16. Abnormal Egg Size, Examp
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44 by treating eggs with a mixture
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Chick Stage Table 7 Egg Weights At
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we dyed 80 chicks with nyansol on t
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50 and coordination they attempted
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Table 9 Chick Mortality Egg Island,
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54 foraging on their own around the
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on North Marble may be acting as on
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58 have reported similar fledging p
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60 Banding Recovery and Sightings o
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SUMMARY AND TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS W
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LITERATURE CITED American Ornitholo
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66 Smith, N. G. 1966a. Adaptations
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I. TASK OBJECTIVES A. We intend to
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TABLE ONE 320
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-4- sufficiently precise position i
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-6- 2. Our OCSEP-funded research is
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Dr. Gunter Weller 2 7 October 1975
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OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF JUNEAU PROJ
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Herbert Curl October 31, 1975 Page
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TO: NOAA Environmental Research Lab
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TO: NOAA Environmental Laboratories
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TO NOAA: Environmental Research Lab
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Samples of Kittiwake-nesting cliffs
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July 15 - 19: at Nome; two days coa
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TO: NOAA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LAB
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3. Some of our data are not represe
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important, nor how many are necessa
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DEPAIITMENT OF FISH AND GAME / JAY
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30 July- USCGC GLACIER Pelagic obse
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22 May 570 38' 1670 29' 570 33' 167
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Specimens Collected: King Eider 2 O
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RU 337 - "Seasonal Distribution and
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FISH, PLANKTON, BENTHOS, LITTORAL R
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FISH, PLANKTON, BENTHOS, LITTORAL -
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C. Methods -2- 1. Field sampling: 6
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Semi-annual Progress Report 1 April
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Semi-annual Progress Report 1 April
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Table 1 (cont.) Amphineura Amelia S
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BEAUFORT SEA SPECIES CODE
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BEAUFORT SEA SPECIES CODE 401
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BEAUFORT SEA SPECIES CODE 403
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BEAUFORT SEA SPECIES CODE
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RU 23 "Yakutat Bay Benthbs Study" A
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PROGRESS REPORT AN ECOLOGICAL ASSES
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SECTION TABLE OF CONTENTS List of F
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LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX TITLE A
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LIST OF TABLES (continued) TABLE TI
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Field Trip Schedule II. FIELD The r
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LOCATION MAP OF THE SOUTHERN KENAl
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(2) Chugach Bay (a) 25 x 2 m quadra
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Population structure will be examin
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MUSSEL BED STUDY SITE KOYUKTOLIK BA
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Table 1. Organisms observed in oute
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Table 3. Animals noted in mussel be
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Table 5. Biomass, density and mean
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437 FIGURE 4
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CHUGACH BAY STUDY SITE
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oulders forming a rock pile extendi
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Table 7. Approximate distribution o
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Dive No. 5 was conducted at the out
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Table 8. Density estimates (indiv./
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Table 10. Summary of asteroid feedi
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Table 12. Size data for Musculus sp
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Table 13. Approximate distribution
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The area observed at the west end o
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The area in the vicinity of Port Di
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Table 16. Feeding data from head of
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Table 17. Size-frequency data for t
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IV. PRELIMINARY INTERPRETATION OF R
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Appendix A Relative coverage (%) by
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Appendix C Size distributions for m
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Appendix D , Distribution of some*
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Appendix E Distribution of some* in
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Appendix E (continued) 473
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Appendix F Quadrat data (1/4 m 2 )
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Appendix G Fish observed in the vic
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Appendix H (continued) 47 9
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Appendix H (continued) 481
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Appendix I Macrophytes observed at
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Appendix J Invertebrates observed a
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Appendix K Fishes and mammals obser
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Appendix L (continued) 489
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Appendix M Evasterias troschelii si
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To: Dr. Herbert Bruce OUTER CONTINN
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To: Dr. Herbert Bruce 29 October 19
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Estimate of funds expended to date:
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I. Task Objectives II. Background R
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1. Distribution and abundance by li
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5. Conservation/management regulati
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2. Examination of unpublished data
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Lamnidae APPENDIX A Proposed Specie
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IV. Problems Encountered V. Acknowl
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A third sampling method is also occ
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3. May 20-May 30, 1975. NOAA vessel
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7. August 13-20, 1975 NOAA vessel S
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II. Field Studies--Drift Zone A. Me
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Figure 3. Example cf Aerial survey
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Table 1. Quantitative intertidal sa
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Table 2. Summary of Outer Continent
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Table 4.--Species composition (in p
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Table 6.--Species list of drift bio
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The drift on the sand beach at Yaku
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Table 9.--Species and relative numb
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Figure 4. Areas overflown during Ju
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540
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To date, nearly 150 references have
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B. Estimation of adult responses to
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July 17, 1975 - Akun Bay (Billings
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3 July 18, 1975 - Akutan Point. Div
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5 July 21, 1975 - Cape Pierce. Dive
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7 Species seen: One sand dollar tes
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9 Cribrinopsis fernaldi ? - large a
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11 Pyncnopodia - one about 3 inches
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13 Photographs - Barr. Quantitative
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15 August 15, 1975 - Otter Island,
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17 Type of bottom: Boulders with so
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National Marine Fisheries Service P
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National Marine Fisheries Service O
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Appendix II -- Species List for Cod
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GASTROPOD (cont.) Margarites helici
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AMPHIPODA (cont.) Photis spasskii 5
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CHLOROPHYTA Ulothrix laetevirens 04
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RHODOPHYTA Bangia fuscopurpuea 1301
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CAPITELLIDAE 480158 Capitella capit
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may be necessary) 11. DATA BASE(S)
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pDATA AUi3) TO B« 51AMCHAo - 3*. t
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I. Geographic Area (Subject) INDEX
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I. Geographic Area (Subject) INDEX
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Gulf of Alaska Intertidal Sampling
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Plankton of the Gulf of Alaska - Ic
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I am still concerned that I am not
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and 211 µ mesh. These nets were ha
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VI. Funds Expended (estimated) Equi
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Figure 2. Sampling Stations 1-42, N
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Figure 4. Sampling stations, Intern
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Water samples for nutrient determin
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III. Results -3- 2) To date, approx
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IV. Problems Encountered -3- No maj
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. ample localities -2- 1. The area
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SJUNEAU PROJECT OFFICE P. 0. BOX 18
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3. Miller Freeman (NOAA), August 11
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III. Results F. Activities planned
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Fig. 2. Station Sampling Plan, Pat
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Data Management Plan for OCS Projec
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DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME October
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stations. Arctic cisco and least ci
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JUNEAU PROJECT OFFICE P. 0. BOX 180
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C. Methods 1. Field Sampling -3- a.
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V. Estimate of Funds Expended Total
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V. Estimate of Funds Expended -2- T
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Ichthyoplankton A key to the pelagi
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i. Task Objectives II. Background R
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a. total area b. relative abundance
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available on non-salmonid pelagic's
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B. Results Fishery Agency's high se
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V. Problems Encountered/Recommended
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to be effective for the subject spe
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RU 356 Littoral Survey of the Beauf
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I. Introduction Emphasis of the Bea
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portation. 3 It would help if NARL
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5 Many of the references are taxono
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