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Fig. 1. The Alaska Peninsula and Kuskokwim Bay segments. Heavy line indicates the surveyed coastline. 40
Fig. 2. The St. Lawrence and Punuk Island segments. Heavy lines indicate the areas surveyed. 41
Page 3: Environmental Assessment of the Ala
Page 7: MARINE MAMMALS A
Page 11: Research Unit 241 243 248 249 Propo
Page 15: RU 14 "Distribution of the Pacific
Page 19 and 20: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT RU67 - Baseline
Page 21 and 22: 3 Vessels Dates of Operations M/V T
Page 23 and 24: VI. Estimate of Funds Expended 1 Ju
Page 25 and 26: OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENERGY PROG
Page 27: III. Results: be examined by the Po
Page 32: the Univers of Washington. Sampling
Page 36 and 37: 2. Ms. Nancy Severinghaus joined th
Page 38: VI. Estimate of Funds Expended A. P
Page 42 and 43: -2- (18-23 June) by technician L. S
Page 44 and 45: IV. Problems Encountered -4- perito
Page 48 and 49: Fig. 3. The Kotzebue Sound segments
Page 50 and 51: C. Methods 1. Harbor seals are bein
Page 52 and 53: VI. Estimate of funds expended. Equ
Page 54 and 55: II. Field and Laboratory Activities
Page 56 and 57: Table 2. Bearded seal specimens exa
Page 58 and 59: MARINE MAMAL NECROPSIES done by Car
Page 60 and 61: Figure 2. Fetal growth in weight in
Page 63: RU 231 "Aerial Census Spotted Seals
Page 66 and 67: 5. The final phase of the project,
Page 68 and 69: III. Results Since April 1975, 93 s
Page 71 and 72: OCSEP - Research Unit #240 Semi Ann
Page 73 and 74: when photographs of pods are examin
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Page 77 and 78: OCSEP - Research Unit 24 - Semi Ann
Page 79 and 80: III. Results Sea lion rookeries and
Page 81: VII. Recommendations for future res
Page 84: W. M. Sackinger -2- October 6, 1975
Page 89 and 90: MARINE BIRDS Research Unit Proposer
Page 91: RU 3/4 "Identification, Documentati
Page 94 and 95: DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE NOV 04 1975
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III. Results 3. The actual length o
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IX. Suggestions for More Effective
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Table 2. Types of Cliffs on St. Geo
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Table 4. Census Data--Stratum A Cli
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Table 6. Census Data--Stratum A Cli
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Table 7. Census Data--Strata B and
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Table 8 (cont.) 102
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Table 9 Ledge Attendance Counts: Ki
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Table 10 Ledge Attendance Counts: K
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Table 10 (Cont.)
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Table 11 Ledge Attendance Counts: T
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Table 11 continued.
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Table 12. Flight Count--Least Aukle
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Table 14 Least Auklcts Collected 11
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Table 16. Flight Counts: Murre Flig
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OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENERGY PROG
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D. Conceptual Model No results. V.
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Figure 1. Stations at which fish st
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I. OBJECTIVES TABLE OF CONTENTS II.
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LIST OF TABLES page Table 1 Schedul
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Data on the foods and foraging area
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5. Laurie E. Holmgren. Laboratory A
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C. Study Areas and Work Schedule St
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FIGURE 2
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TABLE 1 (continued) 140
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nesting ledges. As a result of our
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Data on growth rates of the chicks
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(OSS 022). D. Causey and D. Schwart
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FIGURE 3
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5. Survey of Otter and Walrus Islan
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E. Data Collected Table 2 indicates
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III. RESULTS A. Reproductive Succes
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TABLE 4. Red-faced Cormorant Reprod
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species is almost certainly the nex
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TABLE 5 Reproductive Success of Bla
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disappeared when they were very sma
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TABLE 6 Reproductive Success of Red
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FIGURE 7 PRESENCE OF NESTS WITH EGG
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St. Paul, as these more accessible
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PRESENCE OF EGGS AND CHICKS COMMON
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TABLE 9 THICK-BILLED MURRE REPRODUC
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FIGURE 9 PRESENCE OF EGGS AND CHICK
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y egging activity by Aleut people o
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y an order of magnitude. Like the H
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11. Parakeet Auklet (Cyclorrhynchus
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Due to predominately overcast weath
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TABLE 12. Total Food Samples Collec
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eeding. While all of the alcids (mu
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FIGURE 11 Total Birds Seen on the C
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FIGURE 13 Fulmars Counted on the Cr
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FIGURE 15 Shearwaters (total) Count
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FIGURE 17 Kittiwakes Counted on the
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FIGURE 19 Murre Counted on the Crui
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D. Survey of Otter and Walrus Islan
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and also for advising government bo
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Murre enjoys both greater hatching
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V. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED/RECOMMENDED
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the motorcycles in the first place,
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perform routine checks of Kittiwake
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TABLE 15 Schedule of Field Operatio
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VI. FINANCIAL STATEMENT Table 17 pr
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In this project we
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Fork-tailed Petrel Counted on the C
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Shearwater (unidentified) Counted o
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Glaucous-winged Gull Counted on the
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Parakeet Auklet Counted on the Crui
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Least Auklet Counted on the Cruise
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Puffin (unidentified) Counted on th
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Tufted Puffin Counted on the Cruise
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Jaegers (unidentified) Counted on t
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Jaegers (total) Counted on the Crui
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Black Turnstone Counted on the Crui
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Turnstones (total) Counted on the C
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INTRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS SCOP
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iv LIST OF FIGURES Figure page 1. M
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am deeply indebt
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INTRODUCTION The Larinae (gulls) ha
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3 of breeding biology, calculated h
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5 northeast Gulf of Alaska was gath
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THE STUDY AREA The largest and prob
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9 the Copper River into the interio
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11 to Prince William Sound. The Cop
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Reproductive Cycle 13 We used a met
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15 due to weather conditions and sn
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17 northeast Gulf of Alaska, the ge
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advantage of behavioral mechanisms
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21 adults. Our evidence from Egg Is
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Figure 5. Map of the Yakutat area,
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Figure 6. View from Egg Island, Jun
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27 that is, usually within the terr
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29 may initiate nest building. Afte
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Egg Laying Table 3 Nest Depth for E
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33 Egg synchrony will be investigat
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35 limits of clutch size have been
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e investigated further. Egg Loss 37
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Table 4 Numbers of "Lost", "Inferti
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Figure 14. Abnormal Egg Size, Examp
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Egg and Clutch Replacement 43 Repla
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45 time, despite of larger spread o
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47 by picking them up and dropping
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49 We also wish to point out that i
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51 mortalities associated with colo
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53 in contrast to North Marble, whe
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in a hot, dry summer. Thus weather,
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57 calls were due, in order of impo
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with the above studies, fledged rou
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61 operating, this individual was s
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63 south of Yakutat, Alaska. Hybrid
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65 Harpur, C. A. 1971. Breeding bio
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PROGRESS REPORT NO. 1 NOAA OCSEP Re
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-2- activity of the birds (sitting,
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-3- in this respect. General patter
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AMENDMENTS TO PROGRESS REPORT 1. Re
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
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Dr. ,*unt cr %lier P7 r/ OCS Arctic
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MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY CONSE
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TO: NOAA, Environmental Research La
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TO: NOAA Environmental Research Lab
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TO: NOAA Environmental Laboratories
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TO: NOAA Environmental Laboratories
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RU 239 "Ecology and Behavior of Sou
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Semi-annual Prugress Report Project
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Migration observations - numbers, m
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Positions (noon) for GLACIER Cruise
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coordinate the projects studying a
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FISH, PLANKTON, BENTHOS, LITTORAL
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FISH, PLANKTON, BENTHOS, LITTORAL -
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111. Results -3- 2. For R/V Miller
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During the report period we have or
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Progress Report 1 April - 30 Novemb
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BEAUFORT SEA SPECIES CODE 398
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BEAUFORT SEA SPECIES CO3E .400
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RU 19 "Herring Spawning Surveys - S
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RU 24 "Razor Clam Density & Distrib
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State of Alaska Department of Fish
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LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE TITLE PAGE 1
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LIST OF TABLES TABLE TITLE PAGE 1 O
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I. TASK OBJECTIVES The main objecti
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Laboratory analysis was limited to
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(3) Chugach Bay - southern point an
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Intended Use for Size and Density D
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III. RESULTS Results from each stud
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of this area is characterized by th
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Table 2. Macrophytes observed growi
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Table 4. Summary of size distributi
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COMPARISON OF SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS AT
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Size, biomass and density data were
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Near the southern point of Chugach
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Table 6. Density of some dominant m
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Suspension feeders dominated the in
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Asteroids were a very widely distri
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Table 9. Summary of prey items of a
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Table 11. Size distributions of the
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General appearance of the area was
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Table 14. Size distribution for Mus
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PORT DICK STUDY SITE
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Table 15. Abundance data for Evaste
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Laminaria saccharina, attached to s
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Table 18. Approximate distribution
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LITERATURE CITED Ebert, T.A. 1973.
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Appendix B Coverage by Fucus distic
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Appendix C (continued)
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Appendix D (continued) 470
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Appendix E (continued) 474
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Appendix F (continued) 476
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Appendix H Feeding and size data fo
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Appendix H (continued) 480
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Appendix H (continued) 482
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Appendix I (continued) 484
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Appendix J (continued) 486
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Appendix L Species composition and
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Appendix L (continued) 490
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JUNEAU PROJECT OFFI CE P. O. BOX 18
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OUTER CONTIENETAL SHELF ENERGY PROG
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Figure 1
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Progress Report, BLM/OCS Research U
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west longitude, respectively. Exami
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(2) Growth e. Behavior (a) Age-leng
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proposals, this "cross-walking" of
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already located. Review and annotat
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Zaproridae Prowfish (Zaprora silehu
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I. Task Objectives II. Field Activi
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I. Task Objectives (Tasks 78 and 79
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Figure 1, Intertidal sampling sites
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Figure 2. Intertidal sampling sites
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are taken of the general site, the
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II. Field Studies -- Aerial Beach C
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II. Results - Intertidal Baselines
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Table 1. (Continued)
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Table 3.--Number and types of sampl
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Table 5.--Species list of drift bio
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Table 7.--Species list of drift bio
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Table 8.--Number and mean daily acc
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III. Results -- Aerial Survey Over
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Table 10.--Invertebrate species col
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III. Results -- Computer Format and
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answer the most important question
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Gulf of Alaska: (Task 78) Salaries:
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Appendix I -- Diving Activities (Re
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4 Animals noted Sabellid worms - im
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6 Algae noted: Laminaria groenlandi
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8 July 25, 1975 - Makushin Bay, Una
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10 Methods used: Species collection
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12 Assessment of methods & future r
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14 Methods used: Qualitative observ
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16 August 16, 1975 - Otter Island,
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18 Type of bottom: Boulders in high
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National Marine Fisheries Service O
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TABLE 1 TENTATIVE LIST OF MACROALGA
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MUSCULUS SIZE CLASS DISTRIBUTIONS F
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TABLE 2 MACLEOD HARBOR (1/4 m 2 qua
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SYLLIDEA (cont.) Typosyllis pulchra
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POLYPLACOPHORA 4903 Cynoplax dentie
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DECAPODA (cont.) Pagurus beringanus
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ADDITIONS (cont.) Metridium senile
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Appendix III -- Example of Sorting
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Appendix IV -- Literature Survey Fo
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MOAA FORM24-21 U.S. DEPAlTmENTT OF
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i____ Appendix IV NOAA FORM 24.L2 U
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Citation: i, J -r -, S.
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St c C7 T 31 4,1. - 1 s. Im an arct
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Boring Sea continued 7. Makushin Ba
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I. Task Objectives The task of prim
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Task Title: Plankton of the Gulf of
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C. Methods Zooplankton will be samp
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Figure 1. Sampling stations 1-30, P
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Figure 3. Sampling stations, Intern
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Task Title: Phytoplankton and Prima
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Proposed locations of the primary p
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expected as a result of the major s
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VI. Estimate of Funds Expended -4-
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III. Results -2- The second cruise,
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III. Results -3- Alas ka catch and
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III. Results E. Data collected or a
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Our attempts to copy field data she
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Fig. 1. Station Sampling Plan, Anna
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Fig. 3. Station Sampling Plan, Mill
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Calibration and quality Control The
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Thirty sampling stations were estab
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DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME August
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D. Sample Localities III. Results -
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VI. Estimate of Funds Expended -4-
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-2- D. All of the Bering Sea benthi
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formalin solution. We expect to buf
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OUTER CONTINENTAL .HELF ENERGY PROG
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Departmental Concurrence: - OtTER C
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unpublished catch records is essent
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e. Behavior (1) Migrations (2) Bath
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III. Laboratory Activities A. Metho
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information for non-salmonid pelagi
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Lamnidae APPENDIX A Proposed Specie
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Zaproridae Prowfish (Zaprora silehu
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Beaufort Sea Plankton Studies (Rese
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(Fig. 2) with surface and near-bott
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3. Expected results 4 The results o
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