A scenic of Cabin Bay on Naked Island in Prince William Sound
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A scenic of Cabin Bay on Naked Island in Prince William Sound
Schools of Pacific sand lance in Cabin Bay, Prince William Sound
Schools of Pacific sand lance in Cabin Bay, Prince William SoundSchools (shadows along the shore) of Pacific sand lance in Cabin Bay, Prince William Sound
Schools of Pacific sand lance in Cabin Bay, Prince William Sound
Schools of Pacific sand lance in Cabin Bay, Prince William SoundSchools (shadows along the shore) of Pacific sand lance in Cabin Bay, Prince William Sound
Three Arctic Terns sitting on a log in Prince William Sound
Three Arctic Terns sitting on a log in Prince William SoundThree Arctic Terns sitting on a log floating in the water in Prince William Sound.
Three Arctic Terns sitting on a log in Prince William Sound
Three Arctic Terns sitting on a log in Prince William SoundThree Arctic Terns sitting on a log floating in the water in Prince William Sound.
A Kittlitz’s Murrelet flying over waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska. You can see the reflection of the Kittlitz’s Murrelet in the water below.
A Kittlitz’s Murrelet flying over waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska. You can see the reflection of the Kittlitz’s Murrelet in the water below.
A Kittlitz’s Murrelet patters across the water to take flight in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
A Kittlitz’s Murrelet patters across the water to take flight in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
A Kittlitz’s Murrelet flying over waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska. You can see the reflection of the Kittlitz’s Murrelet in the water below.
A Kittlitz’s Murrelet flying over waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska. You can see the reflection of the Kittlitz’s Murrelet in the water below.
Biologists with cast net caught forage fish in Prince William Sound
Biologists with cast net caught forage fish in Prince William SoundBrielle Heflin and Sarah Schoen catching forage fish with a cast net in Prince William Sound.
Biologists with cast net caught forage fish in Prince William Sound
Biologists with cast net caught forage fish in Prince William SoundBrielle Heflin and Sarah Schoen catching forage fish with a cast net in Prince William Sound.
Black-legged Kittiwakes foraging on Pacific sand lance
Black-legged Kittiwakes foraging on Pacific sand lanceBlack-legged Kittiwakes foraging on Pacific sand lance
Black-legged Kittiwakes foraging on Pacific sand lance
Black-legged Kittiwakes foraging on Pacific sand lanceBlack-legged Kittiwakes foraging on Pacific sand lance
Randy Brown adjusts a fish wheel trap on the Yukon River
Randy Brown adjusts a fish wheel trap on the Yukon RiverRandy Brown adjusts a fish wheel trap on the Yukon River that will catch Chinook salmon.
Randy Brown adjusts a fish wheel trap on the Yukon River
Randy Brown adjusts a fish wheel trap on the Yukon RiverRandy Brown adjusts a fish wheel trap on the Yukon River that will catch Chinook salmon.
Black-legged Kittiwake foraging on Pacific sand lance
Black-legged Kittiwake foraging on Pacific sand lanceBlack-legged Kittiwakes foraging on Pacific sand lance.
Black-legged Kittiwake foraging on Pacific sand lance
Black-legged Kittiwake foraging on Pacific sand lanceBlack-legged Kittiwakes foraging on Pacific sand lance.
A completed limnocorral positioned over a bed of Elodea spp.. This experiment is studying the effect of the invasive species Elodea spp. on aquatic ecosystems.
A completed limnocorral positioned over a bed of Elodea spp.. This experiment is studying the effect of the invasive species Elodea spp. on aquatic ecosystems.
Fish drying at a subsistence fish camp along the Yukon River
Fish drying at a subsistence fish camp along the Yukon RiverFish drying at a subsistence fish camp along the Yukon River.
Fish drying at a subsistence fish camp along the Yukon River
Fish drying at a subsistence fish camp along the Yukon RiverFish drying at a subsistence fish camp along the Yukon River.
Short-eared Owl. This photo was taken on the Seward Peninsula as part of the Changing Arctic Ecosystem Boreal-Arctic Transition Zone program.
Short-eared Owl. This photo was taken on the Seward Peninsula as part of the Changing Arctic Ecosystem Boreal-Arctic Transition Zone program.
Black-legged Kittiwake captured 2 Pacific sand lance
Black-legged Kittiwake captured 2 Pacific sand lanceBlack-legged Kittiwake captured 2 Pacific sand lance.
Black-legged Kittiwake captured 2 Pacific sand lance
Black-legged Kittiwake captured 2 Pacific sand lanceBlack-legged Kittiwake captured 2 Pacific sand lance.
Constructing a limnocorral at McKinley Lake for Elodea spp. experiment. This experiment is studying the effect of the invasive species Elodea spp. on aquatic ecosystems.
Constructing a limnocorral at McKinley Lake for Elodea spp. experiment. This experiment is studying the effect of the invasive species Elodea spp. on aquatic ecosystems.
Deployment of a limnocorral at McKinley Lake, near Cordova, Alaska for Elodea spp. experiment. This experiment is studying the effect of the invasive species Elodea spp. on aquatic ecosystems.
Deployment of a limnocorral at McKinley Lake, near Cordova, Alaska for Elodea spp. experiment. This experiment is studying the effect of the invasive species Elodea spp. on aquatic ecosystems.
Vanessa von Biela with a Chinook salmon on the Yukon River
Vanessa von Biela with a Chinook salmon on the Yukon RiverVanessa von Biela with a Chinook salmon on the Yukon River.
Vanessa von Biela with a Chinook salmon on the Yukon River
Vanessa von Biela with a Chinook salmon on the Yukon RiverVanessa von Biela with a Chinook salmon on the Yukon River.
A banded Black-legged Kittiwake taking off with a juvenile Pacific herring near Little Green Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
A banded Black-legged Kittiwake taking off with a juvenile Pacific herring near Little Green Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
A banded Black-legged Kittiwake foraging near Little Green Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
A banded Black-legged Kittiwake foraging near Little Green Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
A closeup of a male Willow Ptarmigan.
A closeup of a male Willow Ptarmigan.
Investigating a trench across the Fairweather Fault
Investigating a trench across the Fairweather FaultUSGS Research Geologist Chris DuRoss investigates earthquake-faulted stratigraphy exposed in a hand-dug trench across the Fairweather Fault scarp. Location: Crillon Lake, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.
Investigating a trench across the Fairweather Fault
Investigating a trench across the Fairweather FaultUSGS Research Geologist Chris DuRoss investigates earthquake-faulted stratigraphy exposed in a hand-dug trench across the Fairweather Fault scarp. Location: Crillon Lake, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.