USGS Alaska Science Center Project Updates for Collaborative Science with USFWS, NPS, and BOEM
One of the primary missions of the USGS is to provide science for decision making, particularly for Department of Interior management bureaus such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the National Park Service (NPS), and the Bureau of Energy Management (BOEM).
The work of USGS for Department of Interior bureaus is funded through a variety of ways including three dedicated USGS funding programs: Science Support and Quick Response Program (with USFWS), Natural Resources Preservation Program (with NPS), and the Outer Continental Shelf Program (with BOEM). Because final science products can take a few years to complete, we provide a list of presentations of initial findings (at conferences or other venues) since 2022, that demonstrate progress toward final objectives of these studies.
Final publications and data are listed under the Publications and Data tabs of the following pages: Science Support and Quick Response Program (with USFWS), Natural Resources Preservation Program (with NPS), and the Outer Continental Shelf Program (with BOEM).
Natural Resources Preservation Program (with NPS)
2023
| Do Lake Trout foraging habits affect mercury biomagnification? Presentation by Sarah Laske at the American Fisheries Society Annual Conference, March 2023. |
| Tracing mercury through lake food webs. A National Park Service Resource Brief Article |
2022
| Tracing mercury through lake food webs. A USGS Alaska Science Center website |
| Nearshore ecosystem response to deglaciation. A National Park Service Resource Brief Article |
| Assessing the reproductive landscape for declining songbirds nesting in Denali National Park and Preserve. Presentation by Steve Matsuoka to the National Park Service Science for Lunch Series, March 2022. |
| Tracing mercury through lake food webs. A National Park Service Resource Brief Article |
Science Support and Quick Response Program (with USFWS)
2022
| Video of rare birds breeding on St. Matthew Island, Alaska. A video produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology highlighting collaborative research by the USGS Alaska Science Center and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska in 2018 – 2019. |
| McKay’s bunting: Alaska’s island songbird. Presentation by Rachel Richardson for the Strait Science series hosted by Alaska SeaGrant |
Outer Continental Shelf Program (with BOEM)
2023
| Distribution and foraging behavior of common murres and black-legged kittiwakes in lower Cook Inlet. Presentation by Samuel Stark and others, Alaska Marine Science Symposium, January 2023. |
| Forage fish sizes in the nearshore Arctic. Presentation by Vanessa von Biela and others, Alaska Marine Science Symposium, January 2023. |
| Interactions of prey abundance, prey quality, and predator disturbance following an ecosystem reset in the Gulf of Alaska. Presentation by Mayumi Arimitsu and others, Pacific Seabird Group Annual Meeting, February 2023. |
| Local environmental conditions support discrete lagoon fish communities. Presentation by Sarah Laske and others, Alaska Marine Science Symposium, January 2023. |
| Foraging behavior of black-legged kittiwakes and common murres in relation to prey distribution and density. Presentation by Samuel Stark and others, Pacific Seabird Group Annual Meeting, February 2023. |
2022
| Bald eagles contribute to common murre breeding failures in Kachemak Bay, Alaska, following marine heatwave disruption. Presentation by Mayumi Arimitsu and others, Alaska Marine Science Symposium, January 2022. |
| Identifying Foraging Hotspots and Energy Budgets of Common Murres and Black-legged Kittiwakes in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Presentation by Samuel Stark and others, Pacific Seabird Group Annual Meeting, February 2022. |
| Does fish prey influence red-throated loon productivity? A USGS Alaska Science Center website |
| Nearshore fish surveys in the Beaufort Sea. A USGS Alaska Science Center website |
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