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Hydrocarbon residues in sea otter tissues Hydrocarbon residues in sea otter tissues

On 24 March 1989, the T/V Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound (PWS). eventually releasing 11 million gallons of Prudhoe Bay crude oil. The subsequent oil slick extended from PWS southwest along the Kenai Peninsula, past Kodiak Island to the Alaska Peninsula (Galt and Payton 1990). The spill encompassed extensive areas of sea otter (Enhydra lutris) habitat. Estimates of sea...
Authors
Daniel M. Mulcahy, Brenda E. Ballachey

Keys to a successful project: Associated data and planning: Data standards Keys to a successful project: Associated data and planning: Data standards

The many individual salamanders, frogs, caecilians, and their larvae encountered during the course of an inventory or monitoring project will have to be identified to species. Depending on the goals and sampling method(s) used, some individuals will be identified from a distance by their calls, others will be handled. At the same time, some will be marked for recapture, and others will...
Authors
Roy W. McDiarmid

Macrophage aggregates as indicators of environmental stress Macrophage aggregates as indicators of environmental stress

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Authors
V. S. Blazer, D.E. Facey, J.W. Fournie, L.A. Courtney, J.K. Summers

Map and table showing isotopic age data in Alaska Map and table showing isotopic age data in Alaska

The source of the data reported here is a compilation of radiometric ages maintained in conjunction with the Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program (AMRAP) studies for Alaska. The symbol shape plotted at each location is coded for rock type, whether igneous, metamorphic, or other; the color of the symbol shows the geologic era or period for the Sample(s) at each locale. A list of...
Authors
Frederic H. Wilson, Nora B. Shew, G.D. DuBois
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