Publications
USGS research activities relevant to Alaska have yielded more than 9400 historical publications. This page features some of the most recent newsworthy research findings.
Filter Total Items: 3082
Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata)
No abstract available
Authors
John F. Piatt, Alexander S. Kitaysky
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
No abstract available
Authors
John F. Piatt, Alexander S. Kitaysky
Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
No abstract available
Authors
Robert E. Gill, Pavel S. Tomkovich, Brian J. McCaffery
Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) perspective: Harlequin duck population recovery following the Exxon Valdez oil spill: Progress, process, and constraints Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) perspective: Harlequin duck population recovery following the Exxon Valdez oil spill: Progress, process, and constraints
Following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, we studied the status of recovery of harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) populations during 1995-1998. We evaluated potential constraints to full recovery, including (1) exposure to residual oil, (2) food limitation, and (3) intrinsic demographic limitations on population growth rates. In this paper, we...
Authors
Daniel Esler, Timothy D. Bowman, Kimberly A. Trust, Brenda E. Ballachey, Thomas A. Dean, Stephen C. Jewett, Charles E. O’Clair
Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana) Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
No abstract available
Authors
Robert E. Gill, Brian J. McCaffery, Pavel S. Tomkovich
U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA): play maps and technically recoverable resource estimates U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA): play maps and technically recoverable resource estimates
This report provides a summary of the estimated volume of technically recoverable undiscovered oil and nonassociated gas resources for each of the 24 plays evaluated in the U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the NPRA (Bird and Houseknecht, 2002). It also provides a set of illustrations showing the stratigraphic and geographic location of each play. Additional...
Authors
Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht
Alaska resource data file: Norton Bay quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Norton Bay quadrangle
No abstract available.
Authors
S.S. Dashevsky
Alaska resource data file: Lime Hills quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Lime Hills quadrangle
No abstract available.
Authors
T. L. Hudson, M.A. Millholland
Fate of carbon in Alaskan Landscapes Project: Database for soils from eddy covariance tower sites, Delta Junction, AK Fate of carbon in Alaskan Landscapes Project: Database for soils from eddy covariance tower sites, Delta Junction, AK
Soils in Alaska, and in high latitude terrestrial ecosystems in general, contain significant amounts of organic carbon, most of which is believed to have accumulated since the start of the Holocene about 10 ky before present. High latitude soils are estimated to contain 30-40% of terrestrial soil carbon (Melillo et al., 1995; McGuire and Hobbie, 1997), or ~ 300-400 Gt C (Gt = 1015 g)...
Authors
Stagg King, Jennifer Harden, Kristen L. Manies, Jennie Munster, L. Douglas White
Alaska resource data file: Port Moller quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Port Moller quadrangle
No abstract available.
Authors
S. H. Pilcher
Alaska resource data file: Nulato quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Nulato quadrangle
No abstract available.
Authors
S.S. Dashevsky
Alaska resource data file: Ophir quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Ophir quadrangle
No abstract available.
Authors
S.S. Dashevsky