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Region 11: Alaska
Alaska Science Center
4210 University Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 786-7000
Volcano Science Center
4230 University Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 786-7497
Climate Adaptation Science Center
4230 University Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: 907-301-7830
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USGS research activities relevant to Alaska have yielded more than 9400 historical publications. This page features some of the most recent newsworthy research findings.
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Arctic Science for Decision Maker
2019 USGS Alaska Annual Science Report
Dehydration of seabird prey during transport to the colony: Effects on wet weight energy densities
We present evidence to indicate that dehydration of prey transported by seabirds from capture sites at sea to chicks at colonies inflates estimates of wet weight energy densities. These findings and a comparison of wet and dry weight energy densities reported in the literature emphasize the importance of (i) accurate measurement of the fresh...
Montevecchi, W.A.; Piatt, John F. Development and evaluation of a system for tracking wildlife by satellite
No abstract available.
Rose, Mary; Fancy, S.G.; Pank, L.F.; Douglas, David C.; Curby, Catherine H.; Garner, Gerald W.; Amstrup, Steven C.; Regelin, Wayne L. Did the 1982-1983 El Niño-Southern Oscillation Affect Seabirds in Alaska?
The causes and effects of the oceanographic and atmospheric phenomena known as El Nino and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO) have been studied intensively in recent years (Cane 1983, Rasmusson and Wallace 1983, Barber and Chave 1983, Cane and Zebiak 1985). ENSOs occur at semiregular intervals of 3-4 years, and the stronger events have important...
Hatch, Scott A. Feeding ecology of Alcidae in the eastern North Pacific Ocean
No abstract available.
Croxall, J.P.; Vermeer, K.; Sealy, S.G.; Sanger, G.A. Incidental catch of marine birds and mammals in fishing nets off Newfoundland, Canada
Summer surveys of the incidental catch of marine birds and mammals in fishing nets around the east coast of Newfoundland indicated that over 100 000 animals were killed in nets during a 4-year period (1981–1984). Composition of catches depended on foraging behaviour, regional abundance, and the degree of foraging aggregation of different species....
Piatt, John F.; Nettleship, David N. Lower Paleozoic carbonate rocks of the Baird Mountains quadrangle, western Brooks Range, Alaska
Lower Paleozoic carbonate rocks in the Baird Mountains quadrangle form a relatively thin, chiefly shallow-water succession that has been thrust-faulted and metamorphosed to blueschist and greenschist facies. Although this succession was thought to be mostly Devonian until recently, a large part of it is in fact pre-Silurian in age.Middle and Upper...
Tailleur, Irvin L.; Weimer, Paul; Dumoulin, Julie A.; Harris, Anita G. Mortalities of kelp-forest fishes associated with large oceanic waves off central California, 1982-1983
Observations of three incidents of the mass mortality of nearshore fishes are reported; each corresponded to periods of high-amplitude, long-period swells during the 1982-1983 El Niño event along the coast of central California. Members of the nearshore kelp forest fish assemblage, primarily of the genus Sebastes, accounted for 96% of the...
Bodkin, James L.; VanBlaricom, Glenn R.; Jameson, Ronald J. Resurrection Peninsula and Knight Island ophiolites and recent faulting on Montague Island, southern Alaska
The Resurrection Peninsula forms the east side of Resurrection Bay (Fig. 1). The city of Seward is located at the head of the bay and can be reached from Anchorage by highway (127 mi;204 km). Relief ranges from 1,434 ft (437 m) at the southern end of the peninsula to more than 4,800 ft (1,463 m) 17 mi (28 km) to the north. All rock units composing...
Nelson, Steven W.; Miller, Marti L.; Dumoulin, Julie A. Trophic levels and trophic relationships of seabirds in the Gulf of Alaska
No abstract available.
Croxall, J.P.; Sanger, G.A. Winter diets of common murres and marbled murrelets in Kachemak Bay, Alaska
Knowledge of the winter diets of seabirds in high latitudes like Alaskan waters has been an elusive aspect of their biology. Scanty information on winter diets of Common Murres (Uria aalge) are available from the Pribilof Islands (Preble and McAtee 1923), California (Baltz and Morejohn 1977), Kodiak Island (Kraznow and Sanger 1986), Newfoundland (...
Sanger, Gerald A. [Book review] The geochronology and evolution of Africa
This book was written 'to provide an up-to-date data bank from which those wishing to construct models concerned with the evolution of Africa .... can draw.' As such, it attempts a survey of 'integrated geology and geochronology' of the African continent throughout the Precambrian and into the Phanerozoic. Political and language divisions often...
Wilson, Frederic H. Later Paleozoic and Early Jurassic fossil ages from the McHugh Complex: A section in Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1985 Circular 978
Late Mississippian through Early Pennsylvanian and Early Jurassic microfossils were collected from the type locality of the McHugh Complex (Clark, 1973) along the Seward Highway southeast of Anchorage (fig. 36). Radiolarians collected indicate that same of the oceanic rocks in the McHugh Complex are Early Jurassic in age. Conodonts extracted...
Nelson, Steven W.; Blome, Charles D.; Harris, Anita G.; Reed, Katherine M.; Wilson, Frederic H.Stay up-to-date with what is happening in the Alaska Region by checking out our different social media accounts. You can also contact Alaska Regional Office staff or Center Directors for more information.
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