Physical and Biological Resource Inventory of the Lake Clark National Park - Cook Inlet Coastline, 1994-96
Bennett AJ. 1996. Physical and Biological Resource Inventory of the Lake Clark National Park - Cook Inlet Coastline, 1994-96. Kenai, AK
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve contains 200 km of marine coastline in Western Lower Cook Inlet. During 1994-96, surveys were conducted to obtain basic data on intertidal habitats, and distributions and abundances of marine and near-coastal vertebrates and invertebrates. The goal of this project was to gain an understanding of the Park's coastal ecosystem and biotic processes. Intertidal shoreline habitats were classified at a minimum spatial scale of 10 m horizontally. The shoreline was partitioned into 338 upper, 246 middle, and 207 lower intertidal polygons with homogeneous morphodynamic attributes such as wave runup, substrate character, slope angle, and aspect. The attributes of each polygon were described and quantified allowing for statistical calculations for parametric or spatical distribution modeling of nearshore habitats....
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Bennett, A
- Date of Issue
- 1996
- Units
- KATM , LACL , SWAN , WRD
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Biological, Biological Resources, Brown Bears, Chinitna Bay, Coastal Geomorphology, Cook Inlet, Gulf Of Alaska, Inventory, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve AK, Marine Mammals, Montane Birds, Physical, Physical Sciences, Plant Studies, Salt Marsh, Seabirds, Seaducks, Tuxedni Bay, WRBIB