Historic Cook Inlet intertidal algal and bivalve references
Venator S. 2020. Historic Cook Inlet intertidal algal and bivalve references. National Park Service
A summary of previous intertidal research in western Cook Inlet in the BOEM Lease Sale 244 area was conducted in advance of the 2015 project field season to identify geographic gaps in the study area where intertidal research had not occurred. This relational database contains tables holding data for historical references, study sites, algae occurrences, and bivalve occurrences. The database recorded species presence at given sites, and included study metrics, such as whether biomass or percent cover was measured for a given species at a given site, and whether tissues were sampled for contaminants or other constituents. The compiled information will make historical data more readily available to researchers and the public, and may be used by BOEM and others in development of ecological studies as well as for use in permitting processes and environmental assessments.
- Type
- Tabular Dataset
- Authors
- Venator, Sarah
- Date of Issue
- 2020
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- KATM , LACL , SWAN
- Keywords
- algae, bivalves, clams, contaminant sampling, intertidal, kelp, mussels, nearshore, tissue sampling
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Intertidal Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Marine Invertebrates , Ecological Framework: Human Use | Non-point Source Human Effects | Non-point Source Human Effects