Oceanic and Nearshore Research and Monitoring in the Northern Gulf of Alaska, Southwest Alaska Network
Thompson TS. 2004. Oceanic and Nearshore Research and Monitoring in the Northern Gulf of Alaska, Southwest Alaska Network. NPS/AKRSWAN/NRTR-2004/01. National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program. Anchorage, AK
The National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN) is currently in the early design phase of developing a long-term vital signs monitoring program for four national Park Units containing 1,100 miles of coastline in the Northern Gulf of Alaska (NGOA). Knowledge of on-going physical and biological marine research and monitoring occurring in the area encompassing the SWAN is lacking. To prevent needless duplication of effort, enhance efficiency, and pave the way for collaborative monitoring and research, it is crucial to determine the state of knowledge and identify all on-going and planned future data collection efforts that are relevant to the SWAN planning process. To meet this need, the National Park Service and the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve recently conducted a questionnaire survey of approximately 100 known principal investigators working in the NGOA. From these completed surveys a compilation database and document of marine research and monitoring project summaries has been completed for on-going and planned biological and physical oceanographic research occurring in 2003 within the National Park Service Southwest Alaska Network. The intent of this project is three-fold: 1) to provide scientists working within the NGOA a reference document of known on-going and planned research 2) to help in the identification of research gaps in the NGOA and 3) to provide the first document, of potentially a long-term project that produces an annual reference for on-going and planned research in the NGOA.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Thompson, Terry
- Date of Issue
- 2004-04
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
- Units
- ANIA , KATM , KEFJ , LACL , SWAN
- Keywords
- Alaska, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Benthos, Cook Inlet, Fisheries, Gulf Of Alaska, Intertidal, Katmai National Park And Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai Peninsula, Lake Clark National Park And Preserve, Marine, marine landscape, Marine Mammals, Monitoring, Nearshore, Oceanography, Plankton, Prince William Sound, Research