Child Item 2: Forage Fish Morphology Data from Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
Dates
Publication Date
2021-05-20
Start Date
2016
End Date
2019
Last Revision
2024-01-08
Citation
Arimitsu, M.L., Schoen, S.K., Piatt, J.F., and Marsteller, C.E. 2021, Assessing the status and trends of seabirds and forage fish in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska (ver. 3.0, January 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P961LWWE.
Summary
This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/P961LWWE This dataset consists of two tables: 1) forage fish catch and size data from hydroacoustic trawl transects, and 2) taxonomic details of fish species collected around two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Version History: First release: May 2021 Revised: June 2021 (ver. 1.1) Revised: June 2022 (ver. 2.0) Revised: January 2024 (ver. 3.0)
This dataset consists of two tables: 1) forage fish catch and size data from hydroacoustic trawl transects, and 2) taxonomic details of fish species collected around two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Version History:
First release: May 2021
Revised: June 2021 (ver. 1.1)
Revised: June 2022 (ver. 2.0)
Revised: January 2024 (ver. 3.0)
Arimitsu, M.L., Schoen, S.K., Piatt, J.F., Marsteller, C.E., Drew, G.S., 2021. Monitoring the recovery of seabirds and forage fish following a major ecosystem disruption in Lower Cook Inlet. Anchorage, Alaska: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. OCS Study BOEM 2021-031. 50 p.
NOAA/NCCOS Kasitsna Bay Laboratory, 2020. State of Kachemak Bay. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS Project: Kachemak Bay Ecological Assessment. Seldovia, Alaska
These data were collected to estimate the biomass and quality of forage fish in the water column of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Forage fish are a vital part of marine ecosystems, as they are the primary food source for piscivorous seabirds, such as Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres.
Version 3.0 posted by ASC Data Management on January 8, 2024. To view changes, see "versionHistory.txt" in the Attached Files section on the Parent page.
