Population Plots at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with annual counts from population plots of Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Birds, Black-legged Kittiwakes, All tags... Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Population dynamics, Rissa tridactyla, Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Common Murre Disturbance Data on Gull Island, Kachemak Bay, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with predator disturbance information from the Common Murre breeding season (June-August) from 2016-2020 on Gull Island, Kachemak Bay, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal behavior, Animals/Vertebrates, Bald Eagle, Biota, All tags... Birds, Breeding sites, Breeding success, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murre, Community dynamics, Community ecology, Cook Inlet, Eagles/Falcons/Hawks and Allies, Ecosystem functions, Egg production, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Glaucous-winged Gull, Gulf of Alaska, Gull Island, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Herring Gull, Kachemak Bay, Larus argentatus, Larus glaucescens, Marine ecosystems, Nesting behavior, Reproduction, USGS:ASC586, Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Fewer tags

Assessing the Status and Trends of Seabirds and Forage Fish in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This data release is composed of seven datasets regarding colonial seabirds and forage fish at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. These data were collected to detect changes in the breeding population of Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres on two nesting colonies in lower Cook Inlet and to compare those counts to baseline counts from 1995-1999. They are part of an ongoing study in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska to assess the recent status of forage fish and seabirds (2000-2020).

Tags: Alaska, Animal behavior, Animals/Vertebrates, Bald Eagle, Biota, All tags... Birds, Breeding sites, Breeding success, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murre, Community dynamics, Community ecology, Cook Inlet, Eagles/Falcons/Hawks and Allies, Ecosystem functions, Egg production, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Glaucous-winged Gull, Gulf of Alaska, Gull Island, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Herring Gull, Kachemak Bay, Larus argentatus, Larus glaucescens, Marine ecosystems, Nesting behavior, Reproduction, Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Fewer tags

Nesting Productivity of Black-Legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with annual nesting productivity estimates for Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Birds, Black-legged Kittiwakes, All tags... Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Population dynamics, Rissa tridactyla, USGS:ASC378, Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Hydroacoustic Survey Data from Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with Area Backscattering Coefficient (ABC) data from hydroacoustic transect surveys collected around two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Acoustic backscatter, Alaska, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries, Biota, Coastal ecosystems, All tags... Cook Inlet, Environment, Fisheries, Fishery technology, Gulf of Alaska, Hydroacoustics, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Marine fisheries, Marine fishery resources, Nautical area scattering coefficient, Oceans, Pelagic habitat, Zooplankton, Fewer tags

Intertidal Soft-Sediment Bivalves from Prince William Sound, Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program and describe bivalve count and size sampling and observations conducted at intertidal soft-sediment sampling sites in the northern Gulf of Alaska. This dataset consists of five comma separated files (.csv): 1) bivalve taxonomy table, 2) bivalve sampling site table, 3) bivalve count table, 4) bivalve size table, and 5) list of Gulf Watch Alaska principal investigators and collaborators.

Tags: Alaska Peninsula, Animals/Invertebrates, Aquatic biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Aquatic ecosystems, All tags... Benthic ecosystems, Benthic habitat, Biota, Bivalve, Coastal ecosystems, Coastal habitat, Ecology, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Field sampling, Gulf of Alaska, Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, Macroinvertebrates, Marine ecosystems, Marine environment monitoring, Marine environments, Mollusks, Prince William Sound, Size distribution, Spatial distribution, USGS:ASC198, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Petrology and reservoir potential of Tertiary and Mesozoic sandstones, Cook Inlet, Alaska: A preliminary analysis of outcrop samples collected during 2007-2010 field seasons

The State of Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) and Division of Oil & Gas (DOG) are currently engaged in a multi-year study of the hydrocarbon potential of the Tertiary and Mesozoic strata in Cook Inlet basin. Modal analyses and routine core analyses were performed on Tertiary and Mesozoic siltstones and sandstones collected during the 2007-2010 field seasons from six geographic areas in upper and lower Cook Inlet. The reservoir quality of Cook Inlet sandstones varies widely depending on their mineralogy, geologic age, burial depth, and depositional environment. Tuxedni and Naknek sandstones have poor reservoir quality and are likely to be of equally poor quality down dip. West Foreland sandstones...

Tags: Aleutian Arc, Beluga Basin, Bluff Point, Capps Glacier, Chert, All tags... Chuitna River, Clam Gulch, Cook Inlet, Cook Inlet Basin, Diagenesis, Falls Creek, Feldspar, Fritz Creek, Graywacke, Homer, Iniskin Bay, Iniskin Peninsula, Kachemak Bay, Kaguyak, Matanuska Valley, Mineralogy, Oil Basins, Oil and Gas, Oil and Gas Basin, Outcrop Samples, Permeability, Petrographic, Petrography, Petroleum Basin Study, Petrology, Porosity, Provenance, Pyroclastic Fall, Pyroclastic Flow, Quartz, Reservoir, Reservoir Evaluation, Reservoir Quality, Resource Assessment, Saddle Mountain, Sample Location, Sample Location Map, Sand, Sand and Gravel, Sediment Transport, Sedimentary, Sedimentary Rocks, Sedimentation, Sedimentology, Seward Peninsula, Southcentral Alaska, Straight Creek, Tectonics, Thin Section, Tyonek, Tyonek Quadrangle, Volcanic, Volcanic Ash, Volcaniclastics, Zeolites, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Predation of Common Murre Eggs at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with egg predation data from Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Bald Eagle, Biota, Birds, All tags... Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Egg production, Environment, Glaucous-winged Gull, Gulf of Alaska, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Herring Gull, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Larus argentatus, Larus glaucescens, Marine ecosystems, Nesting behavior, Nesting success, Population dynamics, Reproductive success, Uria aalge, Use/Feeding habitat, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Black Oystercatcher Nest and Diet Data from Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Prince William Sound

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program, nearshore monitoring component. The dataset is comprised of six comma separated values (.csv) file exported from a relational database. The data consist of: 1) transect summary, 2) nest details, 3) egg float and stage data, 4) chicks diets, 5) chick diet taxonomy, and 6) Gulf Watch Alaska contributors.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/vertebrates, Aquatic biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Biota, All tags... Black Oystercatcher, Chicks, Coastal ecosystems, Coastal habitat, Community Ecology, Diets, Ecology, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Field sampling, Gulf of Alaska, Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Macroinvertebrates, Marine ecosystems, Marine environment monitoring, Marine environments, Nearshore ecology, Prince William Sound, Productivity, Shorebirds, Size distribution, Spatial distribution, Trophic dynamics, USGS:ASC107, Waders/Gulls/Auks and allies, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Black Oystercatcher Morphology and Primary Feather Lengths in Alaska and British Columbia, 2019-2022

These data provide morphological measurements and primary feather length measurements of Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) captured at several sites across Alaska and British Columbia between 2019 and 2022. The first table contains mass and morphological measurements of body and bill size. The second table provides lengths of individual primary feathers measured from folded wing photographs using a computer software. These feather lengths are to be used in a size-constrained components analysis to calculate wing shape such as pointedness and convexity.

Categories: Data; Tags: Age structure, Alaska, Animal morphology, Animals/Vertebrates, Avian physiology, All tags... Biota, Birds, Body size, Body weight, British Columbia, Canada, Capturing (animals), Coastal ecosystems, Ecology, Ecology, Environment, Gulf Islands, Haida Gwaii, Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Marine biology, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Nearshore marine ecosystem, Pacific Rim National Park, Prince William Sound, Salish Sea, Sandpipers, Scientific interpretation, Sexual dimorphism, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wing shape, Fewer tags

Facies associations, sand body geometry, and depositional systems in Late Oligocene-Pliocene strata, southern Kenai Peninsula, Cook Inlet, Alaska: Report on progress during the 2006-07 field season

This preliminary report is a summary of progress made during the 2006-07 field seasons reconstructing depositional systems in Tertiary strata exposed in the Homer-Kachemak Bay area.The study area addressed in this report extends from Clam Gulch in the north to Coal Cove in the south.Tertiary strata in this area are only mildly deformed and provide a relatively clear view of depositional systems and sand body geometries along the eastern basin edge and their change from basin edge to more basin axial positions.

Tags: Basins, Bluff Point, Clam Gulch, Coal Cove, Cook Inlet, All tags... Cook Inlet Basin, Deep Creek, Diamond Gulch, Falls Creek, Fox River, Fritz Creek, Kachemak Bay, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Kenai Peninsula, Measured Sections, Measured Stratigraphic Section, Point Pogibshi, Port Graham, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Population Counts at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with annual population counts (censuses) for Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Birds, Black-legged Kittiwakes, All tags... Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Population dynamics, Rissa tridactyla, Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Sea Otter Spraint Data from Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park and Prince William Sound

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program. This dataset consists of observations of sea otter (Enhydra lutris) fecal samples (spraint). Observers examined fresh spraint piles to identify major prey classes in the samples and to determine sea otter diets in the Gulf of Alaska region.

Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Benthic ecosystems, All tags... Benthic habitat, Biota, Coastal ecosystems, Coastal habitat, Ecology, Environment, Field sampling, Foraging behavior, Gulf of Alaska, Intertidal environments, Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Marine ecosystems, Marine environment monitoring, Marine mammals, Otters, Prey consumption, Prince William Sound, USGS:ASC464, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Fish Morphology Data from Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

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.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Cook Inlet, Environment, All tags... Fish, Fisheries, Food fishes, Forage fish, Gulf of Alaska, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Marine fishery resources, Mid-water trawl, Pelagic habitat, Population and community ecology, Trawling, Zooplankton, Fewer tags