Long-term Ecological Change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska

609 Pages·2007·30.76 MB·English

by  R.B. Spies

LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL
CHANGE IN THE NORTHERN
GULF OF ALASKA
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LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL
CHANGE IN THE NORTHERN
GULF OF ALASKA
Edited by
Robert B. Spies
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We dedicate this book to the people of Alaska. We hope that it will help inspire both
further support for research and wise human action in the Gulf of Alaska.
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Acknowledgements
This book was made possible through the passionate work of government, academic
and private scientists in the Northern Gulf of Alaska. Many of these hard-working
scientists have dedicated their careers to some aspect of this productive ecosystem.
Special thanks are due to the Exxon Valdez Trustee Council of 2000, who provided
the funds for this project. This and previous councils recognized the wisdom of ded-
icating some small part of the trust funds to summarizing what we have learned since
the 1989 oil spill about the ecosystem in which it occurred. Their vision for long-term
monitoring and research is a great example for future political leaders.
Graphic material for this book was prepared by Peter Veres. We are grateful to the
many naturalist photographers who permitted use of their work.
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Contributors
Kevin M. Bailey, Ph.D. Evelyn Brown, Ph.D.
Alaska Fisheries Science Center School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
NOAA/NMFS University of Alaska Fairbanks
7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Fairbanks, AK 99775
Seattle, WA 98115 [email protected]
[email protected]
Theodore Cooney, Ph.D.
Z. Morgan Benowitz-Fredericks, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor
Department of Biology School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
PO Box 351800 University of Alaska
University of Washington Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
Seattle, WA 98195 PO Box 486
[email protected]. Choteau. Montana
[email protected]
James L. Bodkin, Ph.D.
Alaska Biological Science Center Sara J. Iverson, Ph.D.
USGS Department of Biology
1011 E. Tudor Blvd. Dalhousie University
Anchorage, AK 99503 1355 Oxford Street
Halifax, NS
Wiebke J. Boeing, Ph.D,
Canada B3H 4J1
Department of Fishery and
[email protected]
Wildlife Sciences
2980 South Espina, 132 Knox Hall Gordon H. Kruse, Ph.D.
PO Box 30003, Campus Box 4901 President’s Professor of Fisheries
New Mexico State University University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 Juneau Center for Fisheries &
[email protected] Ocean Sciences
11120 Glacier Highway
Juneau, AK 99801-8677
[email protected]