Child Item 4: Glacier Runoff Biophysical Data in Gulf of Alaska Fjords, 2004-2011

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7K072DR. In order to understand marine ecosystem responses to a range of habitat variability in coastal zones modified by glacial freshwater outflows, biophysical data were collected in three study regions that included four major glacial fjord systems around the Gulf of Alaska. Each of 172 discrete stations within the three study regions was sampled once during the peak ice-melt season in summer. A suite of geographic, oceanographic, nutrient and biological attributes was sampled at each station (see Arimitsu et al. 2008, Renner et al. 2012, Arimitsu et al. 2016 for details). This dataset includes station information, including date, time,...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alaska coastal current, Aquatic Biology, Biota, Copepod, All tags... Ecology, Ecosystem monitoring, Environment, Euphausiid, Field inventory and monitoring, Forage fish, Freshwater, Glacier, Glacier Bay, Gulf of Alaska, Icy Bay, Inorganic nutrients, Krill, Marine ecosystems, Ocean characteristics, Ocean monitoring, Oceans, Prince William Sound, Seabird, Sediment, Tidewater glacier, Turbidity, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water sampling, Wildlife Biology, Yakutat Bay, Zooplankton, Fewer tags

Glacier Runoff in Gulf of Alaska Fjords, 2004-2011

This data package includes seven child items with data from environmental and biological statistics collected in fjords in the coastal areas of the Gulf of Alaska from 2004-2011. Child Item 1: "Oceanographic Profile Data from Gulf of Alaska Fjords, 2004-2011". This dataset contains physical oceanographic data within four fjords in the coastal area of the Gulf of Alaska. Child Item 2: "Marine Bird and Mammal Surveys in Gulf of Alaska Fjords, 2004-2011". This dataset describes marine bird and mammal surveys conducted in glacial fjords of coastal Alaska. Child Item 3: "Near-surface Nutrients Data from Gulf of Alaska Fjords, 2004-2011". This dataset contains nutrient data collected at stations within four fjords in...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alaska Coastal Current, Ammonium, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic Biology, All tags... Aquatic birds, Aquatic mammals, Biomass, Biota, Birds, Conductivity, Conductivity-temperature-depth profiler, Copepod, DLOG, Depth, Ecology, Ecosystem monitoring, Environment, Euphausiid, Field inventory and monitoring, Fish, Forage fish, Fresh water river discharge, Freshwater, Glacier, Glacier Bay, Gulf of Alaska, Icy Bay, Inorganic nutrients, Krill, Marine ecosystems, Marine mammals, Nitrates, Nitrites, Ocean characteristics, Ocean monitoring, Oceans, Phosphates, Photosynthetically active radiation, Prince William Sound, Salinity, Sea ducks, Seabird Electronics, Seabirds, Sediment, Sensors, Silicic acid, Specimen sampling, Strip transects, Temperature, Tidewater glacier, Transects, Trawling, Turbidity, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Volume, Water Quality, Water Resources, Water samples, Water sampling, Wildlife Biology, Yakutat Bay, Zooplankton, Fewer tags