Historic Cook Inlet intertidal algal and bivalve references

Description

A summary of previous intertidal research in western Cook Inlet in the BOEM Lease Sale 244 area was conducted in advance of the 2015 project field season to identify geographic gaps in the study area where intertidal research had not occurred. This relational database contains tables holding data for historical references, study sites, algae occurrences, and bivalve occurrences. The database recorded species presence at given sites, and included study metrics, such as whether biomass or percent cover was measured for a given species at a given site, and whether tissues were sampled for contaminants or other constituents. The compiled information will make historical data more readily available to researchers and the public, and may be used by BOEM and others in development of ecological studies as well as for use in permitting processes and environmental assessments.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
1 Microsoft Access database of select historical intertidal studies from western lower Cook Inlet, between the coastlines of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve and the north coast of Katmai National Park and Preserve. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/638012?Reference=2272682

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  • clams
  • ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-intertidal-communities
  • algae
  • ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-marine-invertebrates
  • tissue-sampling
  • kelp
  • bivalves
  • intertidal
  • contaminant-sampling
  • nearshore
  • ecological-framework-human-use-non-point-source-human-effects-non-point-source-human-effects
  • mussels

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