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sockeye salmon holding in the Matanuska River

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Biological Resources of Alaska

Welcome to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Web page for the biological resources of Alaska; this is your direct link to all kinds of biology-resource information.

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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Fish and Fisheries

Rainbow Trout

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Sea otter

Birds

Black-legged Kittiwake

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Recent Highlighted Publications

The Alaska Science Center produces publications about biology resources.

Model-based predictions of the effects of harvest mortality on population size and trend of Yellow-billed Loons Model-Based Predictions of the Effects of Harvest Mortality on Population Size and Trend of Yellow-Billed Loons
Yellow-billed loons (Gavia adamsii) breed in low densities in northern tundra habitats in Alaska, Canada, and Russia.

Development of a Monitoring Protocol to Detect Ecological Change in the Intertidal Zone of Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska Development of a Monitoring Protocol to Detect Ecological Change in the Intertidal Zone of Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska
A pilot study to develop and test a probability-based intertidal monitoring protocol for Sitka National Historical Park was conducted from 1999 to 2003.

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