Seabirds, Foragefish, and Marine Ecosystems Research




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Alaska's extensive estuaries and offshore waters provide breeding, feeding, and migrating habitats for upwards of 100 million seabirds of 66 species. Seabird research at the Alaska Science Center encompasses population dynamics, breeding biology, and feeding ecology of a variety of species. To successfully study Alaskan seabirds we have to take into account the entire marine ecosystem, including forage fish, which make up part of the pray availability for seabirds and is a main driver in seabird distribution. Our research also concentrates on climate, oceanographic parameters, nesting and breeding areas of particular seabirds. From our website you will be able to navigate through different projects focusing on these important elements and learn more about why we try to understand seabirds and support their conservation.