Zooplankton Biomass Data from Prince William Sound, Icy Bay and Yakutat Bay, Alaska 2010-2011

The overarching goal of this work was to compare and contrast the influence of glacier runoff on fjord ecosystems across the Gulf of Alaska. We sought to 1) describe the magnitude and horizontal range of influence of key near-surface physical characteristics associated with glacial runoff in coastal marine waters, and 2) characterize the distribution and response of lower- to upper-trophic level organisms relative to glacially influenced habitat gradients. This dataset is one of several types of data collected concurrently, including physical (conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD), nutrients) and biological (zooplankton, fish and marine birds) variables from the same sampling locations (detailed in project metadata).