ASC Data Repository
This data release is composed of seven datasets regarding colonial seabirds and forage fish at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. These data were collected to detect changes in the breeding population of Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres on two nesting colonies in lower Cook Inlet and to compare those counts to baseline counts from 1995-1999. They are part of an ongoing study in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska to assess the recent status of forage fish and seabirds (2000-2020).
Data sets included:
Version History:First release: May 2021Revised: June 2021 (ver. 1.1)Revised: June 2022 (ver. 2.0)Revised: January 2024 (ver. 3.0)
Arimitsu, M. L., S. K. Schoen, J. F. Piatt, C. E. Marsteller, and G. S. Drew. 2021. Monitoring the recovery of seabirds and forage fish following a major ecosystem disruption in Lower Cook Inlet. Anchorage, Alaska. OCS Study BOEM 2021-031, 50 p.
NOAA, . 2021. State of Kachemak Bay: 2020 highlights from long-term monitoring in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 16 p.
Schoen, S. K., M. L. Arimitsu, C. E. Marsteller, and J. F. Piatt. 2024. Lingering impacts of the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific marine heatwave on seabird demography in Cook Inlet, Alaska (USA). Marine Ecology Progress Series 737:121-136. doi:10.3354/meps14177
Marsteller, C. E., M. L. Arimitsu, S. K. Schoen, S. B. Stark, and J. F. Piatt. 2024. Predator disturbance contributed to Common Murre, Uria aalge, breeding failures in Cook Inlet, Alaska following the 2014-2016 Pacific marine heatwave. Marine Ornithology 52:129-139.
DataID: 393 | doi:10.5066/P961LWWE | Date Posted Online: 2021-05-20 | Last Updated: 2024-04-18 12:06:07