Preparing the boat for isokinetic water sampling using the equal discharge increment method on the Alsek River.
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Gearing up boat at the Alsek River, Alaska
Preparing the boat for isokinetic water sampling using the equal discharge increment method on the Alsek River.
The sampling team
The sampling team (Sean Burril of BOEM; Ashley Stanek of USGS ASC and Sarah Laske of USGS ASC) removes individual fish from floating net pens, identify, measure length, and release the fish back to the lagoon.
The sampling team (Sean Burril of BOEM; Ashley Stanek of USGS ASC and Sarah Laske of USGS ASC) removes individual fish from floating net pens, identify, measure length, and release the fish back to the lagoon.
Preparing to collect plankton samples
USGS scientist Sarah Schoen gets ready to deploy a net in Cook Inlet to collect plankton samples to test for harmful algal bloom toxins.
USGS scientist Sarah Schoen gets ready to deploy a net in Cook Inlet to collect plankton samples to test for harmful algal bloom toxins.
Key forage fish, Cook Inlet, Alaska
Key forage fish in Alaska (from top to bottom): Pacific capelin, Pacific herring, Pacific sand lance, and juvenile walleye pollock. Cook Inlet, Alaska
Key forage fish in Alaska (from top to bottom): Pacific capelin, Pacific herring, Pacific sand lance, and juvenile walleye pollock. Cook Inlet, Alaska
ANSEP student Jakob Sipary holds a red-throated loon, Alaska
Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) student Jakob Sipary holds a red-throated loon on the Canning River Delta, Alaska, July 2019 as part of a USGS study on loon marine habitat use areas. Jakob was an intern for the summer with the U.S. Geological Survey.
Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) student Jakob Sipary holds a red-throated loon on the Canning River Delta, Alaska, July 2019 as part of a USGS study on loon marine habitat use areas. Jakob was an intern for the summer with the U.S. Geological Survey.
An Arctic Tern with zooplankton
An Arctic Tern with zooplankton in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
An Arctic Tern with zooplankton in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
Taku Glacier, Alaska retreat
2019 Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) students during a four day and 83 kilometers ski traverse across Taku Glacier, carrying all their food, water, clothing, tents, and science gear as they help measure the mass balance along the way.
2019 Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) students during a four day and 83 kilometers ski traverse across Taku Glacier, carrying all their food, water, clothing, tents, and science gear as they help measure the mass balance along the way.
Glacier mass balance measurements on Taku Glacier, Alaska
Students Stacey Edmonsond (left) and Audrey Erickson (right) of the Juneau Icefield Research Program, measuring glacier mass balance at the flow divide of Taku and Mendenhall glaciers during the summer of 2019
Students Stacey Edmonsond (left) and Audrey Erickson (right) of the Juneau Icefield Research Program, measuring glacier mass balance at the flow divide of Taku and Mendenhall glaciers during the summer of 2019
Taku Range, Juneau Icefield, Alaska
Image of the Taku towers, among the Taku Range at Taku Glacier during the summer of 2019
Image of the Taku towers, among the Taku Range at Taku Glacier during the summer of 2019
Central Arctic Herd caribou within the Kuparuk oil field, Alaska
Central Arctic Herd caribou within the Kuparuk oil field on the North Slope of Alaska. The photo was taken during the summer mosquito harassment period.
Central Arctic Herd caribou within the Kuparuk oil field on the North Slope of Alaska. The photo was taken during the summer mosquito harassment period.
Caribou crossing a road, within Kuparuk oil field, North Slope, Alaska
Central Arctic Herd - caribou crossing a road within the Kuparuk oil field on the North Slope of Alaska. The photo was taken during the summer mosquito harassment period.
Central Arctic Herd - caribou crossing a road within the Kuparuk oil field on the North Slope of Alaska. The photo was taken during the summer mosquito harassment period.
Numerous caribou crossing a road in the Kuparuk oil field
Caribou in the Central Arctic Herd crossing a road in the Kuparuk oil field in northern Alaska.
Caribou in the Central Arctic Herd crossing a road in the Kuparuk oil field in northern Alaska.
Caribou and calves crossing a road in the Kuparuk oil field
Caribou in the Central Arctic Herd crossing a road in the Kuparuk oil field in northern Alaska.
Caribou in the Central Arctic Herd crossing a road in the Kuparuk oil field in northern Alaska.
Caribou and calves in the Kuparuk oil field
Caribou in the Central Arctic Herd crossing a road in the Kuparuk oil field in northern Alaska.
Caribou in the Central Arctic Herd crossing a road in the Kuparuk oil field in northern Alaska.
Kasilof River sonar on a bridge
Kasilof River sonar on a bridge
Caribou with Calves during Summer in Northern Alaska
Caribou with calves from the Central Arctic Herd in the Kuparuk Oil Field, Alaska.
Caribou with calves from the Central Arctic Herd in the Kuparuk Oil Field, Alaska.
Lesser Yellowlegs watches over chicks
Lesser Yellowlegs adult male, “A73”, watches for predators as he follows his recently hatched chicks through the boreal landscape of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
Lesser Yellowlegs adult male, “A73”, watches for predators as he follows his recently hatched chicks through the boreal landscape of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
Spectrum of the Lesser Yellowlegs hatching phase
Lesser Yellowlegs nest near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The egg on the far left of the frame is ‘pipped’, meaning that the chick’s bill has broken through the egg membrane and shell and will emerge within 24 hours. The chick in the middle of the frame recently emerged from the egg and is covered in fluid.
Lesser Yellowlegs nest near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The egg on the far left of the frame is ‘pipped’, meaning that the chick’s bill has broken through the egg membrane and shell and will emerge within 24 hours. The chick in the middle of the frame recently emerged from the egg and is covered in fluid.
Lesser Yellowlegs incubating eggs
Lesser Yellowlegs incubating near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Since the 1970s, this species has declined by ~63%, however, the potential cause(s) of the decline are not fully understood.
Lesser Yellowlegs incubating near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Since the 1970s, this species has declined by ~63%, however, the potential cause(s) of the decline are not fully understood.
Hatching Lesser Yellowlegs eggs
Hatching Lesser Yellowlegs nest near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The egg on the far left of the frame is ‘pipped’, meaning that the chick’s bill has broken through the egg membrane and shell and will emerge within 24 hours. Since the 1970s, this species has declined by ~63%, yet the potential cause(s) of the decline are not fully understood.
Hatching Lesser Yellowlegs nest near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The egg on the far left of the frame is ‘pipped’, meaning that the chick’s bill has broken through the egg membrane and shell and will emerge within 24 hours. Since the 1970s, this species has declined by ~63%, yet the potential cause(s) of the decline are not fully understood.