Algal Size and Density Data Prince William Sound, Alaska (1990, 1991, 1993, 1998)

• Main Author: Thomas Dean
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Gulf of Alaska Data Portal
• Subjects: evostc; exxon valdez oil spill trustee council; oil spill; alaska; barrow's goldeneye; biomarkers; body mass; Cepphus columba; clams; condition indicies; cytochrome P450; demography; diet; ecosystem; emigration; Enhydra lutris; food limitation; habitat selection; harlequin ducks; health; hematology; Histrionicus histrionicus; home range; hydrocarbons; immigration; intertidal; Lontra canadensis; masked greenlings; mortality; mussles; nearshore; pigeon guillemots; plasma biochemistry; pollution; population recovery; predator-prey interaction; prey; prey availability; prey consumption rate; prey demography; Prince William Sound; reproduction; river otters; sea otters; sea urchins; serum chemistry; sex-ratio; subtidal; surveys; survival; trophic; Agarum clathratum; Constantinia sp; Costaria costata; Laminaria groenlandica; Laminaria yezoensis; Nereocystis sp; Pleurophycus gardneri; Saccharina latissima; clathratum; sp; costata; groenlandica; yezoensis; gardneri; latissima; Alaska; Lontra
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/df35b.168.10

These data include size, density and biomass for algae at various oiled sites and paired control sites in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The data here include only alga size and density data. Other data assocaited with this project can be found in additional data packages. For the Nereocystis habitat, densities of larger canopy forming kelps (Nereocystis luetkeana and Eualaria fistulosa) are not included. These were counted separately. The raw data are lost, but means for Nereocystis are given in Jewett et al. 1995. These data have been published in the following: ***Dean, T.A., S.C. Jewett. 2001. Habitat specific recovery of shallow subtidal communities following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Ecological Applications 11:1456-1471. ***Dean, T.A., M.S. Stekoll, R.O. Smith 1996. Kelps and oil: The effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on subtidal algae. In: Rice SD, Spies RB, Wolfe DA, Wright BA (eds) Proceedings of the Exxon Valdez oil spill symposium. Am Fish Soc Symp 18, p 412-423. ***Jewett, S.C., T.A. Dean, R.O. Smith, L.J. Haldorson, D. Laur, M. Stekoll, L. McDonald. 1993. The effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on shallow subtidal communities in Prince William Sound, Alaska: 1989-1993. Report to the Exxon Valdez Trustee Council