Preliminary Summary by

• Main Authors: Martin Robards, John Piatt, Gary Drew
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: gunnel Pholis laeta and Pacific snake prickleback Lumpenus sagitta; Glacier Bay; Gunnel; Pacific; Theragra chalcogramma
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.553.2533; http://www.nps.gov/glba/naturescience/upload/robardsetal_1999distributionandabundancessf.pdf

We sampled the nearshore fish of Glacier Bay during June 1999 using a beach seine. We visited 59 different beaches and sampled at both high and low tide, except when unsuitable substrate was present at one of the tidal states. We collected a total of 5,245 fish comprising at least 24 species from a total of 91sets. Of these species, 17 were represented primarily by juvenile stages. Our results indicated a clear gradation of abundance from Icy Strait to the upper areas of Glacier Bay. Lower and central areas were dominated by salmonids, whereas much greater diversity existed in the upper areas. Several key forage fish exist in the nearshore regions of Glacier Bay including schooling (e.g., herring Clupea pallasi, capelin Mallotus villosus, walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma, sand lance Ammodytes hexapterus) and benthic species (e.g., crescent