Assessing the Status and Trends of Seabirds and Forage Fish in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

• Main Authors: Arimitsu, Mayumi, Schoen, Sarah K, Piatt, John F, Marsteller, Caitlin E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2021
• Subjects: Breeding sites , Nesting behavior , Egg production , Reproductive success , Nesting success , Coastal ecosystems , Marine ecosystems , Population dynamics , Common Murres , Glaucous-winged Gull , Herring Gull , Bald Eagle , Uria aalge , Larus glaucescens , Larus argentatus , Haliaeetus leucocephalus , Common Murres , Black-legged Kittiwakes , Rissa tridactyla , Fish , Zooplankton , Pelagic habitat , Food fishes , Trawling , Mid-water trawl , Forage fish; rissa tridactyla; Uria aalge; Alaska; uria
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/p961lwwe; https://alaska.usgs.gov/products/data.php?dataid=393

This data release is composed of six 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, in comparison to baseline findings for the region (1995-1999).