Final Report: Germination of water sedge, Carex aquatilis, and cotton sedge, Eriophorum angustifolium, from Arctic coastal wetlands, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

• Main Authors: Holloway, Patricia S., Willison, M. Sean, Sparrow, Stephen D.
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, University of Alaska Fairbanks 2012
• Subjects: Carex aquatilis; Eriophorum; Ice; permafrost; Prudhoe Bay; Tundra; tundra grass; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/2754

Final report to BP. The Prudhoe Bay oil fields, Alaska were discovered in 1968, and commercial production commenced in 1977 with the completion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Oil production has been declining since 1989, although additional exploratory drilling continues. Support facilities for oil p...