Abundance of Selected Fish Species in Relation to Temperature and Salinity Patterns in the Sagavanirktok Delta, Alaska, Following Construction of the Endicott Causeway

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Griffiths, William B., Fechhelm, Robert G., Gallaway, Benny J., Martin, Larry R., Wilson, William J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1998
• Subjects: Alaska; Sagavanirktok Delta; causeway; arctic fishes; abundance; temperature; salinity; delta du Sagavanirktok; pont-jetée; poissons de l’Arctique; abondance; température; salinité; Arctic; Cornes; Navaga; Arctic cod; Arctic grayling; Arctique*; Boreogadus saida; Prudhoe Bay; Thymallus arcticus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64107

Hydrography data from 1985 to 1993 in the vicinity of the Endicott Causeway near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, were analyzed to determine if the trend in yearly post-causeway construction temperature and salinity was toward colder and more saline conditions. No significant (P<=0.05) relationship was found...