Pacific Northwest Laboratory Alaska (ARCTIC) research program

• Main Authors: Hanson, W.C., Eberhardt, L.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pacific Northwest Laboratory 1980
• Subjects: Research Programs; Beaufort Sea; Chemical Reactions; Mammals; Biology; Polar Regions; Radiobiology; Ecosystems; Fallout; Prudhoe Bay; Arctic Regions; Algae; Surface Waters; Plants; Animals; Alaska; Fungi; Vertebrates 510100* > Environment; Terrestrial > Basic Studies > (-1989); North America; Seas; Photosynthesis; 510302 > Environment; Terrestrial > Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport > Terrestrial Ecosystems & Food Chains > (-1987); Lichens; Taxonomy; Terrestrial Ecosystems; Energy Source Development; Ecology; Birds; Usa; Federal Region X; Environmental Impacts; Photochemical Reactions; Bays; Arctic Ocean; 54 Environmental Sciences; Synthesis; Arctic; Pacific
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052651/

The current program continues studies of arctic ecosystems begun in 1959 as part of the Cape Thompson Program. Specific ecosystem aspects include studies of the ecology of arctic and red foxes, small mammel and bird population studies, lichen studies, and radiation ecology studies. (ACR)