Questionnaire for the Oceanic and Nearshore Research and Monitoring
Database for the Northern Gulf of Alaska 2003
See Questionnaire at the end of this message
For more information contact:
Terry Thompson (terry_thompson [at] fishgame.state.ak.us)
Dear Colleague,
We are compiling a list of marine research projects for 2003 in the
Northern Gulf of Alaska (e.g. Icy Straits to Cold Bay). Such a
compilation would help individual investigators identify complimentary
datasets or fruitful opportunities for collaboration. Furthermore, as
the concept of a broad area ocean observing system advances in the
political and scientific arenas, a means of tracking data gathering
efforts can help isolate data gaps in space and time as well as identify
new data needs. It has been our experience that investigators gathering
data in the Gulf of Alaska often represent many different institutions
with broad geographic distributions. This makes it challenging to
integrate multi-disciplinary datasets and coordinate activities. Your
help in providing a brief description of your project in the area will
ensure the success of this effort.
Alaska now has several long-term marine science programs unrivaled in
North America including the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB:
http://www.nprb.org/), and the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring and
Research program (GEM: http://www.oilspill.state.ak.us). In addition,
the National Park Service (NPS) is developing a long-term monitoring
program for four coastal Parks: Lake Clark, Katmai, Aniakchak, and Kenai
Fjords (SWAN: http://www1.nature.nps.gov/im/units/nw01/). These park
units represent about 1,100 miles of coastline in the Northern Gulf of
Alaska. We currently lack a thorough inventory of marine research and
monitoring occurring in the region. To prevent needless duplication of
effort, enhance collaboration, and pave the way for coordinated
monitoring and research, it is crucial to identify all data collection
efforts that are currently in progress or scheduled for 2003.
The Kachemak Bay Research Reserve (KBRR) is assisting NPS with this
survey by compiling the submitted information and making the results
available via email to respondents as soon as possible, and generally
via the KBRR web page (www.kbayrr.org) at a later date. Planned annual
updates to this compilation will help researchers stay abreast of data
collected in the Northern Gulf of Alaska.
You have been identified as a potential Principle Investigator with an
on-going marine research project or projects in the Northern Gulf of
Alaska. Please provide the information requested (attached) for each
project and return by email the questionnaire and map to us at your
earliest convenience. Please feel free to pass this request on to others
who may have been omitted from our distribution list. We would like to
thank you in advance for your cooperation. Please return completed
questionnaire to Terry Thompson at terry_thompson [at] fishgame.state.ak.us.
If you have questions concerning this project or the information
requested, you may also contact Terry Thompson at (907) 235-4799 x 7.
In an effort to ensure wide spread coverage of our project we are using
several email lists, which may cause you to receive multiple email
notices requesting your participation. We ask for your patience if you
have already received this email.
Sincerely,
G. Carl Schoch
Science Director
Kachemak Bay Research Reserve
email: carl_schoch [at] fishgame.state.ak.us
Alan Bennett
Inventory and Monitoring Coordinator
Southwest Alaska Network
National Park Service
email: alan_bennett [at] nps.gov
(Please return completed questionnaire to Terry Thompson at
terry_thompson [at] fishgame.state.ak.us)
Oceanic and Nearshore Research and Monitoring Database for the Northern
Gulf of Alaska 2003
Project title:
Principle investigator(s) and contact information:
Primary contact:
Project affiliation:
Web site address:
Hypotheses or objective (e.g. proposal abstract):
Data being collected in 2003:
Type and location (latitude/longitude) of deployments, experiments,
transects, etc:
Expected duration of project:
How and when will the data be made available?
List of published and unpublished reports:
Research area - Please include map:
If a map of your research area is unavailable, please use one of the
following links to generate a map of the research area:
Small spatial scale projects: http://www.topozone.com/default.asp
Large spatial scale projects:
http://rimmer.ngdc.noaa.gov/coast/getcoast.html
End of Survey