This one-year project has several goals, the first is to determine if a community monitoring project is sustainable in Anton Larsen Bay (ALB). Collections of zooplankton, harmful algae, water temperature, stratification of the water column, and nutrients are all attempted to be collected monthly. Whenever possible, the community members of ALB will assist or lead the field collections.
This project arose from conversations with the residents on ALB and citizens of the Kodiak community who are engaged in fisheries and marine ecosystem research and management and/or the fishing industry. This project aims to 1) test several methods of year-round sampling for invertebrate prey species, 2) collect phytoplankton geared to identifying species that cause Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), 3) measure and assess water quality in potentially anoxic zones in the Bay, and 4) deploy continuous temperature data loggers at a mooring buoy in the Bay.
Funded by UAF SeaGrant
Award Period: November 22, 2021, to January 31, 2023
Project lead: JoEllen Lottsfeldt
