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Bishop, M.A. and D. Tsamchu. 2007. Summary of results: Black-necked Crane & Bar-headed Goose populations wintering in South-Central Tibet, People's Republic of China, Jan 3-17, 2007. Final Report. International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, WI. 6p.

Thorne, R.E., M.A. Bishop, R.E. Crawford, G.L. Thomas, S.M Gay III and K. George. 2007. Impacts of seafood waste discharge in Orca Inlet, PWS. Final Report to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, AK 120 p. (in review)

Bishop, M.A., S.A. Iverson, and S. Fritsch. 2006. Concept of operations: results and recommendations for use of rapid analysis technologies for the field identification and on-site confirmation of avian influenza: Copper River Delta, Alaska. Final Report. Prince William Sound Science Center. Cordova, AK. 25 p. + 8 appendices

Powers, S.P., M.A. Bishop, and G.H. Reeves. 2006. Estuaries as essential fish habitat for salmonids: Assessing residence time and habitat use of coho and sockeye salmon in Alaska estuaries. North Pacific Research Board Project Final Report 310: 63p.

Powers, S.P., M.A. Bishop, and E. Clesceri. 2005. Characterization of energy and potential contaminant pathways in subarctic estuarine habitats: ecology of tidal flat communities of the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Final Report to: Prince William Sound Regional Citizen’s Advisory Council. 25pp

Cox, Walter, et. al. , 2004, The Prince William Sound 2004 Lagrangian Field Experiment. Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute. Available here as Adobe pdf, (26mb)

Warnock, N., M.A. Bishop, J.Y. Takekawa, and T. Williams. 2004. Pacific Flyway Shorebird Migration Program: Spring Western Sandpiper migration – Northern Baja, California, Mexico to Alaska, 2004. Final Report. Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA. 32pp

Bishop, M.A. and S.P. Powers. 2003. Restoration of Razor Clam (Siliqua patula) Populations in Southeastern Prince William Sound, Alaska: Integrating Science, Management & Traditional Knowledge in the Development of a Restoration Strategy. Final Report to: Partners for Fish and Wildlife Coastal Program, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, AK. 17pp.

Kline, T.C. Jr. and S. Baumann. 2002. Prince William Sound Food Webs: Structure and Change (Restoration Project 99-01393) Draft Final Report. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. Anchorage, Alaska. 19 pp.

Thomas, G.L., R.E. Thorne and W.R. Bechtol. 2002. Developing an effective monitoring program for Pollock in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Electronic Proceedings, ACOUSTGEAR 2000, International Symposium on Advanced Techniques of Sampling Gear and Acoustical Surveys for Estimation of Fish Abundance and Behavior. Hakodate, Japan, Oct. 20-21, 2000l 7 p.

Thorne, R. E., G. L. Thomas and J.J. Goering. 2002. Interactions among Steller Sea Lions, Pollock and Herring and an Examination of Variability Associated with Acoustic Surveys of Pollock. Final Project Report to the Pollock Conservation Cooperative, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, AK. 18 p.

Thorne, R.E. and G.L. Thomas. 2002. Assessing Prey and Competitor/Predators of Pink Salmon Fry, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project Final Report (Restoration Project 01452), Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, AK., 29 p.

Thorne, R.E. 2002. Biological Monitoring of Herring and Pollock in Prince William Sound, Annual Progress Report to the Oil Spill Recovery Institute Contract # 00-10-03, Prince William Sound Science Center, 33 p.

Thorne, R.E. 2002. Biological Monitoring of Spring Zooplankton and Nekton in Prince William Sound, Annual Progress Report to the Oil Spill Recovery Institute Contract # 00-10-04, Prince William Sound Science Center, 34 p.

Vaughan, S.L. and S.M. Gay. 2002. Exchange between Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project Final Report (Restoration Project 01552), Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska.

Warnock, N., M.A. Bishop, and J.Y. Takekawa. 2002. Spring shorebird migration from Mexico to Alaska: Final Report. 2002. Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA. 22 p.

Kline, T.C., Jr. 2001. Prince William Sound Food Webs: Structure and Change. (Restoration Project 00393) FY 00 Annual Report. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 38 pp.

Kline, T.C. Jr. 2001. Prince William Sound Isotope Ecology Dissemination (Restoration Project 00541) Draft Final Report. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. Anchorage, Alaska. 27 pp.

Thorne, R.E. and G.L. Thomas. 2001. Monitoring the juvenile pink salmon food supply and predators in Prince William Sound. Pages 42-44, in R. Beamish, Y. Ishida, V. Karpenko, P. Livingston and K. Myers, Workshop on factors affecting production of juvenile salmon: comparative studies on juvenile salmon ecology between the East and West North Pacific Ocean, Technical Report 2, North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, Vancouver, B.C.

Vaughan, S.L. and S.M. Gay. 2001. Exchange between Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project Final Report (Restoration Project 00552), Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska.

Warnock, N., M.A. Bishop, and J.Y. Takekawa. 2001. Spring migration of Dunlin and Dowitchers along the Pacific Flyway 2001. Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA. 16pp.

Kline, T.C., Jr. 2000. Prince William Sound Food Webs: Structure and Change. (Restoration Project 99393) FY 99 Annual Report. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 36 pp.

Thorne, R.E. 2000. Biological Monitoring of Herring and Pollock in Prince William Sound, Annual Progress Report to the Oil Spill Recovery Institute Contract # 00-10-03, Prince William Sound Science Center, 57 p.

Thorne, R.E. 2000. Biological Monitoring of Spring Zooplankton and Nekton in Prince William Sound, Annual Progress Report to the Oil Spill Recovery Institute Contract # 00-10-04, Prince William Sound Science Center, 48 p.

Bishop, M.A. 1999. Status of seabird colonies in Northeast Prince William Sound. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project final report (Restoration Project 99381), Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska.

Kirsch, Jay and G. Thomas. 1999. Acoustic biomass estimate of adult herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska in Spring 1999. Final report to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. 25 pp.

Kline, T.C., Jr. 1999. Pacific Herring Productivity Dependencies in the Prince William Sound Ecosystem Determined with Natural Stable Isotope Tracers. Final Report, Restoration Project 98-99311, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council.

Kline, T.C., Jr. 1999. Monitoring changes in oceanographic forcing using the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of Prince William Sound pelagic biota. In: Ecosystem Approaches for Fisheries Management. University of Alaska Sea Grant, AK-SG-99-01, Fairbanks, Alaska. pg. 87-95.

Thomas, G.L. and J. Kirsch, 1999. SEA: Nekton-Plankton Acoustics Final Report. Restoration Project 98320N. Exxon Valdez Trustee Council. Anchorage, Alaska.

Vaughan, S.L., S.M. Gay, L.B. Tuttle. 1999. Oceanography in Prince William Sound: 1994-1998. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project Final Report (Restoration Project 98320-M), Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska.

Vaughan, S.L., S.M. Gay, L.B. Tuttle. 1999. Observational Physical Oceanography in Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska, Sound Ecosystem Assessment, 1998 Annual Report, Chapter 9. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska.

Williams, K., J. Williams and A. Blanchard. 1999. Pollution Concerns of Fish Waste in Orca Inlet, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Final Technical/Performance Report Submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 67 pp.

Allen, Jennifer R., E.V. Patrick, R. Kulkarni, G.L. Thomas and J. Kirsch. 1998. Scientific Visualization Methods for Marine Ecosystem Research: Case studies using AVS for display of hydroacoustic data. Partial text of a paper presented at the 127th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, 1997. Information Systems and Model Development. Sound Ecosystem Assessment 1997 Annual Report, Chapter 7. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 140 pp.

Gay III, S.M. and S.L. Vaughan. 1998. Descriptive physical oceanography of bays and fjords in Prince William Sound, Alaska used as nursery habitat by juvenile Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi). Sound Ecosystem Assessment, 1997 Annual Report, Chapter 8. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 71 pp.

Kirsch, J. and G. Thomas. 1998. Acoustic biomass estimate of adult walleye pollock in Prince William Sound, Alaska in Winter 1998. Final report to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. 52 pp.

Kirsch, J. and G. Thomas. 1998. Acoustic biomass estimate of adult herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska in Spring 1998. Final report to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. 54 pp.

Kline, T.C., Jr. 1998. Confirming Food Web Dependencies in the Prince William Sound Ecosystem Using Stable Isotope Tracers. Sound Ecosystem Assessment FY 97 Annual Report, Chapter 6. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 65pp.

Patrick, E.V., Jennifer R. Allen, Stephen Bodnar, Charles S. Falkenberg, Ravi Kulkarni, Doran M. Mason, Christopher N.K. Mooers, Roy Murray, Ricardo H. Nochetto, Jia Wang. 1998. Information Systems and Model Development. Sound Ecosystem Assessment 1997 Annual Report, Chapter 7. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. Pp 140.

Thomas, G. L, J. Kirsch, G. B. Steinhart, and N. Peters. 1998. SEA: Nekton-plankton acoustics annual report, 1997. Restoration Project 97320N. Exxon Valdez Trustee Council. Anchorage, Alaska. 134 pp.

Vaughan, S.L., S.M. Gay, L.B. Tuttle, K.E. Osgood. 1998. SEA: Observational Physical Oceanography in Prince William Sound, Sound Ecosystem Assessment, 1997 Annual Report, Chapter 8. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 165 pp.

Vaughan, S.L., S.M. Gay, and L.B. Tuttle, 1998. Oceanography of Prince William Sound bays and fjords. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Resotration Project Annual Report (Resotration Project 98297), Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska.

Vaughan, S.L. 1998. Circulation in Prince William Sound from Satellite Tracked Drifting Buoys. Presented at the AAAS 48th Arctic Division Science Conference, Sept. 1997. Sound Ecosystem Assessment, 1997 Annual Report, Chapter 8. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 15 pp.

Kirsch, Jay. 1997. Acoustic biomass estimate of adult walleye pollock in Prince William Sound, Alaska in Winter 1997. Final report to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. 22 pp.

Kirsch, Jay and Gary Thomas. 1997. Acoustic biomass estimate of adult herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska in Spring 1997. Final report to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. 47 pp.

Kline, T.C., Jr. 1997. Confirming Food Web Dependencies in the Prince William Sound Ecosystem Using Stable Isotope Tracers. Sound Ecosystem Assessment FY 96 Annual Report, Chapter 6. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 32 pp.

Kline, T.C., Jr. 1997. North Slope Amphidromy Assessment, Final Report – December 1997. Coastal Marine Institute, Minerals Management Service. 33 pp.

Kline, T.C., Jr. 1997. Confirming forage fish food web dependencies in the Prince William Sound ecosystem. In: Forage Fishes in Marine Ecosystems. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Role of Forage Fishes in Marine Ecosystems. Alaska Sea Grant College Program Report No. 9701. University of Alaska Fairbanks. pg. 257-269.

Patrick, E.V., Jennifer R. Allen, Stephen Bodnar, Gary Drew, Charles S. Falkenberg, Edward Jin, Ravi Kulkarni, Doran M. Mason, Christopher N.K. Mooers, Roy Murray, Ricardo H. Nochetto, Sridhar P. Rao, Jia Wang. 1997. Information Systems and Model Development. Sound Ecosystem Assessment 1996 Annual Report, Chapter 7. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 120 pp.

Steinhart, G.B., J. Kirsch, and G.L Thomas. Acoustic estimates of fish biomass along the Shepard Point Road corridor. Final Report to Prince William Sound Science Center. September 1997.

Steinhart, G.B., G.L. Thomas and J. Williams. 1997. Anadromous Stream Mapping of the Carbon Mountain Access Road. Final report submitted to Chugach Alaska Corporation. 24 pp.

Thomas, G. L, J. Kirsch, G. B. Steinhart, and N. Peters. 1997. SEA: Nekton-plankton acoustics annual report, 1996. Restoration Project 96320N. Exxon Valdez Trustee Council. Anchorage, Alaska. 75 pp.

Vaughan, S.L., S.M. Gay, L.B. Tuttle and K.E. Osgood. 1997. Water Mass Variability and Circulation of Prince William Sound. Sound Ecosystem Assessment, 1996 Annual Report, Chapter 9. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 58 pp.

Allen, J.R, Robin Doane-Irving, E. Vincent Patrick. 1996. Survey of Cordova Based Fishermen Regarding Observations on Current Flow in the Vicinity of the Copper River Delta Flats. Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska. 73 pp.

Kline, T.C., Jr. 1996. Confirming Food Web Dependencies in the Prince William Sound Ecosystem Using Stable Isotope Tracers. Sound Ecosystem Assessment FY 95 Annual Report, Chapter 6. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 27 pp.

Patrick, E.V., Jennifer R. Allen, Stephen Bodnar, Gary Drew, David L. Eslinger, Charles S. Falkenberg, Edward Jin, Ravi Kulkarni, Doran M. Mason, Christopher N.K. Mooers, Ricardo H. Nochetto, Sridhar P. Rao, Jia Wang. 1996. Information Systems and Model Development. Sound Ecosystem Assessment 1995 Annual Report, Chapter 7. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 158 pp.

Scheel, D., Rebecca Dodge and Tania L.S. Vincent. 1996. Survey of Octopuses in the Intertidal, 1995 Annual Report. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 55 pp.

Scheel, D. and K.R. Hough. 1996. Estimating local avian predation rates on hatchery released fry. 1995 SEA Annual Report, Chapter 14. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 27 pp.

Steinhart, G.B. 1996. November 1996 Adult herring survey. 7 pp.

Thomas, G.L., Jay Kirsch, and Tom McLain. 1996. Nekton and Plankton Acoustics, Sound Ecosystem Assessment, 1995 Annual Report, Chapter 10. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 113 pp.

Vaughan, S.L., S.M. Gay, T.Thomas and L.B. Tuttle. 1996. Observational Physical Oceanography in Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska, Sound Ecosystem Assessment, 1995 Annual Report, Chapter 9. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 25 pp.

Patrick, E.V., et. al. 1995. Information Systems and Model Development. Sound Ecosystem Assessment 1994 Annual Report, Chapter 6. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 50 pp.

Salmon, D.K, J.M. Murphy, Shelton M. Gay, Thea M. Thomas. 1995. Descriptive Physical Oceanography of Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska. Sound Ecosystem Assessment 1994 Annual Report, Chapter 8. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 33 pp.

Scheel, D. and Jody Seitz. 1995. Planning and Communication, Sound Ecosystem Assessment, 1994 Annual Report, Chapter 11. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 3 pp.

Scheel, D. and T.C. Kline Jr., 1995. Confirming Food Web Dependencies Using Stable Isotopes, Sound Ecosystem Assessment, 1995 Annual Report, Chapter 5. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 34 pp.

Thomas, G.L., Jay Kirsch and John Wilcock. 1995. Pacific Herring Biomass in the Knowles Head and Green Island Areas of Prince William Sound, Alaska, in the Fall of 1994, Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska. November 1995, 21 pp.

Thomas, G.L. and T. Brock Stables. 1995. Winter 1995 estimate of the prespawning biomass of walleye pollock in Prince William Sound, Alaska, Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska. 21 pp.

Thomas, G.L. and Jay Kirsch. 1995. Acoustic assessment of fish predators near salmon hatchery net pens in Sawmill Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Technical report to the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation. 50 pp.

Thomas, G.L. and Jay Kirsch. 1995. Hydroacoustic surveys of Coghill Lake, August and September 1994, Prince William Sound Science Center report, 8 pp.

Thomas, G.L., David Salmon, Robin Doane-Irving and Switgard Duesterloh. 1995. Oil Pollution Research and Technology Plan for the Arctic and Subarctic, Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute in cooperation with the Alaska Hazardous Substance Spill Technology Review Council, Cordova, Alaska. 74 pp.

Thorne, R.E., G.L. Thomas and J. Wilcock. 1995. Acoustic estimate of herring biomass in Rocky and Zaikof Bays, Prince William Sound, in the spring of 1995. 17 pp.

Thomas, G.L., David Salmon and Robin Doane-Irving. 1994. Oil Pollution Research and Technology Plan for the Arctic and Subarctic. By the Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Hazardous Substance Spill Technology Review Council, Cordova, Alaska. 49 pp.

Thomas, G.L., Jay Kirsch and Becki Shipman. 1994. Acoustic assessment of juvenile sockeye salmon abundance and distribution in Coghill Lake: Fall 1993 - Prince William Sound, Alaska, Prince William Sound Science Center report, 17 pp.

DeCino, Robert, John Wilcock, E. Vincent Patrick, Richard Thorne, and Gary Thomas. 1993. Acoustic estimate of herring biomass in the Green Island area of Prince William Sound, Alaska. 18 pp. Plus figures.

Prince William Sound Fisheries Ecosystem Research Planning Group. 1993. Sound Ecosystem Assessment, Initial Science Plan and Monitoring Program. Report Number 1. Prince William Sound Fisheries Ecosystem Research Planning Group, Cordova, Alaska. 111 pp. plus figures.

Prince William Sound Science Center. 1991. Research for the 1990's in Prince William Sound and the Copper River Delta. Proceedings of May 1990 conference co-sponsored by the Copper River Delta Institute, Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation, Alaska Science & Engineering Advisory Commission. Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska. 40 pp.


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