The Bristol Bay Environment A Background Study of Available Knowledge

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Fischer, Victor
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Fish And Game
Economics
Alaska
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Title Page I INTRODUCTION ] PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1 GENERAL LOCATION AND 3 SETTING II GEOMORPHOLOGY 7 INTRODUCTION 7 ONSHORE AREAS 15 OFFSHORE AREAS 18 REFERENCES CITED 24 III PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY 27 INTRODUCTION 27 CIRCULATION 32 TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS 35 SUMMER WATER TYPES 41 SEA ICE AND WINTER 56 CONDITIONS WAVES 59 REFERENCES CITED 62 iii IV CLIMATE 65 INTRODUCTION 65 DATA SOURCES 66 REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERNS 66 TEMPERATURE 75 PRECIPITATION 95 DETAILED WEATHER 108 CONDITIONS SURFACE WINDS 108 ICE CONDITIONS 129 SOLAR RADIATION 134 LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT 135 EFFECT OF WEATHER ON 137 MAN'S ACTIVITIES REFERENCES CITED 149 V GEOLOGY 150 BEDROCK GEOLOGY 150 ONSHORE SURFICIAL 177 GEOLOGY CONTEMPORARY MARINE 189 SEDIMENTS MINERALS 200 iv OIL AND GAS 215 OTHER ENERGY RESOURCES 234 VOLCANISM 243 SEISMICITY 255 COASTAL PROCESSES AND 264 EROSION REFERENCES CITED 268 VI HYDROLOGY 278 INTRODUCTION 278 SURFACE WATER 278 GROUND WATER 295 REFERENCES CITED 300 VII BIOTA OF BRISTOL BAY 301 MARINE BACTERIA 301 PLANKTON 301 MARINE MACROPHYTES 318 BENTHIC AND INTERTIDAL 321 INVERTEBRATES PELAGIC FAUNA 381 TERRESTRIAL BIOTA 504 V ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND 522 MECHANISMS REFERENCES CITED 536 VIII SOCIOECONOMICS 557 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF 557 THE STUDY REGION POPULATION AND EDUCATION 592 LABOR FORCE AND 618 EMPLOYMENT INCOME AND COST OF 637 LIVING HOUSING AND PUBLIC 656 SERVICES INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY 668 TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES 700 AND COSTS LAND USE AND LAND STATUS 724 REFERENCES CITED 744 IX POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF 7 51 RESOURCE USE EFFECT,S OF THE ENVIRONMENT 7 51 ON RESOURCE USE EFFECTS OF RESOURCE USE ON 771 THE ENVIRONMENT vi EFFECTS OF PETROLEUM 800 DEVELOPMENT ON OTHER RESOURCE USE EFFECTS OF RESOURCE USE 804 ON THE SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTER OF THE AREA DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO 811 REFERENCES CITED 820 X DATA GAPS 827 INTRODUCTION 827 GEOMORPHOLOGY 827 OCEANOGRAPHY 828 CLIMATE 831 GEOLOGY 832 HYDROLOGY 834 BIOLOGY 835 SOCIOECONOMIC 839 REFERENCES CITED 841 XI ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR 843 PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION 843 EXPLORATION 845 DEVELOPMENT 848 CONCLUSIONS 855 REFERENCES CITED 858
Date
1974-01-01
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Institute of Social, Economic and Government Research, University of Alaska
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