AFSC/ABL: Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) fish and oceanography data
Data Set (DS) | Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:17242 | Updated: May 15, 2025 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 2025: AFSC/ABL: Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) fish and oceanography data, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17242.
Full Citation Examples
Understanding the processes that regulate early marine survival of salmon is a major goal of the Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) Northeast Pacific (NEP) program. Faster growth and larger body size are generally associated with higher marine survival for most species of juvenile salmon, which experience relatively high mortality rates during early marine life. The interaction between the temporal-spatial distribution of juvenile salmon, growth performance, environmental conditions, and stage-specific survival are critical to understanding how physical and biological factors contribute to production and survival, and influence the mechanisms, magnitude, location, and timing of marine mortality.
The northern Coastal Gulf of Alaska (CGOA) is a highly productive, down-welling based system where freshwater runoff and winds dominate the physical processes on the shelf. The physical environment changes at different spatial and temporal scales, which is believed to influence inter-annual variability in distribution, feeding, growth, and survival of juvenile salmon. Pink salmon are the upper trophic level target species of GLOBEC, however, the overarching programmatic goal is to enhance our understanding of the processes driving the physical structure and biological productivity of the highly dynamic CGOA system.
Distribution Information
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Oceanographic data were primarily collected from the University of Alaska's School of Fisheries and Ocean Science research vessel, the R/V Alpha Helix from 1997-2004, under funding from the Northeast Pacific GLOBEC program. Data collection from 2004 to the present has been supported by the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB), on cruises aboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson and the M/V Tiglax. Fisheries data were collected on the Alaska Dept.of Fish and Game research vessel, the R/V Pandalus. Stations are occupied in the northern Gulf of Alaska primarily along the Seward Line and a few stations within Prince William Sound. Other stations are occupied on an opportunistic basis as time and weather (!) permit. The location of the sampling lines and station GAK1 are shown on the station location map. Processed data can be obtained from the GLOBEC JGOFS web data server, from the NODC data archives, or by email request.
There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed. This database is served to the public from Woods Hole.
User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Data should not be used beyond the limits of the source scale. Acknowledgement of NOAA, as the source from which these data were obtained, in any publications and/or other representations of these data is suggested.
Controlled Theme Keywords
biota
Child Items
| Type | Title |
|---|---|
| Entity | 2001jpsenergy |
| Entity | 2002 pink energy density |
| Entity | 2003PinkEnergyDensity |
| Entity | Hatchery |
| Entity | Haul Information |
| Entity | OS Biological Data 1999 |
| Entity | OS Catch |
| Entity | Other Species Categories |
| Entity | Paste Errors |
| Entity | Predator List |
| Entity | Prey Codes |
| Entity | Prey List |
| Entity | Salmon Biodata 2001 |
| Entity | Salmon Biodata 2001 old |
| Entity | Salmon Biodata 2002 |
| Entity | Salmon Biodata 2002 old |
| Entity | Salmon Biodata 2003 |
| Entity | Salmon Biodata 2003 old |
| Entity | Salmon Biodata 2004 |
| Entity | Salmon Categories |
| Entity | Salmon Diet |
| Entity | Salmon Processing |
| Entity | Sheet1$_ImportErrors |
| Entity | Sheet1$_ImportErrors1 |
| Entity | Table1 |
| Entity | Table2 |
| Entity | Thermal Mark |
| Entity | Thermal Mark old |
| Entity | cara_chumlabels_bulk |
| Entity | chumlabelmf2003tbl |
| Entity | imchumlabels |
| Entity | mary_chum_labels |
| Entity | otolith table |
Contact Information
Point of Contact
Jamal Moss
jamal.moss@noaa.gov
Extents
-157.4515° W,
-137.196167° E,
60.040667° N,
54.29° S
Gulf of Alaska
2001 - 2004
