August 2001 - MMS Alaska Environmental Studies Program - Ongoing Studies for FY 2001

Program Status Discipline TITLE 1999 2000 2001 2002
    Code *

PLANNED NEW STARTS (FY 2001)

 (x=FY of Funding)
MMS NEW PS Analysis of Covariance of Human Activities and Sea Ice in Relation to Fall Migrations of Bowhead Whales     x  
BRD NEW BIO Modeling Recovery Rates for Avian Populations     x  
MMS NEW SE Quantitative Description of Potential Impacts of OCS Activities on Bowhead Whale Hunting/Subsistence     x  
BRD NEW PS Use of Sea Ice Habitat by Polar Bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea     x  
MMS NEW SE Traditional Knowledge/Western Science Bowhead Whale Migration Seasonal Report     x  
               
     

ONGOING STUDIES

        
     

Protected Species

        
MMS CONTINUING PS Bowhead Whale Feeding in the Eastern Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Update of Science and Traditional Knowledge x x    
MMS CONTINUING PS Monitoring Key Marine Mammals, Arctic: Beaufort Sea Ringed Seals        
MMS CONTINUING PS Monitoring the Distribution of Arctic Whales x x x x
MMS/CMI CONTINUING PS Satellite Tracking of Eastern Chukchi Sea Beluga Whales in the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean   x    
MMS/CMI CONTINUING PS Correction Factor for Ringed Seal Surveys in Northern Alaska        
MMS/BRD CONTINUING PS Polar Bear Den Survey: Workshop x   x  
MMS/BRD CONTINUING PS Monitoring Beaufort Sea Waterfowl and Marine Birds x x x x
BRD CONTINUING PS Simulation Modeling of Effects of Oil Spills on Polar Bear Population Dynamics x      
     

Biology

 1999 2000 2001 2002
MMS/CMI CONTINUING BIO Feeding Ecology of Maturing Sockeye Salmon in Nearshore Waters of the Kodiak Archipelago        
MMS/CMI CONTINUING BIO The Alaska Frozen Tissue Collection and Electronic Database        
MMS/CMI CONTINUING BIO Seabird Samples as Resources for Marine Environmental Assessment x      
BRD CONTINUING BIO Alaska Marine Mammal Tissues Archival Project x x    
     

Physical Oceanography

        
MMS CONTINUING PO Synthesis and Collection of Meteorological Data in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea   x    
MMS CONTINUING PO Evaluation of Sub-Sea Physical Environmental Data for Beaufort Sea x      
MMS/CMI CONTINUING PO Alaska Sea Ice Atlas   x    
MMS/CMI CONTINUING PO The Circulation, Thermohaline Structure, and Cross Shelf Transport in the Alaska Beaufort Sea   x    
MMS/CMI CONTINUING PO Beaufort and Chukchi Sea Seasonal Variability for Two Arctic Climate States x      
MMS/CMI CONTINUING PO Beaufort Sea Nearshore Under-Ice Currents: Science, Analysis and Logistics x x    
     

Fate and Effects

 1999 2000 2001 2002
MMS CONTINUING FE Oil Spill Occurrence Estimators for Beaufort/Chukchi Sea OCS    x x  
MMS CONTINUING FE Environmental Sensitivity Index Shoreline Classification in the Beaufort Sea   x    
MMS CONTINUING FE Revision of the OCS Oil Weathering Model:  Phases II & III x      
MMS/CMI CONTINUING FE The Role of Zooplankton in the Distribution of Hydrocarbons x      
MMS/CMI CONTINUING FE Kinetics and Mechanisms of Slow PAH Desorption From Lower Cook Inlet and Beaufort Sea Sediments x      
MMS/CMI CONTINUING FE A Nowcast/Forecast Model for the Beaufort Sea Ice-Ocean-Oil Spill System   x    
MMS/CMI CONTINUING FE Petroleum Hydrocarbon Degrading Microbial Communities in Beaufort Sea Sediments x x x  
     

Social and Economic

        
MMS CONTINUING S&E Collection of Traditional Knowledge of the Alaskan North Slope x x    
MMS CONTINUING S&E Synthesis/Book of Information on the Socioeconomic Effects of Oil & Gas Industry Activity, on Alaska OCS x      
MMS CONTINUING S&E Sociocultural Consequences of Alaska OCS Activities: Data Analysis and Integration        
MMS CONTINUING S&E EVOS Oil Spill, Cleanup and Litigation: Collection of Social Impacts Information and Analysis        
MMS CONTINUING S&E Update of Oil Industry Labor Factors for Alaska Manpower Model   x    
MMS/CMI CONTINUING S&E Subsistence Economies and North Slope Oil Development        
MMS/CMI CONTINUING S&E An Economic Assessment of the Marine Sport Fisheries in Lower Cook inlet x      
     

Multidisciplinary

        
MMS CONTINUING MULTI Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area (ANIMIDA) x x x x
MMS CONTINUING MULTI Ref. Manual and GIS Overlays, Oil Industry and Other Human Activity (1970-1995) Beaufort Sea x      
MMS CONTINUING MULTI Conference Management and Reports on MMS Results x x x x
               
      MMS = Minerals Management Service
BRD = Biological Resources Division (US Geological Survey)
CMI = Coastal Marine Institute (University of Alaska Fairbanks)		        
     

*Discipline Code

        
      BIO = Biology; FE = Fate and Effects; MULTI = Multi-disciplinary;  PO = Physical Oceanography; PS = Protected Species; S&E = Social & Economic          

Minerals Management Service
Alaska OCS Region

Content:  Tim Holder