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Karen L. Oakley Title: Supv. Biologist |
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Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests
M.S. 1981 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK Biology B.S. 1975 Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA Ecology
Professional ExperienceLong-term studies, ecological monitoring, pragmatic modeling, science-management interface, and seabird ecology.
Professional Activities and/or Memberships
1994 - Present Fish and Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska 1989 - 1994 Fish and Wildlife Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska 1987 - 1989 Legislative Analyst, House of Representatives Research Agency, Juneau, Alaska 1984 - 1987 Habitat Biologist, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage, Alaska 1982 - 1983 Research Analyst, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Anchorage, Alaska
Significant Recent PublicationsEcological Society of America
Websites of InterestOakley, K. L., L. P. Thomas, and S. G. Fancy. 2003. Guidelines for long-term monitoring protocols. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 31(4):1000-1003. [PDF file - 94 KB]
Oakley, K. L. 2003. Designing long-term monitoring: some rules of thumb. Poster presentation at National Park Service, Inventory and Monitoring Program, Annual Meeting, August 18-22, 2003, Washington, D.C. [PDF file - 461 KB]
Caughlan, L. and K. L. Oakley. 2002. Cost considerations for long-term ecological monitoring. Ecol. Indicators 14:1-12. [PDF file- 2.2 MB]
Oakley, K. L., S. L. Boudreau, and S. Humphrey. 2001. Recommended features of protocols for long-term ecological monitoring. Pp. 415-419 in Crossing boundaries in park management: Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands. D. Harmon, editor. The George Wright Society, Hancock, MI.
Oakley, K. L., E. M. Debevec, and E. A. Rexstad. 1999. Development of a long-term ecological monitoring program in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska (USA). Pages 307-314 in C. Aguirre-Bravo and C.R. Franco, compilers. North American Science Symposium: Toward a Unified Framework for Inventorying and Monitoring Forest Ecosystem Resources. Guadalajara, Mexico (November 2-6, 1998). Proceedings RMRS-P-12. U.S. Departement of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO.
Oakley, K., and K. Kuletz. 1996. Population, reproduction, and foraging of pigeon guillemots at Naked Island, Alaska, before and after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Pp. 759-769 in S. D. Rice, R. B. Spies, D. A. Wolfe, and B. A. Wright, editors. Proceedings of the Exxon Valdez oil spill symposium. American Fisheries Society Symposium 18:759-769.
Murphy, E. C., A. A. Hoover-Miller, R. H. Day, and K. L. Oakley. 1992. Intracolony variability during periods of poor reproductive performance at a glaucous-winged gull colony. Condor 94:598-607.
Murphy, E. C., R. H. Day, K. L. Oakley, and A. A. Hoover. 1984. Dietary changes and poor reproductive performance in Glaucous-winged gulls. Auk 101:532-541.
Day, R.H., K. L. Oakley and D. R. Barnard. 1983. Nest sites and eggs of Kittlitz's and Marbled murrelets. Condor 85:265-273.
Divorky, G. J., K. L. Oakley, and H. R. Huber. 1979. Pomarine jaeger preys on adult Black-legged kittiwake. Wilson Bulletin 91:329.
Landscape analyses of spruce bark beetle infestation and salvage logging of spruce forests in and around Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Alaska
Development of prototype long-term ecological monitoring program at Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska
Developing frameworks for scientific research and resource management in Glacier Bay, Denali, Prince William Sound, and Wrangell-St. Elias
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