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Colonies Sampled - 2003 Sampling Plan In 2003, the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) plans to collect common and thick-billed murre (Uria aalge and U. lomvia), black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), and glaucous-winged gull (L. glaucescens) eggs from the following colonies in the quantities listed below for current and future retrospective studies of potentially harmful persistent organic pollutants (POPs; e.g., polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], chlorinated pesticides, dioxins) and mercury. Egg contents will be separated from the shells and frozen at the USGS-BRD Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska, and then shipped to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina, where they will be cryogenically homogenized, divided into ‘A’ and ‘B’ samples, and stored in permanently labeled, cataloged Teflon containers in nitrogen vapor freezers at -150º C at the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank (NBSB) facility in the recently completed Hollings Marine Laboratory on the South Carolina Marine Resources Center campus. Aliquots of the banked ‘A’ samples will be analyzed to establish current baseline POP levels at the Alaskan nesting locations, and aliquots of the banked ‘B’ samples will be placed in long-term storage for up to 100 years for future research projects. Portions of the ‘A’ samples will also be made available to qualified researchers for current studies of potentially harmful contaminants. Dried shells will shipped to the University of Alaska – Fairbanks Museum (UAFM) for long-term storage for future investigations of POPs and shell thinning. Cape Lisburne: 15 thick-billed murre eggs and 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs will be collected at Cape Lisburne on the Lisburne Peninsula. A project partner (Mr. Earl Kingik, Director of Wildlife and Parks, Point Hope IRA Council) will obtain the eggs with monetary support from STAMP. The eggs will provide the second consecutive year of thick-billed murre data and the first year of black-legged kittiwake data from this eastern Chukchi Sea colony. (Black-legged kittiwake eggs are also scheduled to be collected at this nesting location in 2004). Cape Lewis: 15 common murre eggs, 15 thick-billed murre eggs, and 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs will be collected at Cape Lewis on the Lisburne Peninsula. A project partner (Mr. Earl Kingik, Director of Wildlife and Parks, Point Hope IRA Council) will obtain the eggs with monetary support from STAMP after obtaining permission from the Point Hope IRA Council. The eggs will provide the first year of murre and kittiwake data from this eastern Chukchi Sea colony. (Thick-billed murre, common murre, and black-legged kittiwake eggs are also scheduled to be collected at this nesting location in 2004). Kukpuk River Vicinity: 12 clutches of glaucous gull eggs will be collected along the lower reaches of the Kukpuk River on the Point Hope Spit. A project partner (Mr. Earl Kingik, Director of Wildlife and Parks, Point Hope IRA Council) will obtain the eggs with monetary support from STAMP after obtaining permission from the Point Hope IRA Council. The eggs will provide the first year of glaucous gull data from the Point Hope area. (Glaucous gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected at this nesting location in 2004). Cape Thompson: 15 common murre eggs, 15 thick-billed murre eggs, and 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs will be collected at Cape Thompson on the Lisburne Peninsula. A project partner (Mr. Earl Kingik, Director of Wildlife and Parks, Point Hope IRA Council) will obtain the eggs with monetary support from STAMP. The eggs will provide the second consecutive year of common murre data and the first year of thick-billed murre and black-legged kittiwake data from this eastern Chukchi Sea colony. (Thick-billed murre and black-legged kittiwake eggs are also scheduled to be collected at this nesting location in 2004). Kotzebue Vicinity: 12 clutches of glaucous gull eggs will be collected near Kotzebue in the northeastern Kotzebue Sound – Hotham Inlet vicinity. A project partner (Mr. Enoch Shiedt, Maniilaq Association Subsistence Program) will collect the eggs in cooperation with local subsistence hunters and fishermen after obtaining permission from the landowners, if monetary support can be found to visit the sampling area. The eggs will provide the first year of glaucous gull data from northern Kotzebue Sound. Contaminant data obtained from glaucous gull eggs collected at Kotzebue during a recent unrelated study will be compared with STAMP baseline information. (Glaucous gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). Chamisso-Puffin Islands: 15 common murre eggs and 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs will be collected at Chamisso-Puffin Islands in southeastern Kotzebue Sound. A project partner (Mr. Enoch Shiedt, Maniilaq Association Subsistence Program) will collect the eggs in cooperation with local subsistence hunters and fishermen after obtaining permission from the landowners, if monetary support can be found to visit the nesting location. The eggs will provide the first year of common murre and black-legged kittiwake data from this southern Kotzebue Sound colony. (Common murre and black-legged kittiwake eggs are also scheduled to be collected at this nesting location in 2004). Cape Deceit: 15 common murre eggs, 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs, and 12 clutches of glaucous gull eggs will be collected at and near Cape Deceit on the northern shore of the Seward Peninsula. A project partner (Mr. Enoch Shiedt, Maniilaq Association Subsistence Program) will collect the eggs in cooperation with local subsistence hunters and fishermen after obtaining permission from the landowners, if monetary support can be found to visit the nesting location. The eggs will provide the first year of common murre, black-legged kittiwake, and glaucous gull data from southern Kotzebue Sound. (Common murre, black-legged kittiwake, and glaucous gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected at this location in 2004). Deering Vicinity: 12 clutches of glaucous gull eggs will be collected along the northern shore of the Seward Peninsula in the Goodhope Bay – Deering – Spafarief Bay vicinity. A project partner (Mr. Enoch Shiedt, Maniilaq Association Subsistence Program) will collect the eggs in cooperation with local subsistence hunters and fishermen after obtaining permission from the landowners, if monetary support can be found to visit the sampling area. The eggs will provide the first year of common murre, black-legged kittiwake, and glaucous gull data from southern Kotzebue Sound. (Common murre, black-legged kittiwake, and glaucous gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected at this location in 2004). Little Diomede Island: 15 common murre eggs and 15 thick-billed murre eggs will be collected on Little Diomede Island. A project partner (Dr. David Irons, Office of Migratory Bird Management) will obtain the eggs for STAMP after obtaining permission from the landowners. The eggs will provide a second nonconsecutive year of common murre data and the first year of thick-billed murre data from this Bering Strait colony (common murre eggs were collected at this nesting location in 1999). (Thick-billed murre eggs are also scheduled to be collected at this nesting location in 2004). Bluff: 15 common murre eggs and 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs will be collected at Bluff on the Seward Peninsula. A project partner (Dr. Edward C. Murphy, University of Alaska Institute of Arctic Biology) will obtain the eggs with monetary support from STAMP. The eggs will provide the second consecutive year of common murre and black-legged kittiwake data from this important historical Norton Sound sampling location. Contaminant data obtained at this colony in the 1970s will be compared with STAMP baseline information (see Ohlendorf et al. 1982). (Common murre and black-legged kittiwake eggs are also scheduled to be collected at this nesting location in 2004). St. Lawrence Island (Savoonga): 15 common murre eggs, 15 thick-billed murre eggs, and 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs will be collected near Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island. A project partner (Dr. David Irons, Office of Migratory Bird Management) will obtain the eggs for STAMP after obtaining permission from the landowners. The eggs will provide the second consecutive year of thick-billed murre data and the first year of common murre and black-legged kittiwake data from this northern Bering Sea colony. (Common murre and black-legged kittiwake eggs are also scheduled to be collected at this nesting location in 2004). St. George Island: 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs will be collected at St. George Island in the Pribilof Islands. The eggs will provide the second consecutive year of black-legged kittiwake data from this important historical Bering Sea sampling location (common murre and thick-billed murre eggs were collected at this colony in 1999 and 2000-2002, respectively). Contaminant data obtained at this colony in the 1970s will be compared with STAMP baseline information (see Ohlendorf et al. 1982). Aiktak Island: 15 common murre eggs and 12 clutches of glaucous-winged eggs will be collected at Aiktak Island. The eggs will provide the first year of common murre and glaucous-winged gull data from this eastern Aleutian Islands colony. (Common murre and glaucous-winged gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). Bogoslof Island: 15 common murre eggs, 15 thick-billed murre eggs, and 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs will be collected at Bogoslof Island. The eggs will provide the second nonconsecutive year of common and thick-billed murre data, and the first year of black-legged kittiwake data from this important historical near-eastern Aleutian Islands sampling location (common the thick-billed murre eggs were collected at this colony in 1999). Contaminant data obtained at this colony in the 1970s will be compared with STAMP baseline information (see Ohlendorf et al. 1982). Buldir Island: 15 thick-billed murre eggs, 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs, and 12 clutches of glaucous-winged gull eggs will be collected at Buldir Island. The eggs will provide the first year of thick-billed murre, black-legged kittiwake, and glaucous-winged gull data from this Aleutian Islands colony. Contaminant data obtained at this colony in the 1970s will be compared with STAMP baseline information (see Ohlendorf et al. 1982). (Thick-billed murre, black-legged kittiwake, and glaucous-winged gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected at this nesting location in 2004). Chowiet Island: 15 common murre eggs and 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs will be collected at Chowiet Island in the Semidi Islands. The eggs will provide the first year of common murre and black-legged kittiwake data from this important historical southwestern Gulf of Alaska sampling location. Contaminant data obtained at this colony in the 1970s will be compared with STAMP baseline information (see Ohlendorf et al. 1982). (Common murre and black-legged kittiwake eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). Kodiak Island (Chiniak Bay): 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs and 12 clutches of glaucous-winged gull eggs will be collected in Chiniak Bay on Kodiak Island. A project partner (Dr. C. Loren Buck, University of Alaska School of Fisheries) will obtain the eggs for STAMP. The eggs will provide the second consecutive year of black-legged kittiwake data and the first year of glaucous-winged gull data from this important historical western Gulf of Alaska sampling location. Contaminant data obtained at this colony in the 1970s will be compared with STAMP baseline information (see Ohlendorf et al. 1982). (Glaucous-winged eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). East Amatuli Island: 15 common murre eggs and 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs will be collected at East Amatuli Island in the Barren Islands. The eggs will provide the third overall year, and a second consecutive year, of common murre data, and the first year of black-legged kittiwake data from this important historical northern Gulf of Alaska sampling location. Contaminant data obtained at this colony in the 1970s will be compared with STAMP baseline information (see Ohlendorf et al. 1982). (Black-legged kittiwake eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). Middleton Island: 15 common murre eggs, 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs, and 12 clutched of glaucous-winged gull eggs will be collected at Middleton Island. A project partner (Dr. Scott Hatch, U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division) will obtain the eggs with monetary support from STAMP. The eggs will provide the third consecutive year of black-legged kittiwake data and the first year of common murre and glaucous-winged gull data from this important historical northern Gulf of Alaska sampling location (kittiwake eggs collected in 2001 were used to test processing and analytical techniques, and as a result, the 2002-2003 samples will be used to establish initial baseline contaminant levels for this species at this colony). Contaminant data obtained at this colony in the 1970s will be compared with STAMP baseline information (see Ohlendorf et al. 1982). (Common murre eggs and glaucous-winged gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). Shoup Bay: 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs will be collected at Shoup Bay in upper Prince William Sound. A project partner (Dr. David Irons, Office of Migratory Bird Management) will obtain the eggs for STAMP after obtaining permission from the landowners. The eggs will provide the second consecutive year of black-legged kittiwake data from this northern Prince William Sound colony. (If the 2003 collection efforts are successful, kittiwake eggs will not be required from this site for several years). Tatitlek Vicinity: 12 clutches of glaucous-winged gull eggs will be collected near Tatitlek in northeastern Prince William Sound. A project partner (Gary Kompkoff, President, Tatitlek Village IRA Council) will obtain the eggs after obtaining permission from the landowners, if monetary support can be found to visit nearby nesting locations. The eggs will provide the first year of glaucous-winged gull data from this northeastern Prince William Sound nesting area. (Glaucous-winged gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). St. Lazaria Island: 15 Common murre eggs and 12 clutches of glaucous-winged gull eggs will be collected at St. Lazaria Island. The gull eggs will provide the first year of glaucous-winged gull data from this southeastern Gulf of Alaska nesting location. The common murre eggs will only be collected if common murre eggs are also obtained at Middleton and East Amatuli islands in 2003. These eggs will help provide an important same-year three-colony comparison for this species in the Gulf of Alaska (common murre eggs were obtained from this colony in 1999 and 2001, and thick-billed murre eggs were collected at it in 2001 and 2002; if the 2003 collection efforts are successful, murre eggs will not be required from this site for several years). (Glaucous-winged gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). Sitka Vicinity: 12 clutches of glaucous-winged gull eggs will be collected near Sitka in the southeastern Gulf of Alaska, if permission is obtained from the landowners. The eggs will provide the second year of glaucous-winged gull data from this southeastern Alaska nesting area.. Contaminant data were obtained from glaucous-winged gull eggs collected near Sitka during a recent unrelated study. This information will be compared with the STAMP data. (Glaucous-winged gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). Gull Island: 15 common murre eggs, 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs, and 12 clutches of glaucous-winged gull eggs will be collected at Gull Island. Project partners (members of the Seldovia Village Tribe, their Tribal Environmental Program consultant, Paul McCollum, and Nick Tanape, Nanwalek resident and member of the Alaska Sea Otter and Steller Sea Lion Commission) will obtain the eggs after obtaining permission from the landowners, if monetary support can be found to visit the nesting location. The eggs will provide the first year of common murre, black-legged kittiwake, and glaucous gull data from this Kachemak Bay colony. (Common murre, black-legged kittiwake, and glaucous gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). Chisik-Duck Islands: 15 common murre eggs, 12 clutches of black-legged kittiwake eggs, and 12 clutches of glaucous-winged gull eggs will be collected at Chisik-Duck Islands. Project partners (members of the Seldovia Village Tribe, their Tribal Environmental Program consultant, Paul McCollum, and Nick Tanape, resident of Nawalek and member of the Alaska Sea Otter and Steller Sea Lion Commission) will obtain the eggs, if monetary support can be found to visit the nesting locations. The eggs will provide the first year of common murre, black-legged kittiwake, and glaucous-winged gull data from this western Cook Inlet colony. (Common murre, black-legged kittiwake, and glaucous-winged gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). Elizabeth Island: 12 clutches of glaucous-winged gull eggs will be collected at Elizabeth Island near the tip of the Kenai Peninsula. A project partner (Nick Tanape, Nanwalek resident and member of the Alaska Sea Otter and Steller Sea Lion Commission) will obtain the eggs after obtaining permission from the landowners, if monetary support can be found to visit the nesting location. The eggs will provide the first year of glaucous-winged gull data from this western Gulf of Alaska colony. (Glaucous-winged gull eggs are also scheduled to be collected from this nesting location in 2004). This document may be cited as: USFWS/USGS-BRD/NIST. 2003. The Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) 2003 Sampling Plan. Alaska Maritime NWR, Homer, Alaska. return to Alaska Contaminants and Tissue Archival Program Home |
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