Alaska Shore Station Database
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The Alaska Shore Station Program provides detail to the biophysical attributes described in the Alaska ShoreZone coastal habitat mapping program. The shore station surveys provide site-specific on-the-ground data that nest within the larger spatial framework of Alaska ShoreZone Program which used standardized methods to classify and map biophysical features observed in aerial imagery along Alaska’s coast. The ShoreZone and Shore Station data are not meant to be compared, as the two products utilize different scales and levels of detection. The shore station data simply provide more insight into the regional differences among habitats by adding descriptive detail to the definitions of shoreline habitats that were classified from the aerial surveys.
The Shore Station Database Provides:
- Biophysical data such as bioband locations, sediment textures, species compositions, geomorphic features, across-shore profiles, and photo documentation at sites.
- Detailed invertebrate and algal species lists that can be assembled for specific sites or at larger geographic scales.
- Species data reported on a categorical, semi-quantitative scale that can be used to illustrate potential differences in algal and invertebrate communities among different habitats and geographic areas.
- Observations that were recorded according to a standard protocol and that are specifically georeferenced within the hierarchical system of the ShoreZone mapping program.
- Information that is useful for describing ShoreZone classifications by way of illustrating different species assemblages found within ‘biobands’ reported from different habitats and regions.
- Data from hundreds of stations visited throughout the Gulf of Alaska, including southeast, Prince William Sound, the outer Kenai Peninsula, the Kodiak Island archipelago, Cook Inlet, and the Katmai National Park coast.
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