Item talk:Q226930

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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/alaska-science-center/science/detecting-long-term-changes-forage-fish-populations-prince",
 "headline": "Detecting Long-term Changes in Forage Fish Populations in Prince William Sound, Alaska",
 "datePublished": "January 3, 2024",
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     "name": "Mayumi L Arimitsu, Ph.D.",
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     "text": "Forage fish are the link between plankton and predators. In this way they are a key to healthy marine bird populations. As the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) has Trust responsibility for monitoring and conservation of all seabirds, our studies on forage fish and impacts of environmental change on seabird prey populations are vital to our research role in USGS and DOI."
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     "text": "Northern Gulf of Alaska, including Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, and the continental shelf region."
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     "text": "To learn more, listen to USGS Research Ecologist Mayumi Arimitsu's interview for a podcast about whale prey, forage fish, and seabird die-offs. Arimitsu talked about research on changes in forage fish populations that were first signaled by large die-offs of seabirds during the 2014-2016 North Pacific marine heatwave \u2013 aka \u201cThe Blob.\u201d"
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     "text": "Return to Ecosystems >> Marine Ecosystems >> Seabirds and Forage Fish Ecology"
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     "text": "As part of the Gulf Watch Alaska long-term ecological monitoring program, we are collecting data on forage fish abundance and condition in order to better understand how the abundance and nutritional quality of key prey species changes over time. This information is helpful for understanding predator-prey interactions, especially in light of recent seabird die-offs in Alaska."
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     "text": "Forage fish are small pelagic schooling fish that play a key role in transferring energy between plankton and top marine predators. Many seabirds, marine mammals, and commercial fish species depend on forage fish to grow and survive."
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     "text": "Since we define forage fish as a group of species that play a functional role in ecosystems, and because each species has a different seasonality and habitat due to differing life history strategies, we use a variety of methods to count, catch, and measure forage fish populations. For example:"
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