2013 Alaska Ocean Sciences Bowl Research Project: Estuarine Systems and the Importance of Freshwater in Marine Science
The following papers were submitted by high school teams participating in the 2013 Alaska regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. The papers following third place are listed in alphabetical order by school.
Winning Paper
- Petersburg High School Omnipotent Octopi: The Effects of Timber Harvest on the East Duncan Canal Estuary [PDF; 1.7 MB]
Second Place
- Wasilla: Mat-Su Career and Technical High School Mat-Tsunamis: The Stabilization of the Chinook Salmon Population in the Copper River Delta Estuary [PDF; 764 KB]
Third Place
- Cordova High School–Prince William Sound Science Center Tenacious Dawgsharks: Wells and Whales: The Ecological Effects and Future of Cook Inlet Hydrocarbon Production [PDF; 1.8 MB]
Other Papers
(in alphabetical order by city)
- Anchorage: South Anchorage High School Team Antarctic Bottom Water: The Yukon River Estuary and Satellite Photography as a Tool for Population Studies in the Yukon Estuary [PDF; 3.6 MB]
- Dillingham High School Flamin' Krakens: Can Biofuel Become a Sustainable Resource for Dillingham? [PDF; 80 KB]
- Dillingham High School The Squidlets: PCB in Dillingham [PDF; 152 KB]
- Fairbanks: Hutchison High School Hutchison Hammerheads: To Know the Inconnu: A Management Plan for Sheefish in the Kobuk-Selawik Estuarine System [PDF; 756 KB]
- Homer High School That Dam Team: Optimization of Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project: Focus on stream and estuary health [PDF; 4.1 MB]
- Homer High School Salmonids: Management of Kachemak Bay Salmon: Preservation of Our Estuaries [PDF; 1.2 MB]
- Juneau-Douglas High School Team Pogonophoraphobia: Comparative Ecosystem-Based Management of Several Forage Fishes in the Changing Berners Bay Estuary [PDF; 3.8 MB]
- Juneau: Thunder Mountain High School Team Nuclear Narwhals: The Mendenhall Wetland's Acreage Issue [PDF; 2.2 MB]
- Kenny Lake High School Pretentious Pandalids: An Estuarine Ecosystem Based Management Plan to the Spot Shrimp (Pandalus Platyceros) Resource in Prince William Sound with Reference to the Neva Estuary [PDF, 732 KB]
- Ketchikan High School Saber-Toothed Salmon: Preservation of Pink Salmon in Carroll Inlet [PDF; 508 KB]
- Kodiak High School Marvelous Megalops: Salmon Restoration Efforts at the Karluk Estuary (Kodiak, AK), and a Comparative Look at the Schelde Estuary (Belgium) [PDF; 1.2 MB]
- Kotlik School The Continental Drifters: The Nushagak Estuary: Its Salmon Resource, Potential Threat and Proposed Management Plan [PDF; 3 MB]
- Kotzebue Middle/High School The Kobuk Lakers: Chum Salmon and Maintaining a Healthy Habitat in the Hotham Inlet Estuary [PDF; 1 MB]
- Petersburg High School Opulent Opisthoproctidae: Mining on the Stikine River and Effects on the Estuary [PDF; 316 KB]
- Scammon Bay School Scammon Bay Seawolves: Kachemak Bay [PDF; 184 KB]
- Seward High School Don't Say No to Coho: Resurrection Bay Wild Coho Salmon in Potential Danger [PDF; 120 KB]
- Unalaska City High School The Real Krusty Crab: Implementing Artificial Reefs to enhance Red King Crab subsistence resources in Captains Bay, an Unalaskan Estuary [PDF; 2.6 MB]
- Wasilla: Mat-Su Career and Technical High School Wave Runners: Comparison of Sockeye Salmon in the Kasilof Estuary and Columbian Estuary [PDF; 628 KB]
- Wasilla: Mat-Su Career and Technical High School The Cerulean Tempests: The Comprehensive Management of Chinook Salmon in Campbell Creek Estuary, as Compared to Fraser River Estuary [PDF; 1.7 MB]
- Wasilla High School Marianas: A Juxtaposition of Kachemak Bay and Yaquina Bay Estuaries [PDF; 920 KB]
