Research Paper Archives
These research papers were submitted by high school teams participating in the Alaska regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.
To find all the papers submitted for a particular year and topic, click on that year's link. Or check out the complete list of papers below, sorted alphabetically by school. For more information on past competitions, visit the main NOSB archives page.
Research papers by year (and topic)
2012 research papers (topic: ecosystem-based management of an Alaska-based fishery)
2011 research papers (topic: humanity's impacts, reactions, and adaptations to natural oceanic or man-made phenomena)
2010 research papers (topic: thinning Arctic ice cap)
2009 research papers (topic: ocean acidification)
2006 research papers (topic: ecosystem-based management)
2005 research papers (topic: climate change)
2004 research papers (topic: contaminants)
2003 research papers (topic: coastal community development)
2002 research papers (topic: Alaskan species under pressure)
2001 research papers (topic: environmental protection plan)
2000 research papers (topic: salmon management plan)
1999 research papers (topic: Steller sea lion declines)
Research papers alphabetically by high school
Anchorage—Bartlett High School
- Ship Creek Crack Down (2004)
Anchorage—Dimond High School
- The South Coastal Trail Controversy (2003)
- The Eklutna Project (2002)
- The Pike Plague (2001 winning project)
- Decline of the Steller Sea Lion (1999)
Anchorage—East Anchorage High School
- Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus, sp.)—An in-depth research paper on the population decline of Pacific salmon in Alaska (2000)
- An In-Depth Research of Possible Causes for Steller Sea Lion Population Declines in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea (1999)
Anchorage—South Anchorage High School
Bethel Alternative Boarding School
- Cost Analysis of Moving Four Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Villages in Response to Rising Sea Levels (2005)
- Effect of Housing on Dissolved Oxygen in Bethel, Alaska, Lakes (2004)
Cordova High School
- Effects of melting glaciers on nutrient flux to the Gulf of Alaska (2011)
- Waste Not, Want Not: Finding Alternate Uses for Cannery Discharge (2011)
- Shrinking Sea Ice, Growing Risk (2010 winning project)
- Ecosystem Management of Pacific Halibut in Prince William Sound (2006 winning project)
- The Effects of Climate Change on Cordova, Alaska, on the Prince William Sound (2005)
- Effects of Hydrocarbons on Pacific Herring in Prince William Sound (2004)
- Killer Whales in Peril: The Decline of the AT1 Group in Prince William Sound, Alaska (2002)
Dillingham High School
- Management Plan for Chinook Salmon in the Nushagak Drainage [PDF; 160 KB] (2012)
Eagle River—Chugiak High School
- Upon Thin Ice (Problems Facing Barrow, Alaska, as a Direct Result of a Retreating and Thinning Arctic Ice Cap) (2010)
- The Development of the Alaskan Ginseng Industry in Hyder, Alaska (2003)
- Relieving Anadromous Pressures: A Dissertation of Steelhead Trout in the Anchor River Vicinity (2002)
- Eagle River: Past, Present, and Future (2001)
- Analysis of the Status Quo of Salmon Populations in Cook Inlet (2000)
- Decrease in Steller Sea Lion Populations—Due to Whaling and Overfishing of Pollock in Alaska (1999)
Homer High School
- Restoration of Cook Inlet Herring Fishery [PDF; 545 KB] (2012)
- Threat of European Green Crab Invasion in Kachemak Bay (2004)
- Seawall Construction in Homer, Alaska (2003)
Kenny Lake School
- Management of Copper River King Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)—An Ecosystem Based Approach [PDF, 242 MB] (2012)
- The Potential Effects of an All-Alaska Gas Pipeline on Prince William Sound—Does the Benefit Outweigh the Cost? (2011)
- Ecosystem management of sockeye salmon in the Copper River watershed: Cooperation between community and government (2006)
Ketchikan High School
- Sea Cucumber Ecosystem Based Management Plan [PDF; 1.6 MB] (2012)
- Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms in Southeast Alaska (2011)
Kodiak High School
- The Effects of Fish Processing Bio-waste on the Ocean's Organisms and Nutrients (2011)
- Effects of Polar Ice Melt on Ocean Chemistry and Kodiak Island's Economy and Energy Technology (2010)
- At All Costs: The Effort to Protect Steller Sea Lions and Its Possible Outcomes for the Salmon Industry and Kodiak's Economy (2003)
- Factors Affecting the Tanner Crab Population Near the Kodiak Archipelago (2002)
Kotlik School
Kotzebue High School
- Sheefish in the Northwest Arctic [PDF; 111 KB] (2012)
- Hotham Inlet Cyanobacterial Blooms: Cyanobacterial Blooms in the Arctic and Its Potential Effects (2011)
- The Effects of Global Warming on Shipping (2010)
- The Long-Range Effects on Locally Important Marine Resources of the Proposed Deepwater Port in Kotzebue (2003)
Juneau-Douglas High School
- Comprehensive Management of the Wild Commercial Harvest and Mariculture of Geoduck Clams (Panopea generosa) in Southeast Alaska [PDF; 2.2 MB]
- Potential Impacts of Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) Hatcheries on Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) in Lynn Canal (winning project 2011)
- The Effects of Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Reintroduction in Southeast Alaska on the Dive Fisheries of Southern Southeast Alaska (2011)
- Impacts of Climate Change on Sea Ice and Bering Sea Primary Production (2010)
- Managing Walleye Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Opilio Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Fisheries under Changing Climatic Conditions (2010)
- Ecosystem management plan for the reconciliation of diverse interests concerning the eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) in the Berners Bay watershed (2006)
- Haa Shagoon: An ecosystem–based fisheries management plan for sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the Taku Watershed (2006)
- Effects of Climate Change on Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Area of Juneau, Southeast Alaska (2005)
- Climate Change Effects on the Marine Food Web in the Area of Juneau, Alaska (2005)
- Persistent Organic Pollutants in Alaska (2004)
- Tailings Disposal Options for the Kensington Mine at Berners Bay Near Juneau, Alaska (2004)
- Juneau International Airport: Safety Concerns and Estuarine Habitat Values (2003 winning project)
- Connecting the Southeastern Alaska Communities of the Northern Lynn Canal (2003)
- Effects of Cruise Ships on Southeast Alaska Environment and Economy (2003)
- History & Future of Cruise Ship Waste (2001)
- Natural & Human History of the Mendenhall Watershed near Juneau, Alaska (2001)
- Wastewater Management for Juneau, Alaska (2001)
- Alaska Pacific Salmon Populations Analysis and Recommendations (2000)
- Salmon Management (2000)
- Population Decline of Steller Sea Lion: Analysis and Recommendations (1999 winning project)
- System Analysis of Steller Sea Lions Decline in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska (1999)
Juneau Thunder Mountain High School
- The Potential for a Sustained, Manageable Armhook squid (Berryteuthis magister) Fishery in Southeast Alaska [PDF; 1.1 MB] (2012)
Mountain Village—Ignatius Beans Memorial School Complex
- Shrinking Ice and its Perceived Effects on the Subsistence Sources of Mountain Village, Alaska (2010)
- Shrinking Ice and Impact on Polar Bears (2010)
Ninilchik School
- Spruce Bark Beetles (2004)
- Catching the Fish and Eating Them Too—Halibut: a Pressured Species (2002 winning project)
- Ninilchik Coastal Community (2001)
Petersburg High School
- Southeast Alaska Inside Waters Management Plan of Walleye Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) [PDF; 868 KB] (2012)
- Invasive Tunicates and Their Impact on the Ecosystem Surrounding Petersburg, Alaska (2011)
- Possible Effects of Freshwater Inputs from Melting Icefields on the Marine Ecosystem of Petersburg, Alaska (2010)
Scammon Bay School
- Composting And Other Ideas to Help the Bering Sea [PDF; 568 KB] (2012)
- Climate Change (2011)
seeUOnline/Valley Pathways
- Declining Value of Alaska Wild Salmon Fisheries: An Economic Solution (2005)
- Up the Creek Without a Paddle: Home Septic Systems in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (2004)
- Planning for Population Growth in the Matanuska Susitna Borough and Managing Valuable Estuarine Wetlands (2003)
Selawik—Davis-Ramoth Memorial School
- Effects of Open Landfills on an Arctic Community (2004 winning project)
Seward High School
- Sperm Whale Detriments to Black Cod Catches [PDF; 500 KB] (2012)
- Jellyfish Blooms and Their Effects in the Sea of Japan (2011)
- The Effects of Receding Sea Ice on Point Hope (2010)
- Kenai Peninsula Ecosystem Management Plan for Pandalid Shrimp (2006)
- Global Warming in Barrow, Alaska (2005)
- Transient Orcas: A Dying Breed (2002)
- An Analysis of Resurrection Bay (2001)
- Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and Other Related Issues (2000)
- A Look at the Possible Causes of Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) Decline (1999)
Soldotna High School
- The Effects of Global Warming and Thinning Sea Ice on Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) and Other Animals of the Arctic (2010)
- The Effects of a Salmon Shark Fishery in Prince William Sound (2006)
- The Effects of Global Warming on Barrow's Permafrost, Ice, and Community(2005)
- The Effects of Sedimentation on Skilak Lake Due to Glacial Melting(2005)
- The Effects of Tributyltin on the Marine Environment (2004)
- Persistent Organic Pollutants in Alaskan Consumers (2004)
- Oysters: Kachemak Bay's Developing Aquacultural Industry (2003)
Soldotna—Skyview High School
- Ecosystem Management—The Kenai River Estuary with an Emphasis on Herring Gulls (2006)
- Global Climate Change and its Effect on Our Coastal Community (2005 winning project)
- Contamination of the Kenai Peninsula Coastal Community: The Impact of Humanity on a Clean Ecosystem (2004)
- The Future of the Kenai River Estuary—An Economic Model for Survival (2003)
- The Critical Status of the Kenai Brown Bear, and the Connection between Bears, Salmon, and the Riparian Zone (2002)
- Red Tides (2001)
- Kenai River Fisheries Management (2000)
Tununak—Paul T. Albert Memorial School
Unalakleet—Frank A. Degnan High School
- Salmon Management in the Unalakleet Sub-District of the Norton Sound (2000)
- The Imminent Doom of the Steller Sea Lion (1999)
Unalaska City School
- A Proposition for an Octopus Fishery in the Aleutian Islands [PDF; 692 KB] (2012)
- Increased Marine Transportation in Unalaska Bay and Its Future Implications (2011)
- The Implications of Increased Marine Debris on Unalaska Bay (2011)
- The Impact of Receding Sea Ice on the Unalaska Snow Crab Industry (2010)
- The Impact of Sea Ice on the Unalaska Pollock Fishery (2010)
- Monitoring Unalaska's Subsistence Species for Ecosystem-wide, Long-term Changes (MUSSEL Changes) (2006)
- Global Warming Effects on Fishing in Unalaska (2005)
Wasilla—Mat-Su Career & Technical High School
- Ecosystem-Based Management of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) and Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbusha) in Prince William Sound [PDF; 868 KB] (2012)
- Ecosystem Based Management of Shellfish in the Cook Inlet Region [PDF; 160 KB] (2012)
- Ecosystem-Based Management of Bristol Bay Fisheries [PDF; 1.7 MB] (2012)
- The Sensitive Baltic Sea (2011)
- Effects of Cyanide Fishing on the Coral Reefs of Wakatobi Marine National Park (2011)
- Devastating Effect of Arctic Ice on the Village of Newtok (2010)
- Tough Times for Wainwright (2010)
Wasilla High School
- Ecosystem-based Chinook Salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Management Plan of the Susitna River Drainage [PDF; 3.4 MB] (2012)
- Management of Marine Resources after an Exxon Valdez0Type Oil Spill near Kaktovik, Alaska (2011)
- Problems Facing the Alaskan Coastal Community of Shishmaref as a Direct Result of Retreating and Thinning Arctic Ice Cap (2010)
