Anne Salomon’s Thesis Chapters
Based on data from the GEM Bidarki Project 030647
The following thesis chapters will be written as publishable journal manuscripts and
represent three out of 4 components of a GEM Final Report, due April 15th 2006. One of
these 4 components, the TEK final report prepared by Anne Salomon and Henry
Hungtington) has been submitted (April 27th, 2005). The following manuscripts will be
submitted to GEM as they are completed. A final GEM report composed of these three
manuscripts and the submitted TEK report will be compiled by Anne Salomon and
submitted to GEM by April 15th, 2006.
I) Investigating the relative roles of natural factors and shoreline harvest in altering
intertidal community dynamics & diversity
Data Presented: biological survey data of predators (human harvest patterns, sea otter &
sea bird distribution), prey (K. tunicata, algal and invert diversity, kelp biomass) and
abiotic data (wave force, temperature)
Proposed Analyses: MDS ordination of community data, multiple regression, model
selection via AIC/BIA, or path analysis
Target Journal: Ecological Applications
II) Ecological consequences of shoreline harvest on Alaska’s rocky shores
Data Presented: small scale experimental removals of K. tunicata at 6 sites with varying
ambient densities of K. tunicate.
Proposed Analyses: ANOVA of various response variables, primary production,
biodiversity, other grazer biomass
Target Journal: Ecology
III) Synergistic serial depletion leads to the localized decline of a keystone grazer
and the alteration of a coastal ecosystem
Data Presented: Traditional ecological knowledge, village survey data, ADF&G time
series of shellfish landings, reference ecology papers above
Proposed Analyses: T-tests of village survey data
Target Journal: Ecology Letters