Anchorage Fish & Wildlife Field Office
Reports

Science is the foundation for the work of the Service, including the Fisheries & Ecological Services Division. In our commitment to quality science, we strive to maintain appropriate training and science skills, ask the right questions, and base our work on accepted and up-to-date scientific data and principles. In our assessment, monitoring, and research efforts, we seek independent peer review and to publish our results.

Technical Reports
Cochrane, J.F., and Trust, K.A.. 1996. Contaminant Case Report: Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) Eggs and Feathers from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage Field Office, Ecological Services. Technical Report WAES-TR-96-01. 19 pp.

Comerci, L. R, Gorbics, C. S., Matz, A. C., and Trust, K. A. 2002. Tissue concentrations of elemental and organochlorine compounds in sea otters in Alaska. U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Alaska, Technical Report MMM 02-2. 102 pp.

Crayton, W. 2000. Environmental Contaminants in Fauna Collected from Amchitka Island, Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 111 pages.

Reeves, M.K. and Trust, K.A. 2004. National abnormal amphibian study, FY 2002: National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska, Annual Progress Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlfie Service Technical Report. AFWFO-TR-04-02. 22 pp. (pdf)

Stout, J.H. 1997. Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) Contaminants Summary Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage Field Office, Ecological Services. Technical Report WAES-TR-98-01. 19 pp.

Stout, J.H. 1999. Baseline Hydrocarbon Sampling for the Valdez Duck Flats, Valdez, Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Technical Report: WAES-TR-99-02. 18 pp.

Stout, J.H. and Trust, K.A. 1997. Contaminant Residues in Bald Eagles (Heliaeetus leucocephalus) from Adak Island, Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage Field Office, Ecological Services. Technical Report WAES-TR-97-02. 46 pp.

Trust, K.A. and Reeves, M.K. 2004. National abnormal amphibian study, FY2001: National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska, Annual Progress Report . U.S. Fish and Wildlife Technical Report. AFWFO-TR-04-01. 24pp. (pdf)

Trust, K. A. and Tangermann, H. 2002. National malformed amphibian study, FY2000: Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Annual Progress Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Technical Report WAES-TR-02-01. 19 pp. (pdf)

Trust, K.A., Cochrane, J.F., and Stout, J.H. 1997. Environmental Contaminants in Three Eider Species from Alaska and Arctic Russia. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage Field Office, Ecological Services. Technical Report WAES-TR-97-03. 44 pp.

Publications
Esler, D, TD Bowman, KA Trust, BE Ballachey, TA Dean, SC Jewett and CE O’Clair (2002). Harlequin duck population recovery following the Exxon Valdez oil spill: progress, process and constraints. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 241: 271-286.

Petersen, MR, JF Piatt and KA Trust (1998). Foods of spectacled eiders (Somateria fischeri) in the Bering Sea, Alaska. Wildfowl, 49: 124-128.

Stout, JH and KA Trust (2002). Elemental and organochlorine residues in bald eagles from Adak Island, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 38(3): 511-517.

Stout, JH, KA Trust, JF Cochrane, RS Suydam and LT Quakenbush (2002). Environmental contaminants in four eider species from Alaska and arctic Russia. Environmental Pollution, 119: 215-226.

Trust, KA, D Esler, BR Woodin and JJ Stegeman (2000). Cytochrome P450 1A induction in sea ducks inhabiting nearshore areas of Prince William Sound, Alaska. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 40(5): 397-403.

Trust, KA, KT Rummel, AM Scheuhammer, IL Brisbin, and MJ Cooper (2000). Contaminant exposure and biomarker responses in spectacled eiders (Somateria fischeri) from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 38: 107-113.

Posters - presentations from professional society meetings

Contaminants in four eider species (pdf).  Originally presented at Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) 1998 meeting

Oil exposure in Prince William Sound sea ducks (pdf). Originally presented at SETAC 1999 meeting

Contaminants in Alaskan sea otters (pdf). Originally presented at (SETAC) 2001 meeting.

Contaminated military sites on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska
(pdf, 6mb). Originally presented at SETAC 2001 meeting

Are contaminants affecting wintering Steller’s eiders? (pdf)
  Originally presented at SETAC 2003 meeting

Sampling hydrocarbons in Alaskan boat harbors (pdf)
  Originally presented at SETAC 2003 meeting

Last updated: July 31, 2008