Download or read book Current Biological Research in the Alaskan Arctic written by Ira L. Wiggins and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1953 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Current Biological Research in the Alaskan Arctic By Various Authors I L Wiggins Editor Etc written by Ira Loren WIGGINS and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Current Biological Research in the Alaskan Arctic Ira L Wiggins Editor G W Comita W T Edmondson John Luther Mohr Donald E Wohlschlag William Campbell Staere William V Mayer written by Ira L.. Wiggins and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Overview of Current Bioenvironmental Research Arctic Alaska written by Jerry Brown and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alaska s Changing Arctic written by John E. Hobbie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest volume in the LTER series, this book presents the results and finding of the Long-Term Ecological Research site in the Alaskan Arctic, discussing Arctic ecology from a variety of perspectives and disciplines.

Download or read book Arctic Life of Birds and Mammals written by L. Irving and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After travel through Alaska during the Second World War, in 1947 I went to Barrow with a very lively group of biologists. From their productive research developed the Arctic Research Laboratory. While we examined the rather surpris ingly modest metabolic rates of arctic warmblooded animals in cold, PER SCHO LANDER proposed and then carried out measurements of metabolism of some tropi cal animals in Panama. The differences could be formulated to show the basis of adaptation to arctic cold and to tropical warmth. Imagination and logic were required to formulate the comparison so that it could become a part of science, but the essential measurements were derived from animals and plants in their own arctic and tropical environments. Characteristics that adapt the forms of life to climatic conditions of various environments appear clear in the large dimensions of extremely differing climates. At the time of my arrival in Alaska many of the arctic Eskimos were still largely dependent on natural resources of their immediate and local environment, in which great seasonal changes in temperature and solar radiation appeared as dominant factors. The living environment on which they subsisted was also mar kedly affected by the changes of the seasons, in particular by the change in state of water to ice that terminated summer and by the melting that brought the late transition from winter to summer.

Download or read book The Foragers of Point Hope written by Charles E. Hilton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the edge of the Arctic Ocean, above the Arctic Circle, the prehistoric settlements at Point Hope, Alaska, represent a truly remarkable accomplishment in human biological and cultural adaptations. Presenting a set of anthropological analyses on the human skeletal remains and cultural material from the Ipiutak and Tigara archaeological sites, The Foragers of Point Hope sheds new light on the excavations from 1939–41, which provided one of the largest sets of combined biological and cultural materials of northern latitude peoples in the world. A range of material items indicated successful human foraging strategies in this harsh Arctic environment. They also yielded enigmatic artifacts indicative of complex human cultural life filled with dense ritual and artistic expression. These remnants of past human activity contribute to a crucial understanding of past foraging lifeways and offer important insights into the human condition at the extreme edges of the globe.

Download or read book Arctic Bibliography written by Arctic Institute of North America and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 1290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Elements of a Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-04-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) was established in 1997 as custodian to a pool of funds intended for the study of the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean. The success of the NRPB is the development of a high quality, long-range science plan that provides a better understanding of ecosystems and their fisheries in the region. This report provides a framework to help the NPRB identify appropriate science themes and mechanisms for administering and distributing the funds. It contains extensive input from residents of Alaskan communities, to help scientists understand and address issues of importance to the local communities. The book makes specific recommendations on long-term research priorities, the NPRB management structure and the development of future programs.

Download or read book Research Catalogue of the American Geographical Society written by American Geographical Society of New York and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Natural History of an Arctic Oil Field written by Joe C. Truett and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-06-09 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In spite of the harsh conditions that characterize the Arctic, it is a surprisingly fragile ecosystem. The exploration for oil in the Arctic over the past 30 years has had profound effects on the plants and animals that inhabit this frozen clime. The Natural History of an Arctic Oil Field synthesizes decades of research on these myriad impacts. Specialists with years of field experience have contributed to this volume to create the first widely available synopsis of the ecology and wildlife biology of animals and plants living in close association with an actively producing oil field. First widely available synthesis of arctic oil field ecology and wildlife biology Concise yet readable treatment of a diverse polar ecosystem Useful for land managers, policy makers as well as ecologists, and population biologists Chapters authored by recognized authorities and contributions are peer-reviewed for accuracy and scientific rigor Illustrations attractively designed to enhance comprehension

Download or read book An Arctic Ecosystem written by Jerry Brown and published by Stroudsburg, Pa. : Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross ; [New York] : Distributed world-wide by Academic Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of a series of volumes reporting results of research under the International Biological Program concerning the ecology of the Alaskan arctic coastal plain.

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Download or read book Arctic Biology written by Henry Paul Hansen and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biological Papers of the University of Alaska written by University of Alaska (College) and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fifty More Years Below Zero written by David W. Norton and published by Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II cooperation among the circumpolar Allies helped launched the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory at Barrow. Alaska. There scientists developed the interdisciplinary research and knowledge--and the crucial foundation of cooperation between the Inupiat peoples and scientists--that would prove essential to the world of arctic science. This book ties together the major events in the history of the lab, demonstrating not only the important scientific developments that occurred there, but also the colorful and often hilarious accounts of scientific adventure and Barrow lore that are part of life at the lab.

Download or read book Polar Research written by Mary A. Mcwhinnie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighting twenty years of U.S. scientific research conducted since the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-58, this volume marks a turning point in the history of polar investigations and provides a lucid summary of the contributions of many distinguished scientists. The authors provide an overview of major polar research programs, past and present; explore concepts derived, from highly interrelated aspects of physical and life sciences; and seek to offer a glimpse of future polar science and polar development. The introduction briefly describes major physical, biological, and interdisciplinary research programs, as well as the magnitude, extent, and international character of contemporary polar science. Twenty years of polar biological investigations are then reviewed, and subsequent chapters address principles and advances in meteorology, physical oceanography, glaciology, and the geological evidence that hears on the origin of Antarctica. These physical sciences delineate a matrix for the polar biospheres and provide a background for understanding the major categories of structure and dynamic functioning of the marine ecosystem, polar marine mammals, adaptational physiology, and terrestrial biotic adaptations.