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A Pollution and Biological Effects Assessment of Kachemak Bay, Alaska
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Homer boat harbor viewed from the loading dock
Turnagain Arm from Highway 1 east of Anchorage
Homer boat harbor looking west
One of the more colorful spots on Homer Spit
CCMA scientists reunite (from left Kimani Kimbrough, Gunnar Lauenstein, Kris Holderied, Ed Johnson, and Ian Hartwell)
Homer boat harbor looking east
CCMA scientists Kimani Kimbrough and Ian Hartwell stand in front of the F/V Columbia
Deck hand Everett Anderson for F/V Columbia
Mark Janes, scientist with NUKA Research and Planning Group, LLC
Mark Janes, NUKA Research, prepares video recorder to capture images as sediment grab sampler is deployed
CCMA scientists Ian Hartwell and Ed Johnson inspect sediment grab sample recovered from Kachemak Bay
Capt. John Crosbie of the F/V Columbia and first mate Everett Anderson
CCMA scientist Ed Johnson on Kachemak Bay with Grewingk Glacier in the background
Homer High School students, Michael McNulty and Erika Gavenus, learn about sieving sediment samples for benthic infauna
Homer High School students, Erika Gavenus and Michael McNulty, observe a polychaete worm that was collected from sediment in upper Kachemak Bay
CCMA scientist, Ian Hartwell, prepares a sediment sample that will be used to determine toxicity to amphipods
Scientist Mark Janes of NUKA Research, deploys a secchi disk used to measure water clarity
A crab and tube worm casing found in a benthic grab sample
High School Student, Erika Gavenus, stands ready to record water quality data as CCMA scientist Ian Hartwell prepares a Niskin bottle used to collect water samples below the surface
Fog rolls in over the south shore of Kachemak Bay obscuring the Kenai Mountains in the background
Homer High School student Michael McNulty holds a starfish inadvertently captured with our sediment sampler
Unidentified benthic infauna
Evening light at Homer boat harbor with the Kenai Mountains in the background
Wind blown fog spills over Point Pogibshi north of Port Graham
Capt John Crosbie and scientist Tim Robertson a principal with NUKA Research in the wheel house of the F/V Columbia on their way to Port Graham
Capt. John Crosbie maneuvers the F/V Columbia into Port Graham, Alaska
Glenn Seaman, Native Alaskan Liaison for NOAA, confers with Capt. John Crosbie as CCMA scientist Ian Hartwell looks on
Port Graham resident and holder of traditional knowledge confers with CCMA scientist Ian Hartwell
Port Graham resident and holder of traditional knowledge observes benthic infauna isolated from sediment collected from Port Graham as scientist Glenn Seaman looks on
After removing sediment with a sieve a variety of benthic infauna can be observed including polychaetes, flatworms and brittle stars
Snow capped Ilimna volcano seen from Port Graham, Alaska over fifty miles away
CCMA scientist Kimani Kimbrough prepares a cooler filled with samples to be shipped to the lab
CCMA scientist Ian Hartwell prepares airbills to ship samples to the lab
Looking south from west end of Homer Spit
From the mainland looking east over Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska
Monument to lost seamen in the Seafarer's Memorial on Homer Spit
Seafarer’ Memorial, “The Sea” by Ryan Bundy 1996
Memorial to those lost at sea, Homer Spit
The fishing vessel (F/V) Columbia tied up in Homer harbor
CCMA scientist Ed Johnson observes sea kelp holdfast thumbnail