Can you see the ‘elephant’? NCCOS researchers at Kasitsna Bay Lab in Alaska spent the week scrambling through the intertidal surveying invertebrates and algae for the Gulf Watch Alaska long-term monitoring program. The program was started as a response to the 1989 Exxon Valez oil spill, and has provided valuable baseline data on coastal habitats across Alaska. This particular Gulf Watch site is called Elephant Island because of the distinctive pachyderm-like shape of the rocks. Can you see it now?
Monitoring Elephant Island in Alaska
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