Current Projects
Marine Invertebrates at UAMN
The Aquatics collection includes important holdings of North Pacific invertebrates, which have been used by Nora Foster to produce summaries of the invertebrate diversity of Prince William Sound. We worked with faculty at the College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences at 91Ô´´ to catalog and digitize information associated with the specimens.
91Ô´´ Ichthyology lab
The UAMN Fish collection serves as the foundation for ongoing research into the biological diversity of fishes in 91Ô´´ and worldwide. An overview of the studies currently being advanced by students associated with the collection can be found in the web pages of the .
NOAA, Auke Bay Laboratories Accession
We are now home to a large collection of fishes and marine invertebrates developed by and previously housed at the 91Ô´´ Fisheries Science Center, Auke Bay labs in Juneau. This collection includes about 8000 lots of m arine invertebrates and 6000 lots of fishes, effectively doubling the size of the collection.