Barcoding Dutch Harbor and St Paul's Marine Invertebrates

A hotspot of shipping and fisheries activity, Dutch Harbor and St Paul in western Alaska are susceptible to impacts of both climate change, which is projected to be greatest at high latitudes, and shipping related introductions of marine non-native species. The aims of this project were to establish measures of coastal ecosystem health that can be easily quantified and repeated, to inform recognition and understanding of ecosystem change in response to these forces.作为阿拉斯加西部航运与渔业活动的热点区域，荷兰港（Dutch Harbor）与圣保罗岛（St Paul）极易受到气候变化以及航运相关海洋外来物种引入的影响，而高纬度地区预计受气候变化的影响最为显著。本项目旨在建立可便捷量化、重复实施的海岸生态系统健康评估指标，以助力识别并理解上述驱动因素所引发的生态系统变化。