Contact Information
Institute of Marine Science334 Irving II
P.O. Box 751080
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-1080
Phone: (907) 474-6213
Fax: (907) 474-7204
ams@ims.uaf.edu
Alan Springer Research Professor
Specialties
- pelagic production regimes
- food webs
- sea bird ecology
Research Overview
My research interests concern matters of scale in time and space of large marine ecosystems and of variability in production at various trophic levels.
Selected Publications
Springer, A.M. 1999. Summary, conclusions, and recommendations. In: T. Loughlin and T. Ohtani (eds.), The Bering Sea ecosystem: physical, chemical, and biological dynamics. University of Alaska Sea Grant, in press.
Springer, A.M. 1998. Is it all climate change? Why marine bird and mammal populations fluctuate in the North Pacific. In: Biotic impacts of extratropical climate change in the Pacific. 'Aha Huliko'a Proceedings Hawaiian Winter Workshop, University of Hawaii, pp 109-119.
Springer, A.M. and S.G. Speckman. 1997. A forage fish is what? Summary of the symposium. In: Forage fishes in marine ecosystems. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, Univ. Alaska Fairbanks, Vol. 97-01, pp. 773-805.
Springer, A.M., C.P. McRoy, and M.V. Flint. 1996. The Bering Sea Green Belt: shelf edge processes and ecosystem production. Fish. Oceanogr. 5: 205-223.
Springer, A.M., J.F. Piatt, and G.B. Van Vliet. 1996. Seabirds as proxies of marine habitats and food webs in the western Aleutian Arc. Fish. Oceanogr. 5: 45-55.