Aug 1, 2015 | Mammals, Salmon
This video is meant to be used as an introduction to the salmon species that spawn in Alaska. All of the images and video clips are of salmon at spawning time. In the first part of this video four of the five species of salmon in Alaska appear. See if you can find...
Jul 28, 2015 | Mammals, Salmon
This video is meant as an introduction to sockeye salmon on their spawning grounds and a few of the benefits they provide to other...
Jul 26, 2015 | Fish, Sculpins
This video could be used as an introduction to a discussion about sculpins in Alaska. There are more species of sculpins in Alaska than any other kind of fish. For example in Southeast Alaska there are 56 species in four families. Their behavior is also very...
Jul 24, 2015 | Mammals, Salmon
From Pacific Salmon Life Histories. Edited by C. Groot and L. Margolis and in the chapter by William R. Heard on the Life History of Pink Salmon: When returning pink salmon appear near the mouths of streams, they are usually seen swimming near the surface and often...
Jul 22, 2015 | Fish, Stickleback
For more information look at pages 196 and 197 in the Nature of Southeast Alaska You can also read /sites/default/files/Threespine%20sticklebacks.pdf For some good information on Threespine Stickleback in Alaska look at Stickleback–Juvenile Sockeye Salmon...
Jun 12, 2015 | Fish, Stickleback
This video was taken in a small stream near Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. A male threespine stickleback builds a nest by sucking up sand or mud and depositing it away from from the construction site. In the resulting depression he glues together pieces of...