Abstract 
During the period 1970-1974, the U.S. Tundra Biome Program, 
which was stationed primarily out of Barrow, performed a series of 
environmental and terrestrial ecological studies at Prudhoe Bay. 
This volume reports specifically on the Prudhoe results and is 
divided into three major subdivisions: (1) abiotic and soil investi- 
gations; (2) plant investigations, and (3) animal investigations. The 
abiotic section contains papers on the air and soil temperature 
regimes; the snow cover, particularly its properties adjacent to the 
roadnet; major soil and landform associations, and the chemical 
composition of soils, runoff, lakes, and rivers. The plant section 
contains reports on a general vegetation survey; a follow-up 
vegetation mapping project, and a study of the growth of arctic, 
boreal, and alpine biotypes in an experimental transplant garden. 
The animal section contains reports on the tundra invertebrates; 
the bird, lemming, and fox populations, and the behavioral and 
physiological investigations of caribou and several experimental 
reindeer. Appendices contain a checklist of the vascular, bryophyte, 
and lichen flora of the Prudhoe Bay area and selected data on 
vegetation. Several of the papers draw comparisons with the 
Barrow tundra. 
The volume includes a considerable number of tables in its 
attempt to document for the first time the abiotic, flora, and fauna 
of this relatively unknown arctic tundra landscape. 
