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TABLE 1 
Records of Zostera marina in Alaska 
CHART 
NUMBER* 
LOCATION 
SOURCE 
Alexander Archipelago 
1 Foggy Bay 
Hulten, 1941 
2 
Cape Fox 
Hulten, 1941 
3 
Gravina Lake 
Hulten, 1941 
4 
Yes Bay 
Hulten, 1941 
5 
Craig 
Hulten, 1941 
6 
Klawak 
McRoy, this study 
7 
Calder Bay 
McRoy, this study 
8 
Pybus Bay 
McRoy, this study 
9 
Sitka 
Hulten, 1941 
10 
Hoonah Sound 
McRoy, this study 
11 
Tenakee Inlet 
McRoy, this study 
12 
Port Frederick 
McRoy, this study 
13 
St. James Bay 
Palmer, 1941 
Cross Sound to Prince William Sound 
14 
Yakutat Bay 
Setchell, 1920 
Prince William Sound 
15 
Olsen Bay 
Johansen, 1965 
16 
Redhead Lagoon 
McRoy, this study 
17 
Sawmill Bay 
McRoy, this study 
18 Port Etches, 
Hinchinbrook 
Island Johansen, 1965 
19 Stockdale Harbor, 
Montague Island Johansen, 1965 
Kodiak Island, Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands 
20 
Afognak Island 
Beals, 1941 
21 
Sturgeon River 
Hulten, 1941 
22 
Port Hobron, 
Kodiak Island 
Hulten, 1941 
23 
Chignik Bay 
Hulten, 1941 
24 
Popof Island 
Hulten, 1941 
25 
Unga Island 
Hulten, 1941 
26 
King Cove 
Hulten, 1941 
27 
Cold Bay 
McRoy, this study 
28 
Morshovi Bay 
McRoy, this study 
29 
Caton Island 
Beals, 1941 
30 
Sanak Island 
Beals, 1941 
31 
Akun and Akutan 
islands 
Beals, 1941 
32 
Dutch Harbor 
Beals, 1941 
33 
Vsevidof Island 
Murie and Scheffer, 
1959 
34 
Atka Island 
Jones, 1965 
35 
Adak Island 
Jones, 1965 
36 
Unimak Island 
Hulten, 1941 
Bering Sea 
37 
Izembek Lagoon 
McRoy, 1966 
38 
Herendeen Bay 
McRoy, 1966 
39 
Port Heiden 
McRoy, 1966 
40 
Nanvak Bay 
King, 1963 
41 
Chagvan Bay 
King, 1963 
42 
Ingrimiut, 
Nunivak Island 
King, 1963 
TABLE 1 ( Continued ) 
CHART 
NUMBER* 
LOCATION 
SOURCE 
43 
Ikongimuit, 
Nunivak Island 
King, 1963 
44 
Mekoryuk, 
Nunivak Island 
King, 1963 
45 
St. Michaels 
Porsild, 1932 
46 
Malikfik Bay, 
Norton Sound 
Porsild, 1932 
47 
Kwiniuk Inlet, 
Norton Sound 
Porsild, 1932 
48 
Golovin Bay 
Porsild, 1932 
49 
Safety Lagoon 
Burns, 1967 
50 
Port Clarence 
Kjellman, 1883 
51 
Grantly Harbor 
McRoy, this study 
Bering Straits 
52 
Lopp Lagoon 
Burns, 1967 
53 
Ikpek Lagoon 
Burns, 1967 
* Numbers refer to the geographical locations shown in 
Figure 1. 
1 and Table 1). Isolated populations in other 
more inaccessible areas are of course possible. 
Prince William Sound contains many Zostera 
beds (Fig. 1 and Table 1), but their distribu- 
tion was altered by the earthquake of March 
1964. Johansen (1965:93-94) lists nine local- 
ities where he found dead Zostera attributable 
to the seismic uplift of the region. In June 
1967 I revisited many of Johansen’s stations. 
In several of these, the most striking being 
the vicinity of Cordova, no new Zostera was 
seen; in other places, such as Redhead Lagoon, 
reduced populations were evident. 
The outer coast of the Kenai Peninsula is a 
glaciated region where no Zostera has been 
reported, nor has any been found in Cook Inlet, 
which might be expected from the turbidity 
and currents in the Inlet. There are, however, 
unconfirmed reports of Zostera in Kachemak 
Bay. 
Several bays on Kodiak and Afognak islands, 
on the Alaska Peninsula, and in the Aleutian 
Islands contain Zostera beds (Hulten, 1941:95; 
Beals, 1941; Fig. 1 and Table 1). The western 
limit of the species in North America was 
Vsevidof Island (Murie and Scheffer, 1959: 
369). This limit can now be extended to Atka 
and Adak islands (Jones, personal communica- 
tion, 1965). The plants on Adak are evidently 
a result of transplantation experiments by the 
