Permanent Archiving of Specimens Collected in Nearshore Habitats

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Specimens of marine invertebrates from 26 sites in Prince William Sound, collected as part of Exxon Valdez oil the spill damage assessment, have been accessioned into the University of Alaska Museum (now known as University of Alaska Museum of the North). The collections represent five seasons of sampling between 1989 and 1995. At least 499 species are present; of which seven are new records for the region. The project's objectives are to: 1) Retain specimens and associated locality data collected as part of the Exxon Valdez oil spill studies from being lost; 2) Make information based on the specimens (that is, species composition and distribution of Prince William Sound and Gulf of Alaska marine invertebrate fauna) available to stakeholders.