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Contact Information

Institute of Marine Science
128 O'Neill
P.O. Box 757220
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
Phone: (907) 474-7841
jewett@ims.uaf.edu

Stephen Jewett Research Professor

Fisheries Ecology • Marine Invertebrates • Scientific Diving

Affiliations

University of Alaska Diving Officer
Golden Key International Honor Society

Specialties

benthic ecology
trophic interactions
benthic impact assessments
Arctic ecosystems
pollution and contamination monitoring
scuba techniques for scientific divers

Education

B.A. 1971 John Brown University (Biology)
M.S. 1977 University of Alaska Fairbanks (Biology)
Ph.D. 1997 University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fisheries)

Current Research Projects

Donlin Creek Project: 2007 Kuskokwim River Fishing Activity Survey. Funded by RWJ Consulting 2007-08.
EPA/EMAP coastal assessment: Analyses of infauna and epifauna from the Aleutian Islands. Funded by ADEC 2005-08.
Retrospective analyses of Norton Sound benthic fauna. Funded by North Pacific Research Board 2006-2008.
Investigate ecological change in the nearshore Kotzebue Sound ecosystem: simultaneous application of traditional and scientific ecological knowledge. Funded by NSF, 2002-2008

Honors

2004 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Research Award
2004 The Wildlife Society Wildlife Publications Award for Outstanding Monograph (co-recipient)
2006 Fulbright Scholar: Senior Specialists grant in Environmental Science at Catholic University of the North, Chile

Memberships

American Academy of Underwater Sciences
American Fisheries Society
Golden Key International Honor Society
National Shellfish Association
Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Society of Sigma Xi
Western Society of Naturalists

Selected Publications

Jewett S.C. & Duffy L.K. Mercury in fishes of Alaska, with emphasis on subsistence foods. Sci. Total Environ, 387(1-3): 3-27, 2007.

Feder, H.M., Jewett, S.C. & A. Blanchard. Southeastern Chukchi Sea (Alaska) macrobenthos. Polar Biology. 30: 261-275, 2007.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, & S.C. Jewett. Radionuclides in benthic invertebrates from Amchitka and Kiska Islands in the Aleutian chain. Alaska. Environ. Monit. & Assess. 128: 329-341, 2007.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Kosson, D., Powers, C.W., Friedlander, B., Stabin, M., Favret, D., Jewett, S.C., Snigaroff, D., Snigaroff, R., Stamm, T., Weston, J., & C. Jeitner. Radionuclides in marine fishes and birds from Amchitka and Kiska islands in the Aleutians: establishing a baseline. Health Physics 92 (3): 265-279, 2007.

Gochfeld, M., Volz, C.D., Jewett, S.C., Burger, J., Powers, C.W., & B. Friedlander. Developing a health and safety plan for hazardous fieldwork in remote areas. J. Occup. & Environ. Hyg, 3: 671-683, 2006.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Kosson, D., Powers, C.W., Jewett, S., Friedlander, Chenelot, H., Volz, C.D. & C. Jeitner. Radionuclides in marine macroalgae from Amchitka and Kiska Islands in the Aleutians: establishing a baseline for future biomonitoring. J. Environ. Radio. 91: 27-40, 2006.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, & S.C. Jewett. Selecting species for marine assessment of radionuclides on Amchitka: planning for diverse goals and interests. Environ. Monit. & Assess. 123 (1-3): 371-391, 2006

Volz, C. ,Powers C., Burger J., Kosson, D., Gochfeld M., Friedlander B., Barnes D., Bliss L., Jewett S., Johnson, M., Stabin M., Unsworth M., Vyas V., and Horsch J. The CRESP Amchitka expedition: a model for multi- and interdisciplinary research into radionuclide contamination of the marine environment. In F. Linkov and R. LaPorte (Eds.), Scientific networking and the global health supercourse. NATO Security through Science Series D: Information and Communication Security-Vol. 5, Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press, 2006

Burger, J., Jewett, S.C., Gochfeld, M., Hoberg, M., Harper, S., Chenelot, H., Jeitner, C.W., Burke, S. The use of biota sampling for environmental contaminant analysis for characterization of benthic communities in the Aleutians. Sci. Total Environ. 369: 393-402, 2006.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Burke, S., Jeitner, C.W., Jewett, S.C., Snigaroff, D., Snigaroff, R., Stamm, T., Harper, S., Hoberg, M., Chenelot, H., Patrick, R., Volz, C.D. & J. Weston. Do scientists and fishermen collect the same fish? Possible implications for exposure assessment. Environ. Res. 101(1): 34-41, 2006.

Jewett, S.C., Hoberg, M., Chenelot, H., Harper, S., Burger, J., & Gochfeld, M. Scuba techniques used in risk assessment of possible nuclear leakage around Amchitka Island, Alaska. In: J. Godfrey and S. Shumway (Eds.). American Academy of Underwater Science 24th Annual Diving for Science Symposium. U. Conn. Sea Grant, CTSG-06-03, 245pp., 2006.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Kosson, D., Powers, C.W., Friedlander, B., Eichelberger, J., Barnes, D., Duffy, L.K., Jewett, S.C. & C.D. Volz. Science, policy, and stakeholders: developing a consensus science plan for Amchitka Island, Aleutians, Alaska. J. Environ. Planning and Mgmt. 35: 557-68, 2005.

Ben-David M., Blundell, G.M., J.W. Kern, A.K. Maier, E.D. Brown, & S.C. Jewett. Communication in river otters: creation of variable resource sheds for terrestrial communities. Ecol. 86(5): 1331-1345, 2005.

Feder, H.M., Jewett, S.C. & A. Blanchard. Southeastern Chukchi Sea (Alaska) epibenthos. Polar Biol. 28(5): 402-421, 2005.

Bowyer, RT, GM Blundell, M Ben-David, SC Jewett, TA Dean, & LK Duffy. Effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on river otters: injury and recovery of a sentinel species. Wildlife Monographs. 153:1-53, 2003.

Jewett, SC, Zhang, X, Kelley, JJ, Dasher, D & Duffy, LK. Comparison of mercury and methylmercury in northern pike and arctic grayling from western Alaska rivers Chemosphere. 50(3):383-392, 2003.

Bodkin, JL; Ballachey, BE; Dean, TA; Fukuyama, AK; Jewett, SC; McDonald, L; Monson, DH; O'Clair, CE; & VanBlaricom, GR.. Sea otter population status and the process of recovery from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 241:237-253, 2002.

Dean, TA; Bodkin, JL; Fukuyama, AK; Jewett, SC; Monson, DH; O'Clair, CE; & VanBlaricom GR. Food limitations and recovery of sea otters in Prince William Sound following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 241:271-186, 2002.

Esler, D; Bowman, TD; Trust, KA; Ballachey, BE; Dean, TA; Jewett, SC; & O'Clair, CE. Harlequin duck population recovery following the Exxon Valdez oil spill: progress, process, and constraints. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 241:271-286, 2002.

Golet, GH; Seisner, PE; McGuire, AD; Roby, DD; Fischer, JB; Kuletz, KJ; Irons, DB; Dean, TA; Jewett, SC; & Newman, SH. Long-term direct and indirect effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on pigeon guillemots in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 241:287-304, 2002.

Jewett, S.C., T.A. Dean, B.R. Woodin, M.K. Hoberg, & J.J. Stegeman. Exposure to hydrocarbons ten years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill: evidence from cytochrome P4501A expression and biliary FACs in nearshore demersal fishes. Marine Environmental Research. 54(1):21-48, 2002.

Zhang, X., A.S. Naidu, J.J. Kelley, S.C. Jewett, D. Dasher, & L.K. Duffy. Baseline concentrations of total mercury and methylmercury in salmon returning via the Bering Sea (1999-2000). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 42: 993-997, 2001

Dean, TA; Jewett, SC. Habitat-specific recovery of shallow subtidal communities following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Ecological Applications. 11(5): 1456-1471, 2001

Jewett, S.C. (Editor). Cold Water Diving for Science. American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 21st Annual Scientific Diving Symposium. Sea Grant, AK-SG-01-(University of Alaska): 98 pp, 2001

Blundell G.M., R.T. Bowyer, M. Ben-David, T.A. Dean S.C. Jewett. Effects of food resources on spacing behavior of river otters: does forage abundance control home-range size? Pages 325-333. In: J.H.Eiler, D. Alcorn and M. Neuman (eds.), Biotelemetry 15: Proceedings of the 15th International Society on Biotelemetry. Juneau, Alaska USA. International Society on Biotelemetry. Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2000.

Jewett, S.C.; Naidu, AS. Assessment of heavy metals in red king crabs following offshore placer gold mining. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 40(6): 478-490, 2000

Dean, TA; Bodkin, JL; Jewett, SC; Monson, DH; Jung, D. Changes in sea urchins and kelp following a reduction in sea otter density as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 199: 281-291, 2000

Dean, TA; Haldorson, L; Laur, DR; Jewett, SC; Blanchard, A. The distribution of nearshore fishes in kelp and eelgrass communities in Prince William Sound, Alaska: Associations with vegetation and physical habitat characteristics. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 57: 271-287, 2000

Esler, D; Bowman, TD; Dean, TA; O'Clair, CE; Jewett, SC; McDonald, LL. Correlates of Harlequin Duck Densities During Winter in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Condor. 102: 920-926, 2000

Jewett, S.C., H.M. Feder, & A. Blanchard. Assessment of the benthic environment following offshore placer mining in Northeastern Bering Sea. Mar. Environ. Res 48: 1-32, 1999.

Jewett, SC. Assessment of red king crabs following offshore placer gold mining in Norton Sound. Alaska Fisheries Research Bulletin. 6(1): 1-18, 1999

Jewett, SC; Dean, TA; Smith, RO; Blanchard, A. Exxon Valdez oil spill: impacts and recovery in the soft-bottom benthic community in and adjacent to eelgrass beds. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 185: 59-83, 1999