Foreword : The evolution from species-specific damage assessment to ecosystem centric studies over the multi-decade period following the Exxon Valdez oil spill / Stanley Rice, Charles Peterson -- Spatial and temporal ecological variability in the northern Gulf of Alaska : What have we learned since the Exxon Valdez oil spill? / Donna G.R. Aderhold, Mandy R. Lindeberg, Kris Holderied, W. Scott Pegau -- Conditions of persistent oil on beaches in Prince William Sound 26 years after the Exxon Valdez spill / Mandy R. Lindeberg, Jacek Maselko, Ron A. Heintz, Corey J. Fugate, Larry Holland -- A review of distribution and quantity of lingering subsurface oil from the Exxon Valdez oil spill / Zachary Nixon, Jacqueline Michel -- Gene transcription patterns in response to low level petroleum contaminants in Mytilus trossulus from field sites and harbors in Southcentral Alaska / Lizabeth Bowen, A. Keith Miles, Brenda Ballachey, Shannon Waters, James Bodkin, Mandy Lindeberg, Daniel Esler -- Timelines and mechanisms of wildlife population recovery following the Exxon Valdez oil spill / Daniel Esler, Brenda E. Ballachey, Craig Matkin, Daniel Cushing, Robert Kaler, James Bodkin, Daniel Monson, George Esslinger, Kim Kloecker -- Hydrographic trends in Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1960-2016 / Robert W. Campbell -- Interannual variability in lower trophic levels on the Alaskan Shelf / Sonia D. Batten, Dionysios E. Raitsos, Seth Danielson, Russell Hopcroft, Kenneth Coyle, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop -- Seasonal variation of zooplankton abundance and community structure in Prince William Sound, Alaska, 2009-2016 / Caitlin A.E. McKinstry, Robert W. Campbell -- The use of unmanned aerial vehicle imagery in intertidal monitoring / Brenda Konar, Katrin Iken -- Variation in abundance of Pacific blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus) in the northern Gulf of Alaska, 2006-2015 / James L. Bodkin, Heather A. Coletti, Brenda E. Ballachey, Daniel H. Monson, Daniel H. Monson, Daniel Esler, Thomas A. Dean -- Distribution of juvenile Pacific herring relative to environmental and geospatial factors in Prince William Sound, Alaska / Sean Lewandoski, Mary Anne Bishop -- Migration patterns of post-spawning Pacific herring in a subarctic sound / Mary Anne Bishop, John H. Eiler -- Spatial and temporal variation in winter condition of juvenile Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) in Prince William Sound, Alaska : oceanographic exchange with the Gulf of Alaska / Kristen B. Gorman, Thomas C. Kline Jr., Megan E. Roberts, Fletcher F. Sewall, Ron A. Heintz, W. Scott Pegau -- Empirically based models of oceanographic and biological influences on Pacific herring recruitment in Prince William Sound / Fletcher Sewall, Brenda Norcross, Franz Mueter, Ron Heintz -- Spatio-temporal distributions of piscivorous birds in a subarctic sound during the nonbreeding season / Jessica Stocking, Mary Anne Bishop, Ali Arab -- Patterns of distribution, abundance, and change over time in a subarctic marine bird community / Daniel A. Cushing, Daniel D. Roby, David B. Irons -- Seasonal distribution of Dall's porpoise in Prince William Sound, Alaska / John R. Moran, Matthew B. O'Dell, Mayumi L. Arimitsu, Janice M. Straley, Danielle M.S. Dickson -- Seasonal presence and potential influence of humpback whales on wintering Pacific herring populations in the Gulf of Alaska / Janice M. Straley, John R. Moran, Kevin M. Boswell, Johanna J. Vollenweider, Ron A. Heintz, Terrance J. Quinn II, Briana H. Witteveen, Stanley D. Rice -- Regional variation in the intensity of humpback whale predation on Pacific herring in the Gulf of Alaska / J.R. Moran, R.A. Heintz, J.M. Straley, J.J. Vollenweider -- Seasonal and pod-specific differences in core use areas by resident killer whales in the Northern Gulf of Alaska / Daniel W. Olsen, Craig O. Matkin, Russel D. Andrews, Shannon Atkinson.