Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.At in area (as defined with a southern Antarctic border), this largest division of the World Ocean and the hydrosphere covers about 46% of Earth's water surface and about 32% of the planet's total surface area, larger than its entire land area (). The centers of both the Water Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere, as well as the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, are in the Pacific Ocean. Ocean circulation (caused by the Coriolis effect) subdivides it into two largely independent volumes of water that meet at the equator, the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean (or more loosely the South Seas). The Pacific Ocean can also be informally divided by the International Date Line into the East Pacific and the West Pacific, which allows it to be further divided into four quadrants, namely the Northeast Pacific off the coasts of North America, the Southeast Pacific off South America, Northwest Pacific off Far Eastern/Pacific Asia, and the Southwest Pacific around Oceania.
The Pacific Ocean's mean depth is . Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, located in the northwestern Pacific, is the deepest known point in the world, reaching a depth of . The Pacific also contains the deepest point in the Southern Hemisphere, the Horizon Deep in the Tonga Trench, at . The third deepest point on Earth, the Sirena Deep, is also located in the Mariana Trench.
The western Pacific has many major marginal seas, including the Philippine Sea, South China Sea, East China Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Mar de Grau, Tasman Sea, and the Coral Sea. Provided by Wikipedia
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121by Holsman, Kirstin K., Aydin, Kerim, Sullivan, Jane, Hurst, Tom, Kruse, Gordon H.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Fisheries Oceanography (2018)
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122by DeFilippo, Lukas B., Thorson, James T., O'Leary, Cecilia A., Kotwicki, Stan, Hoff, Jerry, Ianelli, James N., Kulik, Vladimir V., Punt, Andre E.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Fisheries Oceanography (2023)
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123by Uchiyama, Tadayasu, Mueter, Franz J., Kruse, Gordon H.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
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124by Himes Boor, Gina K., McGuire, Tamara L., Warlick, Amanda J., Taylor, Rebecca L., Converse, Sarah J., McClung, John R., Stephens, Amber D.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2022)
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125by O’Daly, Stephanie H., Danielson, Seth L., Hardy, Sarah M., Hopcroft, Russell R., Lalande, Catherine, Stockwell, Dean A., McDonnell, Andrew M. P.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
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126by O’Leary, Cecilia A., Thorson, James T., Ianelli, James N., Kotwicki, StanContributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
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127by Baetscher, Diana S., Beck, Jessie, Anderson, Eric C., Ruegg, Kristen, Ramey, Andrew M., Hatch, Scott, Nevins, Hannah, Fitzgerald, Shannon M., Carlos Garza, JohnContributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Evolutionary Applications (2022)
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128by Arimitsu, Mayumi L., Hobson, Keith A., Webber, D'Arcy N., Piatt, John F., Hood, Eran W., Fellman, Jason B.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Global Change Biology (2017)
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129by Jacobson, Eiren K., Boyd, Charlotte, McGuire, Tamara L., Shelden, Kim E. W., Himes Boor, Gina K., Punt, André E.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Ecological Applications (2020)
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130by Jasonowicz, Andrew J., Simeon, Anna, Zahm, Margot, Cabau, Cédric, Klopp, Christophe, Roques, Céline, Iampietro, Carole, Lluch, Jérôme, Donnadieu, Cécile, Parrinello, Hugues, Drinan, Daniel P., Hauser, Lorenz, Guiguen, Yann, Planas, Josep V.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Molecular Ecology Resources (2022)
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131by Howard, Rebecca A., Rogers, Lauren A., Kearney, Kelly A., Vary, Laura L., Ciannelli, LorenzoContributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Fish and Fisheries (2024)
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132by Reum, Jonathan C. P., McDonald, P. Sean, Long, W. Christopher, Holsman, Kirstin K., Divine, Lauren, Armstrong, David, Armstrong, JanContributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Conservation Biology (2019)
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133by Daly, Benjamin, Parada, Carolina, Loher, Timothy, Hinckley, Sarah, Hermann, Albert J., Armstrong, DavidContributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Fisheries Oceanography (2020)
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134by Bors, Eleanor K., Baker, C. Scott, Wade, Paul R., O'Neill, Kaimyn B., Shelden, Kim E. W., Thompson, Michael J., Fei, Zhe, Jarman, Simon, Horvath, SteveContributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Evolutionary Applications (2021)
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135by Spencer, Mara L., Vestfals, Cathleen D., Mueter, Franz J., Laurel, Benjamin J.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Polar Biology (2020)
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136by Forster, Caitlin E., Norcross, Brenda L., Mueter, Franz J., Logerwell, Elizabeth A., Seitz, Andrew C.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Polar Biology (2020)
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137by Copeman, Louise A., Laurel, Benjamin J., Boswell, Kevin M., Sremba, Angie L., Klinck, Karolin, Heintz, Ron A., Vollenweider, Johanna J., Helser, Thomas E., Spencer, Mara L.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Polar Biology (2015)
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138by Mincks, Sarah L., Pereira, Tiago José, Sharma, Jyotsna, Blanchard, Arny L., Bik, Holly M.Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Polar Biology (2021)
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139Contributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
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140by Schaefer, Anne L., Gorman, Kristen B., Bishop, Mary AnneContributors: “...North Pacific Research Board...”
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (2022)
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