Zooplankton size composition and production just after drastic ice coverage changes in the northern Bering Sea assessed via ZooScan

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Kumagai, Shino, Matsuno, Kohei, Yamaguchi, Atsushi
• Other Authors: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2023
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Water Science and Technology; Aquatic Science; Global and Planetary Change; Oceanography; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island; Copepods
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1233492; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1233492/full

Drastic environmental changes were noted in the northern Bering Sea in 2018. A reduction in sea ice affected several trophic levels within the ecosystem; this resulted in delayed phytoplankton blooms, the northward shifting of fish stocks, and a decrease in the number of seabirds. Changes in the com...