Marine mammal sightings during Sir Wilfrid Laurier cruise to the Pacific Arctic 11-22 July 2019
The Pacific Arctic region (PAR) extends from the northern Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean Basin, and it is experiencing major reductions in seasonal sea ice and increases in sea surface temperatures. Within the PAR, the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas are among the most productive marine ecosystems...
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dataone:doi:10.18739/A2DZ0320P 2024-06-03T18:46:22+00:00 Marine mammal sightings during Sir Wilfrid Laurier cruise to the Pacific Arctic 11-22 July 2019 Kathleen Stafford DBO 2 - Chirikov Basin, Northern Bering Sea DBO 3 - Southern Chukchi Sea DBO 4 - Northeast Chukchi Sea ENVELOPE(-170.492,-167.86,65.111,64.482) BEGINDATE: 2019-07-11T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2019-07-22T00:00:00Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.18739/A2DZ0320P unknown Arctic Data Center Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO) Marine mammal Visual observations Dataset 2019 dataone:urn:node:ARCTIC https://doi.org/10.18739/A2DZ0320P 2024-06-03T18:13:10Z The Pacific Arctic region (PAR) extends from the northern Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean Basin, and it is experiencing major reductions in seasonal sea ice and increases in sea surface temperatures. Within the PAR, the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas are among the most productive marine ecosystems in the Arctic and are important carbon sinks and seasonal sources of organic materials. These recent shifts in seasonal sea ice cover are having profound consequences for seasonal phytoplankton production as well as to intimately linked higher trophic levels, including food harvested locally for subsistence. Key uncertainties remain as to how the marine ecosystem will respond to seasonal shifts in the timing of spring sea ice retreat and/or delays in fall sea ice formation. Productivity may change as sea ice declines and penetration of sunlight into open water increases, but the trajectory of changes to food web structure are unclear. Many organisms, from plankton to top predators are changing their distribution, migration and foraging patterns. A number of marine sites in the Pacific Arctic have high biomass, both in the water column and on the seafloor and are focused foraging points for apex predators. Several of these sites have been identified and re-occupied seasonally and interannually during multiple international cruises as part of the Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO) network. The DBO observational data documenting the importance of these ecosystem “hotspots” provide a growing marine time-series from the northern Bering Sea to Barrow Canyon at the boundary of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, and across the Beaufort Sea to Amundsen Gulf. In US waters, these sites are DBO1 (south of St. Lawrence Island, DBO2 (Chirikov Basin north of SLI), DBO3 (southern Chukchi Sea), DBO4 (central Chukchi Sea), DBO5 (upper Barrow Canyon) , DBO6 (Beaufort Sea shelf break at ~152W). As part of DBO efforts, marine mammal visual detections have been obtained from any research voyage with an on-board observer and sightings within DBO regions 1-6 have been highlighted. Dataset Amundsen Gulf Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Bering Sea Chukchi Chukchi Sea Pacific Arctic Phytoplankton Sea ice St Lawrence Island Arctic Data Center (via DataONE) Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Chukchi Sea Pacific Lawrence Island ENVELOPE(-103.718,-103.718,56.967,56.967) Barrow Canyon ENVELOPE(-154.000,-154.000,72.500,72.500) ENVELOPE(-170.492,-167.86,65.111,64.482) |
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The Pacific Arctic region (PAR) extends from the northern Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean Basin, and it is experiencing major reductions in seasonal sea ice and increases in sea surface temperatures. Within the PAR, the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas are among the most productive marine ecosystems in the Arctic and are important carbon sinks and seasonal sources of organic materials. These recent shifts in seasonal sea ice cover are having profound consequences for seasonal phytoplankton production as well as to intimately linked higher trophic levels, including food harvested locally for subsistence. Key uncertainties remain as to how the marine ecosystem will respond to seasonal shifts in the timing of spring sea ice retreat and/or delays in fall sea ice formation. Productivity may change as sea ice declines and penetration of sunlight into open water increases, but the trajectory of changes to food web structure are unclear. Many organisms, from plankton to top predators are changing their distribution, migration and foraging patterns. A number of marine sites in the Pacific Arctic have high biomass, both in the water column and on the seafloor and are focused foraging points for apex predators. Several of these sites have been identified and re-occupied seasonally and interannually during multiple international cruises as part of the Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO) network. The DBO observational data documenting the importance of these ecosystem “hotspots” provide a growing marine time-series from the northern Bering Sea to Barrow Canyon at the boundary of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, and across the Beaufort Sea to Amundsen Gulf. In US waters, these sites are DBO1 (south of St. Lawrence Island, DBO2 (Chirikov Basin north of SLI), DBO3 (southern Chukchi Sea), DBO4 (central Chukchi Sea), DBO5 (upper Barrow Canyon) , DBO6 (Beaufort Sea shelf break at ~152W). As part of DBO efforts, marine mammal visual detections have been obtained from any research voyage with an on-board observer and sightings within DBO regions 1-6 have been highlighted. |
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Marine mammal sightings during Sir Wilfrid Laurier cruise to the Pacific Arctic 11-22 July 2019 |
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Marine mammal sightings during Sir Wilfrid Laurier cruise to the Pacific Arctic 11-22 July 2019 |
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Marine mammal sightings during Sir Wilfrid Laurier cruise to the Pacific Arctic 11-22 July 2019 |
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Marine mammal sightings during Sir Wilfrid Laurier cruise to the Pacific Arctic 11-22 July 2019 |
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Marine mammal sightings during Sir Wilfrid Laurier cruise to the Pacific Arctic 11-22 July 2019 |
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marine mammal sightings during sir wilfrid laurier cruise to the pacific arctic 11-22 july 2019 |
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DBO 2 - Chirikov Basin, Northern Bering Sea DBO 3 - Southern Chukchi Sea DBO 4 - Northeast Chukchi Sea ENVELOPE(-170.492,-167.86,65.111,64.482) BEGINDATE: 2019-07-11T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2019-07-22T00:00:00Z |
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ENVELOPE(-103.718,-103.718,56.967,56.967) ENVELOPE(-154.000,-154.000,72.500,72.500) ENVELOPE(-170.492,-167.86,65.111,64.482) |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Chukchi Sea Pacific Lawrence Island Barrow Canyon |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Chukchi Sea Pacific Lawrence Island Barrow Canyon |
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Amundsen Gulf Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Bering Sea Chukchi Chukchi Sea Pacific Arctic Phytoplankton Sea ice St Lawrence Island |
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Amundsen Gulf Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Bering Sea Chukchi Chukchi Sea Pacific Arctic Phytoplankton Sea ice St Lawrence Island |
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