Shelfbreak Upwelling in the Western Beaufort Sea, Zooplankton Abundance data, September 2017

• Main Authors: Cecilia Gelfman, Robert Campbell, Carin Ashjian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2022
• Subjects: zooplankton; copepod; euphausiid; abundance; Calanus glacialis/marshallae; Calanus hyperboreus; Metridia longa; Thysanoessa raschii; Thysanoessa inermis; Beaufort Shelf; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Beluga*; Calanus glacialis; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2Z60C357

Atmospherically-forced wind-induced upwelling along the shelf break leads to enhanced feeding opportunities for intermediate links in the pelagic ecosystem that in turn sustain the exploitation of this environment by animals such as beluga, seabirds, and seals. The Beaufort Sea shelf break is a hots...