Surface sediment samples collected from the CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Northern Bering Sea to Chukchi Sea, 2017

• Main Authors: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Lee W. Cooper
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2016
• Subjects: sediment grain size; total organic carbon; total organic nitrogen; C/N; surface sediment chlorophyll; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barrow Canyon; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Lawrence Island; Pacific; Chukchi; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:bbf60c13-9d69-4c55-810d-93519a1f1f6c

The Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean is experiencing major reductions in seasonal sea ice extent and increases in sea surface temperatures. One of the key uncertainties in this region is how the marine ecosystem will respond to seasonal shifts in the timing of spring sea ice retreat and/or delays...