Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska
ˆ The North Pacific atmosphere-ocean system reflected a combination of a response to La Niña and intrisic variability. The combination of the neutral to weak El Niño expected this winter and a continuation of reduced ice cover in the central Arctic should yield a lighter ice year for the Bering in 2...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.252.8350 2023-05-15T15:05:23+02:00 Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska Stephani Zador Alex Andrews Kerim Aydin Rachel Baker Sonia Batten Nick Bond Greg Buck Kristin Cieciel Ken Coyle Miriam Doyle Sherri Dressel Lisa Eisner Emily Fergusson Shannon Fitzgerald Wyatt Fournier Sarah Gaichas Jeanette Gann Jessica Gharrett Angie Greig Kyle Hebert William Stockhausen Molly Sturdevant Todd Tenbrink Dan Urban Jason Waite Muyin Wang The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2012 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.252.8350 http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/refm/stocks/plan_team/ecosystem.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.252.8350 http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/refm/stocks/plan_team/ecosystem.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/refm/stocks/plan_team/ecosystem.pdf text 2012 ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T19:50:17Z ˆ The North Pacific atmosphere-ocean system reflected a combination of a response to La Niña and intrisic variability. The combination of the neutral to weak El Niño expected this winter and a continuation of reduced ice cover in the central Arctic should yield a lighter ice year for the Bering in 2013. ˆ Ocean temperatures remained cold and sea ice remained extensive, similar to 2008 and 2010. Ice retreat this year (and 2009) was the latest recorded since 1985. Summer was calm and cool, but had the most extensive cold pool area of the recent decade. ˆ The summer Calanus copepod time series showed an increase in abundance in 2011 relative to 2010, but remained below the 2009 peak. 2011 was the fourth year that concentrations remained well above average, following patterns also seen in fall zooplankton abundance during cold years. This suggests that prey availability for planktivorous fish, seabirds, and mammals continued to be high during the summer of 2011. ˆ Jellyfish remain abundant, although peak abundances observed in fall 2010 and summer 2011 declined by fall 2011 and summer 2012. Text Arctic Bering Sea Sea ice Zooplankton Alaska Aleutian Islands Unknown Arctic Bering Sea Gulf of Alaska Pacific |
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ˆ The North Pacific atmosphere-ocean system reflected a combination of a response to La Niña and intrisic variability. The combination of the neutral to weak El Niño expected this winter and a continuation of reduced ice cover in the central Arctic should yield a lighter ice year for the Bering in 2013. ˆ Ocean temperatures remained cold and sea ice remained extensive, similar to 2008 and 2010. Ice retreat this year (and 2009) was the latest recorded since 1985. Summer was calm and cool, but had the most extensive cold pool area of the recent decade. ˆ The summer Calanus copepod time series showed an increase in abundance in 2011 relative to 2010, but remained below the 2009 peak. 2011 was the fourth year that concentrations remained well above average, following patterns also seen in fall zooplankton abundance during cold years. This suggests that prey availability for planktivorous fish, seabirds, and mammals continued to be high during the summer of 2011. ˆ Jellyfish remain abundant, although peak abundances observed in fall 2010 and summer 2011 declined by fall 2011 and summer 2012. |
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