Ecosystem characteristics and processes facilitating persistent macrobenthic biomass hotspots and associated benthivory in the Pacific Arctic

• Published in: Progress in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Grebmeier, Jacqueline M., Bluhm, Bodil A., Cooper, Lee W., Danielson, Seth L., Arrigo, Kevin R., Blanchard, Arny L., Clarke, Janet T., Day, Robert H., Frey, Karen E., Gradinger, Rolf R., Kedra, Monika, Konar, Brenda, Kuletz, Kathy J., Lee, Sang H., Lovvorn, James R., Norcross, Brenda L., Okkonen, Stephen R.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Clark Digital Commons 2015
• Subjects: Climate; Oceanography; Arctic; Bering Strait; Chukchi Sea; Lawrence Island; Pacific; Chukchi; Pacific Arctic; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island; walrus*
• Online Access: https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/217; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.05.006

The northern Bering and Chukchi Seas are areas in the Pacific Arctic characterized by high northward advection of Pacific Ocean water, with seasonal variability in sea ice cover, water mass characteristics, and benthic processes. In this review, we evaluate the biological and environmental factors t...