On the circulation, water mass distribution, and nutrient concentrations of the western Chukchi Sea

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Clement Kinney, Jaclyn, Assmann, Karen M., Maslowski, Wieslaw, Björk, Göran, Jakobsson, Martin, Jutterström, Sara, Lee, Younjoo J., Osinski, Robert, Semiletov, Igor, Ulfsbo, Adam, Wåhlström, Irene, Anderson, Leif G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Strait; Chukchi Sea; East Siberian Sea; Pacific; Wrangel Island; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-29-2022; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/18/29/2022/

Substantial amounts of nutrients and carbon enter the Arctic Ocean from the Pacific Ocean through the Bering Strait, distributed over three main pathways. Water with low salinities and nutrient concentrations takes an eastern route along the Alaskan coast, as Alaskan Coastal Water. A central pathway...