Shelfbreak Upwelling in the Western Beaufort Sea, Zooplankton Abundance data, August 2018.
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...
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ftdatacite:10.18739/a22v2cb63 2023-05-15T15:40:13+02:00 Shelfbreak Upwelling in the Western Beaufort Sea, Zooplankton Abundance data, August 2018. Gelfman, Celia Campbell, Robert Ashjian, Carin 2022 text/xml https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a22v2cb63 https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A22V2CB63 en eng NSF Arctic Data Center zooplankton copepod euphausiid abundance Dataset dataset 2022 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.18739/a22v2cb63 2022-03-10T11:04:53Z 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 hotspot for upper trophic level animals because elevated numbers and biomass of large, high-energy zooplankton (e.g., lipid-rich copepods, euphausiids) are regularly upwelled from deeper water onto the shelf during winds from the east, retained there by frontal features when upwelling relaxes, and exploited by bowhead whales, seabirds, and forage fish that in turn are prey for piscivorous marine mammals, such as beluga whales. The zooplankton abundance data were collected to measure upwelling impacts to the Beaufort shelf break community structure. Data were acquired as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project "The Importance of Shelf Break Upwelling to Upper Trophic Level Ecology in the Western Beaufort Sea". Data from net tows within the box 165 West (W) - 145 W, 69 North (N) - 72N between 8 and 23 August 2018. Dataset Beaufort Sea Beluga Beluga* Copepods DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Beaufort Shelf ENVELOPE(-142.500,-142.500,70.000,70.000) |
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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 hotspot for upper trophic level animals because elevated numbers and biomass of large, high-energy zooplankton (e.g., lipid-rich copepods, euphausiids) are regularly upwelled from deeper water onto the shelf during winds from the east, retained there by frontal features when upwelling relaxes, and exploited by bowhead whales, seabirds, and forage fish that in turn are prey for piscivorous marine mammals, such as beluga whales. The zooplankton abundance data were collected to measure upwelling impacts to the Beaufort shelf break community structure. Data were acquired as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project "The Importance of Shelf Break Upwelling to Upper Trophic Level Ecology in the Western Beaufort Sea". Data from net tows within the box 165 West (W) - 145 W, 69 North (N) - 72N between 8 and 23 August 2018. |
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Shelfbreak Upwelling in the Western Beaufort Sea, Zooplankton Abundance data, August 2018. |
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Shelfbreak Upwelling in the Western Beaufort Sea, Zooplankton Abundance data, August 2018. |
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Shelfbreak Upwelling in the Western Beaufort Sea, Zooplankton Abundance data, August 2018. |
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Shelfbreak Upwelling in the Western Beaufort Sea, Zooplankton Abundance data, August 2018. |
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Shelfbreak Upwelling in the Western Beaufort Sea, Zooplankton Abundance data, August 2018. |
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shelfbreak upwelling in the western beaufort sea, zooplankton abundance data, august 2018. |
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ENVELOPE(-142.500,-142.500,70.000,70.000) |
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