Surface sediment samples collected from the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Sir Wilfrid Laurier 2019, Northern Bering Sea to Chukchi Sea

• Main Authors: Grebmeier, Jacqueline M., Cooper, Lee W.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2021
• Subjects: sediment grain size; total organic carbon; total organic nitrogen; C/N; surface sediment chlorophyll; DBO; Distributed Biological Observatory; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Pacific; Lawrence Island; Barrow Canyon; Chukchi; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2gb1xj2n; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2GB1XJ2N

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...