Shelfbreak Upwelling in the Western Beaufort Sea, Zooplankton Morphometrics data for August-September 2017

• Main Authors: Campbell, Robert G, Ashjian, Carin
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2022
• Subjects: Copepods; Euphausiids; Size; Carbon content; Nitrogen content; Lowe; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Beluga*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2jw86p2j; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2JW86P2J

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...