Marine Mammal Watch, Dutch Harbor, AK-North Pole-Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Healy2202-Synoptic Arctic Survey, 2022 ...

• Main Author: Moore, Sue E.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2023
• Subjects: Synoptic Arctic Survey; SAS; Marine Mammals; Cetaceans; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Sea; Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; North Pole; Arctic; Chukchi; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2t727h7s; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2T727H7S

"The Central Arctic Ocean remains profoundly understudied, particularly with respect to carbon cycling, ecosystem alteration, and associated changes in atmospheric, ice and ocean physics that drive those biological and biogeochemical systems. The region is expected to experience continued marked changes over the coming decades, driven by ongoing climate warming. Yet, because of relatively limited understanding of fundamental characteristics and processes in the region, predicting these changes and their Pan-Arctic linkages remains difficult. The Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) is organized around three major research areas: (1) physical drivers of importance to the ecosystem and carbon cycle; (2) the ecosystem response and (3) the carbon cycle. The overarching questions are: “What is the present state, and what are the major ongoing transformations of the Arctic marine system?” The overall objective of this expedition was to quantify the present states of the physical, biological, and biogeochemical systems of ...