Influence of Glacier Runoff on Ecosystem Structure in Gulf of Alaska Fjords 2004-2011

• Main Authors: Arimitsu, Mayumi, Piatt, John, Heflin, Brielle
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2017
• Subjects: Alaska, Gulf of Alaska, Glacier Bay, Prince William Sound, Icy Bay, Yakutat, glacier, tidewater glacier, freshwater, marine ecosystems, krill, zooplankton, seabird, forage fish, euphausiid, copepod, sediment, turbidity, climate warming, marine birds, marine mammals, inorganic nutrients; Glacier Bay; Gulf of Alaska; glacier; Tidewater; Yakutat; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/f7k072dr; https://alaska.usgs.gov/products/data.php?dataid=95

Marine ecosystems respond to a range of habitat variability in coastal zones modified by glacial freshwater outflows, biophysical data were collected in three study regions that included four major glacial fjord systems around the Gulf of Alaska. A suite of geographic, oceanographic, nutrient and biological attributes were sampled at these three study regions during peak ice-melt season in summer.