Airborne Remote Sensing of a Biological Hot Spot in the Southeastern Bering Sea

• Main Authors: Churnside, James H., Brown, Evelyn D., Parker-Stetter, Sandra, Horne, John K., Hunt, George L., Hillgruber, Nicola, Sigler, Michael F., Vollenweider, Johanna J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: remote sensing; seabirds; Bering Sea; ecology; fisheries; marine resources; Bering Canyon; Aleutian Islands; Copepods
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10535/7159

"Intense, ephemeral foraging events within localized hot spots represent important trophic transfers to top predators in marine ecosystems, though the spatial extent and temporal overlap of predators and prey are difficult to observe using traditional methods. The southeastern Bering Sea has hi...