Extraordinary Carbon Fluxes on the Shallow Pacific Arctic Shelf During a Remarkably Warm and Low Sea Ice Period

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Stephanie H. O’Daly, Seth L. Danielson, Sarah M. Hardy, Russell R. Hopcroft, Catherine Lalande, Dean A. Stockwell, Andrew M. P. McDonnell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: carbon cycling; particulate organic carbon; Bering and Chukchi Sea Shelves; marine particles; marine snow; Arctic; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Bering Shelf; Chukchi Sea; Pacific; Anadyr'; Chukchi; Climate change; Pacific Arctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.548931; https://doaj.org/article/2e6d73c1f32d48edb8cf879d53efedaf

The shallow Pacific Arctic shelf has historically acted as an effective carbon sink, characterized by tight benthic pelagic coupling. However, the strength of the biological carbon pump in the Arctic has been predicted to weaken with climate change due to increased duration of the open-water period...