Lingering Chukchi Sea sea ice and Chukchi Sea mean winds influence population age structure of euphausiids (krill) found in the bowhead whale feeding hotspot near Pt. Barrow, Alaska.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Carin J Ashjian, Stephen R Okkonen, Robert G Campbell, Philip Alatalo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Barrow Canyon; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Barrow; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Chukchi; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254418; https://doaj.org/article/5d4cabe12b3f4768a5c663cfb3d8f8ec

Interannual variability in euphausiid (krill) abundance and population structure and associations of those measures with environmental drivers were investigated in an 11-year study conducted in late August-early September 2005-2015 in offshelf waters (bottom depth > 40 m) in Barrow Canyon and the...