Spatial changes in the summer diatom community of the northern Bering Sea in 2017 and 2018

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Fukai, Yuri, Abe, Yoshiyuki, Matsuno, Kohei, Yamaguchi, Atsushi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Northern Bering Sea; Phytoplankton community; Diatoms; Year-to-year changes; 474; Bering Sea; Bering Strait; Lawrence Island; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/87787; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104903

In recent years, the northern Bering Sea has experienced changes in the timing of sea-ice retreat and in hydrographic conditions during the summer. The influence of these environmental changes on the diatom community has not been examined. In this study, we investigated the spatial changes in the di...