Echoes of the 2013–2015 Marine Heat Wave in the Eastern Bering Sea and Consequent Biological Responses

• Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• Main Authors: Igor M. Belkin, Jeffrey W. Short
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: marine heat waves; Northeast Pacific; Gulf of Alaska; Bering Sea; Polar Front; climate change; ecosystem responses; sea surface temperature; sea ice; cold pool; Bering Strait; Pacific; The Blob; Sea ice; Alaska; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11050958

We reviewed various physical and biological manifestations of an unprecedented large-scale water temperature anomaly that emerged in the Northeast Pacific in late 2013. The anomaly dubbed “The Blob” persisted through 2014–2016, with some signs of its persistence through 2017–2018 and a possible reem...