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: Ashjian, Carin J., Okkonen, Stephen R., Campbell, Robert G., Alatalo, Philip
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2021
• Subjects: Research Article; Barrow Canyon; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Barrow; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Chukchi; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8274851/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34252123; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254418

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...