Spatial patterns, environmental correlates, and potential seasonal migration triangle of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) distribution in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas

• Main Author: Forster, Caitlin
• Other Authors: Norcross, Brenda, Mueter, Franz, Seitz, Andrew, Longerwell, Elizabeth
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Boreogadus saida; migration; Chukchi Sea; Beaufort Sea; Arctic; Bering Strait; Fairbanks; Gam; Pacific; Arctic cod; Chukchi; Pacific Arctic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10489

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2019 Arctic Cod (Boreogadus saida) is a key forage fish species in the Arctic marine ecosystem and provides a critical energetic link between lower and upper trophic levels. Despite its ecological importance, spatially explicit studies synthesizing Arcti...