Zooplankton fecal pellets, marine snow, phytodetritus and the ocean's biological pump

JT Turner - Progress in Oceanography, 2015 - Elsevier
The “biological pump” is the process by which photosynthetically-produced organic matter in
the ocean descends from the surface layer to depth by a combination of sinking particles …

Ecosystem dynamics of the Pacific-influenced northern Bering and Chukchi Seas in the Amerasian Arctic

JM Grebmeier, LW Cooper, HM Feder… - Progress in …, 2006 - Elsevier
The shallow continental shelves and slope of the Amerasian Arctic are strongly influenced
by nutrient-rich Pacific waters advected over the shelves from the northern Bering Sea into …

Circulation on the north central Chukchi Sea shelf

T Weingartner, K Aagaard, R Woodgate… - Deep Sea Research …, 2005 - Elsevier
Mooring and shipboard data collected between 1992 and 1995 delineate the circulation
over the north central Chukchi shelf. Previous studies indicated that Pacific waters crossed …

The Barents and Chukchi Seas: comparison of two Arctic shelf ecosystems

GL Hunt Jr, AL Blanchard, P Boveng… - Journal of Marine …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper compares and contrasts the ecosystems of the Barents and Chukchi Seas.
Despite their similarity in a number of features, the Barents Sea supports a vast biomass of …

Advection in polar and sub-polar environments: Impacts on high latitude marine ecosystems

GL Hunt Jr, KF Drinkwater, K Arrigo, J Berge… - Progress in …, 2016 - Elsevier
We compare and contrast the ecological impacts of atmospheric and oceanic circulation
patterns on polar and sub-polar marine ecosystems. Circulation patterns differ strikingly …

Ocean acidification and biologically induced seasonality of carbonate mineral saturation states in the western Arctic Ocean

NR Bates, JT Mathis, LW Cooper - Journal of Geophysical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) mineral saturation states for aragonite (Ωaragonite) and calcite
(Ωcalcite) are calculated for waters of the Chukchi Sea shelf and Canada Basin of the …

230Th Normalization: New Insights on an Essential Tool for Quantifying Sedimentary Fluxes in the Modern and Quaternary Ocean

KM Costa, CT Hayes, RF Anderson… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 230Th normalization is a valuable paleoceanographic tool for reconstructing high‐
resolution sediment fluxes during the late Pleistocene (last~ 500,000 years). As its …

An increasing CO2 sink in the Arctic Ocean due to sea‐ice loss

NR Bates, SB Moran, DA Hansell… - Geophysical Research …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic Ocean and adjacent continental shelf seas such as the Chukchi and Beaufort
Seas are particularly sensitive to long‐term change and low‐frequency modes of …

Possible future scenarios in the gateways to the Arctic for Subarctic and Arctic marine systems: II. prey resources, food webs, fish, and fisheries

FJ Mueter, B Planque, GL Hunt Jr… - ICES Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Climate change impacts are pronounced at high latitudes, where warming, reduced sea-ice-
cover, and ocean acidification affect marine ecosystems. We review climate change impacts …

The Pan-Arctic continental slope: Sharp gradients of physical processes affect pelagic and benthic ecosystems

BA Bluhm, MA Janout, SL Danielson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Continental slopes–steep regions between the shelf break and abyssal ocean–play key
roles in the climatology and ecology of the Arctic Ocean. Here, through review and …