Ecosystem characteristics and processes facilitating persistent macrobenthic biomass hotspots and associated benthivory in the Pacific Arctic

JM Grebmeier, BA Bluhm, LW Cooper… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The northern Bering and Chukchi Seas are areas in the Pacific Arctic characterized
by high northward advection of Pacific Ocean water, with seasonal variability in sea ice …

Ocean acidification at high latitudes: the bellwether

VJ Fabry, JB McClintock, JT Mathis, JM Grebmeier - Oceanography, 2009 - JSTOR
Owing to anthropogenic-induced acidification, surface waters of the high latitudes are
projected to become persistently undersaturated with respect to aragonite as early as mid …

Pelagic fish and zooplankton species assemblages in relation to water mass characteristics in the northern Bering and southeast Chukchi seas

L Eisner, N Hillgruber, E Martinson, J Maselko - Polar Biology, 2013 - Springer
This research explores the distributions and community composition of pelagic species in
the sub-Arctic and Arctic waters of the northern Bering and central and southern Chukchi …

Fluxes, fins, and feathers: relationships among the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas in a time of climate change

MCF Sigler, M Renner, SL Danielson, LB Eisner… - Oceanography, 2011 - JSTOR
Ocean currents, water masses, and seasonal sea ice formation determine linkages among
and barriers between the biotas of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. The Bering Sea …

Multiple facets of marine biodiversity in the Pacific Arctic under future climate

ID Alabia, JG Molinos, SI Saitoh, T Hirata… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change is triggering a global reorganization of marine life. Biogeographical
transition zones, diversity-rich regions straddling biogeographical units where many species …

Marine fishes, birds and mammals as sentinels of ecosystem variability and reorganization in the Pacific Arctic region

SE Moore, E Logerwell, L Eisner, EV Farley… - The Pacific Arctic region …, 2014 - Springer
Extreme reductions in sea ice extent and thickness in the Pacific Arctic Region (PAR) have
become a hallmark of climate change over the past decade, but their impact on the marine …

Deposit‐feeder diets in the Bering Sea: potential effects of climatic loss of sea ice‐related microalgal blooms

CA North, JR Lovvorn, JM Kolts… - Ecological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming in seasonally ice‐covered seas is expected to reduce the extent and
duration of annual sea ice. Resulting changes in sea ice related blooms of ice algae or …

Latitudinal trends and temporal shifts in the catch composition of bottom trawls conducted on the eastern Bering Sea shelf

DE Stevenson, RR Lauth - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Latitudinal species diversity gradients are well known in both terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems throughout the world. However, trends in relative abundance and other shifts in …

Late summer zoogeography of the northern Bering and Chukchi seas

MF Sigler, FJ Mueter, BA Bluhm, MS Busby… - Deep Sea Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ocean currents, water masses, and seasonal sea ice formation contribute to determining
relationships among the biota of the Bering and Chukchi seas. The Bering Sea …

The relationship between sea ice break-up, water mass variation, chlorophyll biomass, and sedimentation in the northern Bering Sea

LW Cooper, MA Janout, KE Frey, R Pirtle-Levy… - Deep Sea Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
The northern Bering Sea shelf is dominated by soft-bottom infauna and ecologically
significant epifauna that are matched by few other marine ecosystems in biomass. The likely …