Large calanoid copepods and other zooplankters comprise the prey field for ecologically
and economically important predators such as juvenile pink salmon, herring, and seabirds in …

Abstract The Alaska Coastal Current is a continuous, well-defined system extending for~
1700 km along the coast of Alaska from Seward, Alaska to Samalga Pass in the Aleutian …

Zooplankton growth rates ultimately shape the functional response of marine ecosystems to
regional and global climate changes, because they determine the quantity and distribution …

Abstract The northern Gulf of Alaska (GOA) shelf is dynamic spatially and temporally. With
two major current systems and numerous eddies and meanders, interpretation of field data …

A synthesis of nearly four decades of ichthyoplankton survey data from the Gulf of Alaska
was undertaken to provide the most comprehensive information available on the early life …

Abstract A 25‐year (1996–2020) hindcast from a coupled physical‐biogeochemical model is
evaluated with nutrients, phytoplankton and zooplankton field data and is analyzed to …

As climate stressors are impacting marine ecosystems and fisheries across the world,
ecosystem models that incorporate environmental variables are increasingly used to inform …

The large calanoids Calanus hyperboreus and C. glacialis dominate the zooplankton
biomass in the central Arctic Ocean (CAO), but the absence of early life stages has raised …

Synthesis of four decades of Gulf of Alaska ichthyoplankton data indicates that species
diversity and total abundance peaks during spring, a common pattern in temperate and sub …

Abundance, biomass, size and distribution of macro-jellyfish were measured in the Northern
Gulf of Alaska (NGA). Nearly 1000 kg dispersed among~ 13 800 jellyfish were collected …