The status of Alaska's oceans & watersheds 2002.

Alaska's oceans & watersheds 2002

Status of Alaska's oceans and watersheds 2002

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Dynamics of the Bering Sea : a summary of physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, and a synopsis of research on the Bering Sea

AK-SG ;

Alaska Sea Grant College Program report ;

Foreword -- Preface -- [I] PHYSICAL DYNAMICS -- Physical oceanography of the Bering Sea / Update on the climatology and sea ice of the Bering Sea / Thermohaline structure and water masses in the Bering Sea / Bering Sea tides / Thermal stratification and mixing on the Bering Sea shelf / Variability and role of the physical environment in the Bering Sea ecosystem / Aleutian North Slope current / Physical environment around the Pribilof Islands / CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTIONS AND DYNAMICS -- Summary of chemical distributions and dynamics in the Bering Sea -- Mesoscale anticyclonic eddies at the shelf break and their impact on the formation of hydrochemical structures of the Bering Sea -- Organic matter of the Bering Sea -- Silica in Bering Sea Deep and bottom water -- Variability in the components of the carbonate system and dynamics of inorganic carbon in the western Bering Sea in summer -- Effect of nutrients on phytoplankton size in the Bering Sea basin -- Seasonal variation in the process of marine organsim production based on downward fluxes of organic substances in the Bering Sea -- Trends in the distribution of organic nitrogen, ammonium, and urea in the Bering Sea -- Paleoceanographic changes and present environment of the Bering Sea -- [III] BIOLOGICAL DYNAMICS -- Summary of biology and ecosystem dynamics in the Bering Sea -- Modeling and management of the Bering Sea ecosystem -- Seasonal sea ice variability and the Bering Sea ecosystem -- Spatial distribution and temporal variability of phytoplankton in the Bering Sea -- Distribution and ecology of mesopelagic fishes and cephalopods -- Forage fishes in the Bering Sea: distribution, species associations, and biomass trends -- Ecology of groundfishes in the eastern Bering Sea, with emphasis on food habits -- Population ecology and structural dynamics of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) -- Use of a surface-current model and satellite telemetry to assess marine mammal movements in the Bering Sea -- Marine bird populations and carrying capacity of the eastern Bering Sea -- Seabirds of the western Bering Sea -- [IV] SYNOPSIS OF MAJOR RESEARCH PROGRAMS -- Appendix: principal scientific questions on Bering Sea ecosystem function and productivity -- Index.