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 …

Status and trends in the structure of Arctic benthic food webs

M Kędra, C Moritz, ES Choy, C David, R Degen… - Polar …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Ongoing climate warming is causing a dramatic loss of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, and it is
projected that the Arctic Ocean will become seasonally ice-free by 2040. Many studies of …

A synthesis of year-round interdisciplinary mooring measurements in the Bering Strait (1990–2014) and the RUSALCA years (2004–2011)

RA Woodgate, KM Stafford, FG Prahl - Oceanography, 2015 - JSTOR
The flow through the Bering Strait, the only Pacific-Arctic oceanic gateway, has dramatic
local, regional, and global impacts. Advanced year-round moored technology quantifies …

Changes in gray whale phenology and distribution related to prey variability and ocean biophysics in the northern Bering and eastern Chukchi seas

SE Moore, JT Clarke, SR Okkonen, JM Grebmeier… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Changes in gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) phenology and distribution are related to
observed and hypothesized prey availability, bottom water temperature, salinity, sea ice …

The contiguous domains of Arctic Ocean advection: Trails of life and death

P Wassmann, KN Kosobokova, D Slagstad… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The central Arctic Ocean is not isolated, but tightly connected to the northern Pacific
and Atlantic Oceans. Advection of nutrient-, detritus-and plankton-rich waters into the Arctic …

Societal implications of a changing Arctic Ocean

HP Huntington, A Zagorsky, BP Kaltenborn, HC Shin… - Ambio, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Arctic Ocean is undergoing rapid change: sea ice is being lost, waters are
warming, coastlines are eroding, species are moving into new areas, and more. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Change in the Beaufort Sea ecosystem: diverging trends in body condition and/or production in five marine vertebrate species

LA Harwood, TG Smith, JC George… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Studies of the body condition of five marine vertebrate predators in the Beaufort Sea,
conducted independently during the past 2–4 decades, suggest each has been affected by …

Bowhead whale body condition and links to summer sea ice and upwelling in the Beaufort Sea

JC George, ML Druckenmiller, KL Laidre… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
We examined the response of bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) body condition to
summer sea ice conditions and upwelling-favorable winds. We used a long-term dataset …

Implications of Arctic sea ice decline for the Earth system

US Bhatt, DA Walker, JE Walsh… - Annual Review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Arctic sea ice decline has led to an amplification of surface warming and is projected to
continue to decline from anthropogenic forcing, although the exact timing of ice-free …

A review of climate change impacts on migration patterns of marine vertebrates in Arctic and Subarctic ecosystems

KJ Kuletz, SH Ferguson, M Frederiksen… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is impacting marine ecosystems throughout the circumpolar Arctic, altering
seasonal habitats and the food bases for fishes, seabirds, and marine mammals. Arctic and …