ABSTRACT A recent event in the Bering Sea during 2017–2020 saw localised anomalies of increased storminess, persistent southerly winds, warm surface waters and record minimums of wintertime sea ice that influenced a major ecosystem reorganisation including northward migration of fisheries.
James E. Overland, Thomas J. Ballinger
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The Geographic Distribution of Bowhead Whales, Balaena mysticetus, in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas: Evidence from Whaleship Records, 1849–1914 [PDF]
We have extracted, digitized, and analyzed information about bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, contained in records of whaling cruises that were undertaken in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas from 1849 to 1914.
Bockstoce, John R. +4 more
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Prediction of discard mortality for Alaskan crabs after exposure to freezing temperatures, based on a reflex impairment index [PDF]
Millions of crabs are sorted and discarded in freezing conditions each year in Alaskan fisheries for Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi) and snow crab (C. opilio).
Stoner, Allan W.
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The chronostratigraphy of Late Pleistocene glacial and periglacial aeolian activity in the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, NWT, Canada [PDF]
Aeolian periglacial sand deposits are common in the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands of Western Arctic Canada. Regionally extensive and thick aeolian sand-sheet deposits have been observed in two major stratigraphic settings: within a sand unit characterized by ...
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Cephalopods from the stomachs of sperm whales taken off California [PDF]
Cephalopod remains (beaks, bodies, and parts of bodies) were collected from the stomachs of 157 sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) taken off central California (lat. 37°-39°N).
Fiscus, Clifford H. +2 more
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Mid-Pliocene shifts in ocean overturning circulation and the onset of Quaternary-style climates [PDF]
A major tipping point of Earth's history occurred during the mid-Pliocene: the onset of major Northern-Hemisphere Glaciation (NHG) and of pronounced, Quaternary-style cycles of glacial-to-interglacial climates, that contrast with more uniform ...
M. Sarnthein +7 more
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Eskimos, Reindeer, and Land [PDF]
The following report is based on an interdisciplinary research study undertaken to investigate the social, economic, and cultural aspects of reindeer herding in northwestern Alaska.
Arobio, Edward L. +3 more
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PICES Press, Vol. 16, No. 2, July 2008 [PDF]
The 2008 Inter-Sessional Science Board Meeting (pp.1-2, pdf, 0.1 Mb) FUTURE – From Science Plan to Implementation Plan (pp. 3-4, pdf, 0.1 Mb) CFAME Task Team Workshop – Linking and Visualising (p.
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Cephalopod prey were identified from the stomachs of 100 Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dali) incidentally taken by commercial salmon gillnets and research vessels from 1978 to 1982 in the western North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, Fighty-four porpoise were collected Fi June and Joly during the salmon fishing season; the remainder were collected in ...
Clifford H. Fiscus, Linpa L. Jones
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PICES Climate Change and Carrying Capacity Workshop on the Development of Cooperative Research in Coastal Regions of the North Pacific, October 17-18, 1997, Pusan, Republic of Korea [PDF]
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