| Title |
Dynamics of the Bering Sea : a summary of physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, and a synopsis of research on the Bering Sea / Thomas R. Loughlin and Kiyotaka Ohtani, editors. |
| OCLC |
42897214 |
| ISBN |
1566120624 |
| Publisher |
Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Sea Grant, 1999. |
| Description |
xi, 825 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Marine biology -- Bering Sea.
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Oceanography -- Bering Sea.
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Chemical oceanography -- Bering Sea.
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Marine productivity -- Bering Sea.
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Primary productivity (Biology) -- Bering Sea.
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Bering Sea -- Research.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Incomplete contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- [I] PHYSICAL DYNAMICS -- Physical oceanography of the Bering Sea / Phyllis J. Stabeno, James D. Shumacher, and Kiyotaka Ohtani -- Update on the climatology and sea ice of the Bering Sea / Henry J. Niebauer, Nicholas A. Bond, Lev P. Yakunin, and Vladimir V. Plotnikov -- Thermohaline structure and water masses in the Bering Sea / Vladimir A. Luchin, Vladimir A. Menovshchikov, Vladimir M. Lavrentiev, and Ronald K. Reed -- Bering Sea tides / Zygmunt Kowalik -- Thermal stratification and mixing on the Bering Sea shelf / James E. Overland, Sigrid A. Salo, Lakshmi H. Kantha, and Carol Ann Clayson -- Variability and role of the physical environment in the Bering Sea ecosystem / James D. Schumacher and Vera Alexander -- Hydrography of western Bering Sea shelf water / Gennadiy V. Khen -- Aleutian North Slope current / Ronald K. Reed and Phyllis J. Stabeno -- Physical environment around the Pribilof Islands / Phyllis J. Stabeno, James D. Schumacher, Sigrid A. Salo, George L. Hunt Jr., and Mikhail Flint -- [II] 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. |
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