Monitoring Alaskan Arctic shelf ecosystems with an informal observation network

Danielson, Seth; Grebmeier, Jacqueline; Iken, Katrin; Berchok, Catherine; Britt, Lyle; Dunton, Kenneth; Eisner, Lisa; Farley, Edward; Fujiwara, Amane; Hauser, Donna; Itoh, Motoyo; Kikuchi, Takashi; Kotwicki, Stan; Kuletz, Kathy; Mordy, Calvin; Nishino, Shigeto; Peralta-Ferriz, Cecilia; Pickart, Robert; Stabeno, Phyllis; Stafford, Kathleen; Whiting, Alex; Woodgate, Rebecca

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Monitoring Alaskan Arctic shelf ecosystems with an informal observation network

2022
By Danielson, Seth ; Grebmeier, Jacqueline ; Iken, Katrin ; ...
Series: PMEL Contribution 5315

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Journal Title:

Oceanography
Personal Author:

Danielson, Seth ; Grebmeier, Jacqueline ; Iken, Katrin ; Berchok, Catherine ; Britt, Lyle ; Dunton, Kenneth ; Eisner, Lisa ; Farley, Edward ; Fujiwara, Amane ; Hauser, Donna ; Itoh, Motoyo ; Kikuchi, Takashi ; Kotwicki, Stan ; Kuletz, Kathy ; Mordy, Calvin ; Nishino, Shigeto ; Peralta-Ferriz, Cecilia ; Pickart, Robert ; Stabeno, Phyllis ; Stafford, Kathleen ; Whiting, Alex ; Woodgate, Rebecca
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NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AFSC (Alaska Fisheries Science Center) ; CICOES (Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies) ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; PMEL (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory)
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Ongoing scientific programs that monitor marine environmental and ecological systems and changes comprise an informal but collaborative, information-rich, and spatially extensive network for the Alaskan Arctic continental shelves. Such programs reflect contributions and priorities of regional, national, and international funding agencies, as well as private donors and communities. These science programs are operated by a variety of local, regional, state, and national agencies, and academic, Tribal, for-profit, and nongovernmental nonprofit entities. Efforts include research ship and autonomous vehicle surveys, year-long mooring deployments, and observations from coastal communities. Inter-program coordination allows cost-effective leveraging of field logistics and collected data into value-added information that fosters new insights unattainable by any single program operating alone. Coordination occurs at many levels, from discussions at marine mammal co-management meetings and interagency meetings to scientific symposia and data workshops. Together, the efforts represented by this collection of loosely linked long-term monitoring programs enable a biologically focused scientific foundation for understanding ecosystem responses to warming water temperatures and declining Arctic sea ice. Here, we introduce a variety of currently active monitoring efforts in the Alaskan Arctic marine realm that exemplify the above attributes.
Keywords:

Ecology Observations
Source:

Oceanography, 35(2)
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PMEL Contribution 5315
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2022.119
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

Grant no. NA20OAR4320271
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Alaska
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