HE41A:
Biophysical Processes at the Arctic–Sub-Arctic Interface I

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Session ID#: 11352

Session Description:
The Arctic is changing at a rapid pace with potentially dramatic consequences for the marine ecosystems of the North. This session aims to explore patterns and processes at the interface between Subarctic and Arctic waters of the Pacific Arctic, the gradients in physical characteristics and biological communities that shape this region, and the role of climate change in modifying biophysical processes in the region. What happens in the (Sub-) Arctic does not stay in the (Sub-)Arctic due to strong meridional connections between Subarctic and Arctic waters, including substantial inflows into the Arctic through Bering Strait and large seasonal migrations of seabirds and marine mammals.  These connections imply substantial exchanges of physical and biological material across the Arctic-Subarctic interface that modify biological productivity in both regions, determine the distribution of biota at all trophic levels, and affect the availability of prey to upper trophic levels, including humans. As interest in the Arctic has grown, so has the number of research programs with a focus on Arctic marine ecosystems. We encourage submissions that draw on recent integrated research programs to examine processes at the Arctic-Subarctic interface at all levels from plankton to marine mammals and humans.
Primary Chair:  Franz J Mueter, UAF, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Juneau, AK, United States
Chairs:  Leandra Sousa, North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management, Barrow, United States, Kevin M Boswell, Florida International University, Biological Sciences, North Miami, FL, United States and Ron Heintz, Sitka Sound Science Center, Sitka, United States
Moderators:  Franz J Mueter, UAF, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Juneau, AK, United States and Leandra Sousa, Department of Wildlife Management, North Slope Borough, North Slope Borough, Barrow, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Franz J Mueter, UAF, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Juneau, AK, United States
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4207 Arctic and Antarctic oceanography [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
9315 Arctic region [GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION]
9355 Pacific Ocean [GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ME - Marine Ecosystems
  • PC - Past, Present and Future Climate
  • PO - Physical Oceanography/Ocean Circulation
  • PP - Phytoplankton and Primary Production

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

HE41A-01
A Comparison Between Late Summer 2012 and 2013 Water Masses, Macronutrients, and Phytoplankton Standing Crops in the Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas (92902)
Seth L Danielson, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, United States, Lisa B Eisner, NOAA - Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment, Seattle, WA, United States, Carol A Ladd, NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States, Calvin W Mordy, University of Washington, CICOES, Seattle, United States, Leandra Sousa, Department of Wildlife Management, North Slope Borough, North Slope Borough, Barrow, United States and Thomas Weingartner, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States
HE41A-02
Spatial Heterogeneity in Zooplankton Distribution as a Result of Large-Scale Interactions of Water Masses in the Northeastern Chukchi Sea (90828)
Alexei I Pinchuk, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Juneau, United States and Lisa B Eisner, NOAA - Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, United States
HE41A-03
Springtime Renewal of Chukchi Sea Plankton by Northwards Advection from the Bering Sea (90281)
Carin J Ashjian1, Robert S Pickart2, Robert G Campbell3, Stephen R Okkonen4 and Frank Bahr2, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay, Narragansett, RI, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
HE41A-04
Spatio-temporal variations of stratification and its factors in the Chukchi Sea (88583)
Misaki Onuka1, Hiromichi Ueno2, Motoyo Itoh3, Takashi Kikuchi4, Shigeto Nishino3, Eiji Watanabe5, Toru Hirawake6, Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai7 and Kohei Mizobata7, (1)Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, (2)Hokkaido University, Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Sapporo, Japan, (3)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan, (4)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan, (5)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan, (6)Hokkaido University, Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hakodate, Japan, (7)Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
HE41A-05
Summer Time Flushing of an Arctic Multi-inlet Lagoon under Storms from 2013 to 2015 (90043)
Chunyan Li, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast and Environment, Baton Rouge, United States, Kevin M Boswell, Florida International University, Biological Sciences, North Miami, FL, United States, Wei Huang, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Ron Heintz, Sitka Sound Science Center, Sitka, United States and JJ Vollenweider, NMFS/NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau, AK, United States
HE41A-06
Biophysical Processes at the Boundary between the Arctic and Subarctic in the Barents Sea (91448)
Ken Drinkwater, Institute of Marine Research, Oceanography and Climate, Bergen, Norway
HE41A-07
The Bering Strait Region: A Window into Changing Benthic Populations in Response to Varying Subarctic-Arctic Connectivity and Ecosystem Dynamics (91985)
Jacqueline M Grebmeier, Univ MD Center Enviro Science, Solomons, United States, Lee W Cooper, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, United States and Sue E Moore, NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
HE41A-08
The Arctic Marine Pulses Model: Linking Contiguous Domains in the Pacific Arctic Region (87863)
Sue E Moore, NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States and Phyllis J Stabeno, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States
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