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The Pacific Arctic Region

Ecosystem Status and Trends in a Rapidly Changing Environment

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Editors:
  1. Jacqueline M. Grebmeier

    1. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, USA

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  2. Wieslaw Maslowski

    1. Department of Oceanography, Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA

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  • A one-stop resource volume for a better understanding of the key processes influencing the status and trend in the ecosystem of the Pacific Arctic Region (PAR)
  • Highlights key scientific findings focused on the Pacific Arctic marine environment and includes a summary of gaps and future research directions
  • Looks at model outputs to evaluate and forecast possible future change in the Arctic
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Pacific Arctic Region: An Introduction

    • Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Wieslaw Maslowski
    Pages 1-15

  3. Recent and Future Changes in the Meteorology of the Pacific Arctic

    • James E. Overland, Jia Wang, Robert S. Pickart, Muyin Wang
    Pages 17-30

  4. Recent Variability in Sea Ice Cover, Age, and Thickness in the Pacific Arctic Region

    • Karen E. Frey, James A. Maslanik, Jaclyn Clement Kinney, Wieslaw Maslowski
    Pages 31-63

  5. Abrupt Climate Changes and Emerging Ice-Ocean Processes in the Pacific Arctic Region and the Bering Sea

    • Jia Wang, Hajo Eicken, Yanling Yu, Xuezhi Bai, Jinlun Zhang, Haoguo Hu et al.
    Pages 65-99

  6. The Large Scale Ocean Circulation and Physical Processes Controlling Pacific-Arctic Interactions

    • Wieslaw Maslowski, Jaclyn Clement Kinney, Stephen R. Okkonen, Robert Osinski, Andrew F. Roberts, William J. Williams
    Pages 101-132

  7. Shelf-Break Exchange in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas

    • William J. Williams, Emily Shroyer, Jaclyn Clement Kinney, Motoyo Itoh, Wieslaw Maslowski
    Pages 133-165

  8. On the Flow Through Bering Strait: A Synthesis of Model Results and Observations

    • Jaclyn Clement Kinney, Wieslaw Maslowski, Yevgeny Aksenov, Beverly de Cuevas, Jaromir Jakacki, An Nguyen et al.
    Pages 167-198

  9. Carbon Fluxes Across Boundaries in the Pacific Arctic Region in a Changing Environment

    • Wei-Jun Cai, Nicholas R. Bates, Laodong Guo, Leif G. Anderson, Jeremy T. Mathis, Rik Wanninkhof et al.
    Pages 199-222

  10. Carbon Biogeochemistry of the Western Arctic: Primary Production, Carbon Export and the Controls on Ocean Acidification

    • Jeremy T. Mathis, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Dennis A. Hansell, Russell R. Hopcroft, David L. Kirchman, Sang H. Lee et al.
    Pages 223-268

  11. Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Lower Trophic Taxa of the Pacific Arctic Region: Sensitivities to Climate Change

    • R. John Nelson, Carin J. Ashjian, Bodil A. Bluhm, Kathleen E. Conlan, Rolf R. Gradinger, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier et al.
    Pages 269-336

  12. Marine Fishes, Birds and Mammals as Sentinels of Ecosystem Variability and Reorganization in the Pacific Arctic Region

    • Sue E. Moore, Elizabeth Logerwell, Lisa Eisner, Edward V. Farley Jr., Lois A. Harwood, Kathy Kuletz et al.
    Pages 337-392

  13. Progress and Challenges in Biogeochemical Modeling of the Pacific Arctic Region

    • Clara J. Deal, Nadja Steiner, Jim Christian, Jaclyn Clement Kinney, Ken L. Denman, Scott M. Elliott et al.
    Pages 393-445

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 447-450
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About this book

The Pacific Arctic region is experiencing rapid sea ice retreat, seawater warming, ocean acidification and biological response. Physical and biogeochemical modeling indicates the potential for step-function changes to the overall marine ecosystem. This synthesis book was coordinated within the Pacific Arctic Group, a network of international partners working in the Pacific Arctic. Chapter topics range from atmospheric and physical sciences to chemical processing and biological response to changing environmental conditions. Physical and biogeochemical modeling results highlight the need for data collection and interdisciplinary modeling activities to track and forecast the changing ecosystem of the Pacific Arctic with climate change.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, USA

    Jacqueline M. Grebmeier

  • Department of Oceanography, Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA

    Wieslaw Maslowski

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Pacific Arctic Region

  • Book Subtitle: Ecosystem Status and Trends in a Rapidly Changing Environment

  • Editors: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Wieslaw Maslowski

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8863-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8862-5Published: 01 July 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0786-0Published: 27 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-8863-2Published: 10 June 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 450

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 129 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Climate Change, Oceanography, Ecosystems

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