The Pacific Arctic region : ecosystem status and trends in a rapidly changing environment /
Grebmeier, Jacqueline M.,1955-editor.
Maslowski, Wieslaw,editor.
The Pacific Arctic regionis experiencing atmospheric changes, rapid seasonal sea ice retreat, seawater warming, regional ocean acidification, along with other environmental changes and biological responses in lower to upper trophic organisms. Both physical and biogeochemical modeling indicate the potential for step-function changes to the overall ecosystem, both under current and in the projected conditions. This volume of synthesis papers was coordinated within the Pacific Arctic Group (PAG), a network of international partners undertaking and facilitating collaborative research in the Pacific influenced Arctic seas and basin. It also serves as a product of activities from the 2007-2008 International Polar Year. The 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 continued data collection together with interdisciplinary modeling activities to track and forecast the changing ecosystem of the Pacific Arctic in response to climate change. The PAG definition of the Pacific Arctic region extends from the northern Bering Sea into the Chukchi Sea and adjacent Arctic seas, and extending into the deep basins of the Arctic Ocean.
The Pacific Arctic regionis experiencing atmospheric changes, rapid seasonal sea ice retreat, seawater warming, regional ocean acidification, along with other environmental changes and biological responses in lower to upper trophic organisms. Both physical and biogeochemical modeling indicate the potential for step-function changes to the overall ecosystem, both under current and in the projected conditions. This volume of synthesis papers was coordinated within the Pacific Arctic Group (PAG), a network of international partners undertaking and facilitating collaborative research in the Pacific influenced Arctic seas and basin. It also serves as a product of activities from the 2007-2008 International Polar Year. The 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 continued data collection together with interdisciplinary modeling activities to track and forecast the changing ecosystem of the Pacific Arctic in response to climate change. The PAG definition of the Pacific Arctic region extends from the northern Bering Sea into the Chukchi Sea and adjacent Arctic seas, and extending into the deep basins of the Arctic Ocean.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Marine ecology
Marine ecology