The potential for using Little Diomede Island as a platform for observing environmental conditions in Bering Strait

Arctic

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-141

  Cooper, Lee W ^a   Codispoti, Louis A ^b   Kelly, Vincent ^b   Sheffield, Gay G ^c   Grebmeier, Jacqueline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic oceanography; Bering Strait; Diomede; Nutrients; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ICE COVER; ISLAND; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746448752     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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