Final Report Title: Susceptibility Of Sea Ice Biota To Disturbances In The Shallow Beaufort Sea: Phase 1: Biological Coupling Of Sea Ice W (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781514724705)

We assessed the impact of sediment load on the abundances and composition of biological communities in near-shore fast ice and underlying waters close to Barrow, Alaska. Based on existing scientific evidence we hypothesized that any disturbance of the sea ice habitat, e.g. by enhanced sediment load, construction of ice roads and gas or oil spills, would likely impact the biological links between ice, water column and sea floor and may, hence, affect the biomass and productivity in all realms. Sampling was conducted in April 2002 and February, April and May 2003 with ice corers, water samplers, plankton nets and sediment corers at two locations which differed mainly in terms of sea ice sediment load.

Author: Brodil a. Bluhm,Rolf R. Gradinger
ISBN-10: 1514724707
ISBN-13: 9781514724705
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2015
Pages: 88
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.18d