Estimating Water Transport from Short-Term Vessel-Based and Long-Term Bottom-Mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Measurements in an Arctic Lagoon Connected to the Beaufort Sea by Chunyan Li, Kevin Mershon Boswell

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Biologically Important Areas for bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus): Optimal site selection with integer programming by Megan C. Ferguson, Megan C. Ferguson, Sándor F. Tóth, Janet T. Clarke, Janet T. Clarke, Amy L. Willoughby, Amy L. Willoughby, Amelia A. Brower, Amelia A. Brower, Timothy P. White

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Strong Seasonality in Arctic Estuarine Microbial Food Webs by Colleen T. E. Kellogg, James W. McClelland, Kenneth H. Dunton, Byron C. Crump

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Assessment of Empirical and Semi-Analytical Algorithms Using MODIS-Aqua for Representing In-Situ Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) in the Bering, Chukchi, and Western Beaufort Seas of the Pacific Arctic Region by Melishia I. Santiago, Karen E. Frey

“…We analyzed a variety of satellite-based ocean color products derived using MODIS-Aqua to investigate the most accurate empirical and semi-analytical algorithms for representing in-situ chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) across a large latitudinal transect in the Bering, Chukchi, and western Beaufort Seas of the Pacific Arctic region. In particular, we compared the performance of empirical (CDOM index) and several semi-analytical algorithms (quasi-analytical algorithm (QAA), Carder, Garver-Siegel-Maritorena (GSM), and GSM-A) with field measurements of CDOM absorption (<i>a</i>_CDOM) at 412 nanometers (nm) and 443 nm. …”
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Temporal trends of brominated and fluorinated contaminants in Canadian Arctic beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) by Tristan A. Smythe, Lisa L. Loseto, Anders Bignert, Bruno Rosenberg, Wesley Budakowski, Thor Halldorson, Kerri Pleskach, Gregg T. Tomy

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Canadian and Russian Fisheries Management in the Arctic: Complexities, Commonalities and Contrasts by David L. VanderZwaag, Vitalii Vorobev, Olga Koubrak

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Estimating absorption coefficients of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) using a semi-analytical algorithm for southern Beaufort Sea waters: application to deriving concentrations of dissolved organic carbon from space by A. Matsuoka, S. B. Hooker, A. Bricaud, B. Gentili, M. Babin

“…In this study, a semi-analytical algorithm for estimating light absorption coefficients of the colored fraction of DOM (CDOM) was developed for southern Beaufort Sea waters using remote sensing reflectance at six wavelengths in the visible spectral domain corresponding to MODIS ocean color sensor. …”
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Nunaaqqit Savaqatigivlugich—working with communities: evolving collaborations around an Alaska Arctic observatory and knowledge hub by Donna D.W. Hauser, Roberta Tuurraq Glenn, Elizabeth D. Lindley, Kimberly Kivvaq Pikok, Krista Heeringa, Joshua Jones, Billy Adams, Joe Mello Leavitt, Guy Norman Omnik, Robert Schaeffer, Carla SimsKayotuk, Elena Bautista Sparrow, Alexandra M. Ravelo, Olivia Lee, Hajo Eicken

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A Physical Mechanism for the Indian Summer Monsoon—Arctic Sea-Ice Teleconnection by Suchithra Sundaram, David M. Holland

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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) use of the Cape Bathurst polynya and flaw lead by Erin M. Henderson, Andrew E. Derocher

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Geostatistical and Statistical Classification of Sea-Ice Properties and Provinces from SAR Data by Ute C. Herzfeld, Scott Williams, John Heinrichs, James Maslanik, Steven Sucht

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Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities by Lauren Sutton, Franz J. Mueter, Bodil A. Bluhm, Katrin Iken

“…Functional composition in the Chukchi Sea was more strongly correlated with environmental gradients compared to the Beaufort Sea, as shown by a combination of RLQ and fourth corner analyses and community-weighted mean redundancy analyses. …”
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Two Configurations of the Western Arctic Shelfbreak Current in Summer by Von Appen, Wilken-Jon, Pickart, Robert S.

“…Data from a closely spaced array of moorings situated across the Beaufort Sea shelfbreak at 152°W are used to study the Western Arctic Shelfbreak Current, with emphasis on its configuration during the summer season. …”
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The seasonal phases of an Arctic lagoon reveal the discontinuities of pH variability and CO₂ flux at the air–sea interface by C. A. Miller, C. A. Miller, C. Bonsell, N. D. McTigue, A. L. Kelley

“…This approach has failed to capture year-round nearshore carbonate chemistry dynamics which is modulated by biological metabolism in response to abundant allochthonous organic matter to the narrow shelf of the Beaufort Sea and adjacent regions. The coastline of the Beaufort Sea comprises a series of lagoons that account for <span class="inline-formula">&gt;</span> 50 % of the land–sea interface. …”
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Are polar bear habitat resource selection functions developed from 1985–1995 data still useful? by George M. Durner, David C. Douglas, Todd C. Atwood

“…The distribution of Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears remained similar during the ice maximum season, so the reference RSFs developed from data collected >20 years ago continue to accurately model their winter distribution. …”
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Upper Arctic Ocean water masses harbor distinct communities of heterotrophic flagellates by A. Monier, R. Terrado, M. Thaler, A. Comeau, E. Medrinal, C. Lovejoy

“…We used high-throughput DNA sequencing techniques as a rapid means of surveying the diversity of HFL communities in the southern Beaufort Sea (Canada), targeting the surface, the subsurface chlorophyll maximum layer (SCM) and just below the SCM. …”
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An Embedded Tactical Decision Aid Framework for Environmentally Adaptive Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Communication and Navigation by Bhatt, EeShan C., Howard, Bradli, Schmidt, Henrik

“…Motivated by a changing acoustic environment in the Arctic Beaufort Sea, in this article, we present a tactical decision aid framework for a human decision-maker collaborating with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to integrate the vertical sound-speed profile for underwater navigation and communication. …”
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High winds and melting sea ice trigger landward movement in a polar bear population of concern by Annie Kellner, Todd C. Atwood, David C. Douglas, Stewart W. Breck, George Wittemyer

“…Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the southern Beaufort Sea subpopulation have mostly remained on ice year‐round, but as the climate warms and summer sea ice declines, a growing proportion of the subpopulation is summering ashore. …”
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Benchmark seasonal prediction skill estimates based on regional indices by J. E. Walsh, J. S. Stewart, F. Fetterer

“…In this study we use observational data to evaluate the contribution of the trend to the skill of persistence-based statistical forecasts of monthly and seasonal ice extent on the pan-Arctic and regional scales. We focus on the Beaufort Sea for which the Barnett Severity Index provides a metric of historical variations in ice conditions over the summer shipping season. …”
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Temporal and spatial variability in sea-ice carbon:nitrogen ratios on Canadian Arctic shelves by Andrea Niemi, Christine Michel

“…Abstract To enhance the accuracy of carbon cycling models as applied to sea ice in the changing Arctic, we analyzed a large data set of particulate organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON) measurements in first-year bottom sea ice (n = 257) from two Arctic shelves, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Beaufort Sea shelf, including dark winter and spring seasonal measurements. …”
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