The Alaskan Beaufort Sea. Ecosystems and Environments

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Contributors, Pages xi-xiii
Preface, Pages xv-xvi, PETER W. BARNES, DONALD M. SCHELL, ERK REIMNITZ
THE BEAUFORT SEA: BACKGROUND, HISTORY, AND PERSPECTIVE, Pages 3-19, David Norton, Gunter Weller
MESOSCALE WIND PHENOMENA ALONG THE ALASKAN BEAUFORT SEA COAST, Pages 23-45, Thomas L. Kozo
THE BEAUFORT UNDERCURRENT, Pages 47-71, Knut Aagaard
OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSES OF SEDIMENT-LADEN SEA ICE, Pages 73-93, Thomas E. Osterkamp, Joan P. Gosink
BEAUFORT SEA ICE MOTIONS, Pages 95-113, Robert S. Pritchard
STRUCTURE OF FIRST-YEAR PRESSURE RIDGE SAILS IN THE PRUDHOE BAY REGION, Pages 115-135, Walter B. Tucker III, Devinder S. Sodhi, John W. Govoni
FAST ICE SHEET DEFORMATION DURING ICE-PUSH AND SHORE ICE RIDE-UP, Pages 137-157, Lewis H. Shapiro, Ronald C. Metzner, Arnold Hanson, Jerome B. Johnson
PACK ICE INTERACTION WITH STAMUKHI SHOAL BEAUFORT SEA, ALASKA, Pages 159-183, Erk Reimnitz, E.W. Kempema
ICE GOUGING CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCESSES, Pages 185-212, Peter W. Barnes, Douglas M. Rearic, Erk Reimnitz
SOME PROBABILISTIC ASPECTS OF ICE GOUGING ON THE ALASKAN SHELF OF THE BEAUFORT SEA, Pages 213-236, W.F. Weeks, Peter W. Barnes, Douglas M. Rearic, Erk Reimnitz
DETERMINING DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF ICE-BONDED PERMAFROST IN THE U.S. BEAUFORT SEA FROM SEISMIC DATA, Pages 237-258, K. Gerard Neave, Paul V. Sellmann
ACOUSTIC VELOCITIES OF NEARSHORE MATERIALS IN THE ALASKAN BEAUFORT AND CHUKCHI SEAS, Pages 259-274, John L. Morack, James C. Rogers
SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAGOONS OF THE ALASKAN BEAUFORT SEA COAST, AND EVOLUTION OF SIMPSON LAGOON, Pages 275-292, A. Sathy Naidu, Thomas C. Mowatt, Stuart E. Rawlinson, Herbert V. Weiss
PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE, CHLOROPHYLL a, AND PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY IN THE WESTERN BEAUFORT SEA, Pages 295-310, Rita Horner
AN ANNUAL CARBON BUDGET FOR AN ARCTIC KELP COMMUNITY, Pages 311-325, Kenneth H. Dunton
BACTERIAL POPULATIONS OF THE BEAUFORT SEA, Pages 327-345, Ronald M. Atlas, Robert P. Griffiths
TROPHIC DYNAMICS IN AN ARCTIC LAGOON, Pages 347-380, Peter C. Craig, William B. Griffiths, Stephen R. Johnson, Donald M. Schell
TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS OF VERTEBRATE CONSUMERS IN THE ALASKAN BEAUFORT SEA, Pages 381-401, Kathryn J. Frost, Lloyd F. Lowry
ECOLOGY OF SHOREBIRDS IN THE ALASKAN BEAUFORT LITTORAL ZONE, Pages 403-416, Peter G. Connors
THE PELAGIC AND NEARSHORE BIRDS OF THE ALASKAN BEAUFORT SEA: BIOMASS AND TROPHICS, Pages 417-437, George J. Divoky
INTERACTION OF OIL AND ARCTIC SEA ICE, Pages 441-460, Donald R. Thomas
Index, Pages 461-466