Sentences with phrase «nearshore ice»

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The nature of the relationship between gray whale populations and climate - sensitive ecosystem features such as sea ice, freshwater input to nearshore benthic ecosystems and benthic species composition is poorly understood [19], [20].

However, as you'll see by the sea ice thickness maps below, there may be good reason for the lack of ringed seal lairs, and a general lack of seals except at the nearshore lead that forms because of tidal action: the ice just a bit further offshore ice looks too thick for a good crop of ringed seals in all three years of the study.

A fracture in the landfast sea ice that coincides to the location where nearshore bottomfast ice or grounded pressure ridges transition to floating landfast ice.

Tanski G, Couture N, Lantuit H, Eulenburg A, Fritz M (2016) Eroding permafrost coasts release low amounts of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from ground ice into the nearshore zone of the Arctic Ocean.

Nearshore benthic communities also could undergo significant change induced by reduced ice cover, longer open - water season, changing flows through the Bering Strait, increased frequency and intensity of storms, increased river and freshwater runoff, and increased ice scouring and coastal erosion.