Salinity and Temperature Regimes in Eastern Alaskan Beaufort Sea Lagoons in Relation to Source Water Contributions

Shallow estuarine lagoons characterize >70 % of the eastern Alaskan Beaufort Sea coastline and, like temperate and tropical lagoons, support diverse and productive biological communities. These lagoons experience large variations in temperature (-2 to 14 °C) and salinity (0 to >45) throughout...

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Published in:Estuaries and coasts 2017-01, Vol.40 (1), p.50-62
Main Authors: Harris, Carolynn M., McClelland, James W., Connelly, Tara L., Crump, Byron C., Dunton, Kenneth H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arctic region
Beaufort Sea
Coastal Sciences
coasts
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Environment
Environmental Management
estuaries
freshwater
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Freshwater ice
Geomorphology
hydrochemistry
ice
Ice breakup
Lagoons
latitude
Marine
melting
mixing
Oxygen
rivers
runoff
Salinity
Sea ice
space and time
spring
stable isotopes
statistical models
Summer
Temperature
Water and Health
Water column
Water resources management
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