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Denitrification and Global Change in Bering Sea Shelf Sediments
(Link to Project Overview in NSF web-site: 0612436 & 0612380)
Principal Investigators: Allan Devol, University of Washington & David Shull, Western Washington University
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Nitrogen Supply for New Production and its Relation to Climatic Conditions on the Eastern Bering Sea Shelf
(Link to Project Overview in NSF web-site: 0612427 & 0612198)
Principal Investigators: Raymond Sambrotto, Columbia University & Daniel Sigman, Princeton University
The Impact of Changes in Sea Ice on the Physical Forcings of the Eastern Bering Ecosystem: Retrospective Investigation and Future Projection
(Link to Project Overview in NSF web-site: 0611967)
Principal Investigator: Jinlun Zhang, University of Washington & Rebecca Woodgate, University of Washington
Impacts of Sea-ice on the Hydrographic Structure, Nutrients, and Mesozooplankton over the Eastern Bering Sea Shelf
(Link to Project Overview in NSF web-site: 0722448)
Principal Investigator: George Hunt, University of Washington
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Nelson Island Natural and Cultural Knowledge Project
(Link to Project Overview in NSF web-site: 0611978)
Principal Investigators: Mark John, Calista Elders Council, & Ann Fienup-Riordan, Calista Elders Council
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BEST Cruises
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Three collaborative research cruises to the eastern Bering Sea have been planned for the springs of 2007, 2008 and 2009. The study area spans the southeasern shelf: from the Aleutians to St. Lawrence Island, and from the shallow inner shelf (40 m depth) to the deep continental slope (2000 m depth).
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(Map Courtesy: P. Stabeno, PMEL, NOAA) |
BEST Datasets
BEST seeks to promote a collaborative atmosphere in which investigators share their data freely with each other and with the broader scientific community. To promote this exchange of data, the observations and measurements gathered during the BEST program will be handled in accordance with established funding agency guidelines for data reporting, archiving, and management. Because BEST is an integral part of both the Ecosystem Studies of Sub-Arctic Seas (ESSAS, a regional program under the International Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics [GLOBEC] program) and the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH, an interagency effort by several U.S. agencies), data management within BEST will conform to the data management policies of these programs. Additionally, GLOBEC is a component of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). Thus, the BEST data policy will be in accordance with the approaches sanctioned by GLOBEC , SCOR , and SEARCH. For more information on the BEST data policy, please consult the BEST Implementation Plan.
For access to the data from the 2007 BEST cruise, link to the data archive hosted by the Earth Observing Laboratory:
Last modified: 2008-01-01