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2002, Oceanography 15(2):48–63, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2002.21
The Northeast Pacific GLOBEC Program: Coastal Gulf of Alaska
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Authors
Thomas J. Weingartner | University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Kenneth Coyle | University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Bruce Finney | University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Russell Hopcroft | University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Terry Whitledge | University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Richard Brodeur | NOAA/Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Newport, Oregon, USA
Michael Dagg | Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, Louisiana, USA
Edward Farley | NOAA/Auke Bay Laboratory, Juneau, Alaska, USA
Dale Haidvogel | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Lew Haldorson | University of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, USA
AI Hermann | NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, USA
Sarah Hinckley | NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, USA
Jeffrey Napp | NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, USA
Phyllis Stabeno | NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, USA
Thomas Kline | Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska, USA
Craig Lee | University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Evelyn Lessard | University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Thomas Royer | Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Suzanne Strom | Western Washington University, Anacortes, Washington, USA
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The Gulf of Alaska (GOA) continental shelf encompasses approximately 370,000 km2, or about 13% of the U.S. continental shell and supports a rich and diverse marine ecosystem including some of the largest commercial fisheries in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. Of particular economic importance is the salmon fishery, which was worth on the order of $170 million (landed value) in 2000 accrued from a catch of over 100 million fish. However, there is considerable variability on both interannual and longer time scales in harvest and recruitment success to this and other GOA fisheries. Of recent interest are compelling indications that abundances of salmon, other fish species, and zooplankton vary on decadal scales in association with North Pacific basin-scale climate changes (Beamish, 1995; Mantua et al., 1997; Roemmich and McGowan, 1995; Brodeur et al., 1996; Francis et al., 1998; Anderson and Piatt, 1999; Hollowed et al., 2001).
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Citation
Weingartner, T.J., K. Coyle, B. Finney, R. Hopcroft, T. Whitledge, R. Brodeur, M. Dagg, E. Farley, D. Haidvogel, L. Haldorson, A. Hermann, S. Hinckley, J. Napp, P. Stabeno, T. Kline, C. Lee, E. Lessard, T. Royer, and S. Strom. 2002. The Northeast Pacific GLOBEC Program: Coastal Gulf of Alaska. Oceanography 15(2):48–63, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2002.21.