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On the variable subsurface environment of fish stocks in the Bering Sea
Author(s) -
REED R.K.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
fisheries oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1365-2419
pISSN - 1054-6006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2419.1995.tb00076.x
Subject(s) - oceanography , inflow , structural basin , range (aeronautics) , geology , fish <actinopterygii> , current (fluid) , environmental science , fishery , geomorphology , biology , materials science , composite material
Data from 1971 to 1993 are used to examine characteristics and variability of the subsurface temperature maximum in the Aleutian Basin of the Bering Sea. The temperature of this feature varies from ∼3.5g̀C to 4.6d̀C at depths of ∼150–400 m, and sigma‐t density is usually in the range 26.6–26.9. The variability is caused mainly by the absence or presence of inflow of warm, low‐density Alaskan Stream water through Amukta Pass. Thus the environment offish stocks is far from uniform.