Diatoms as Recorders of Sea Ice in the Bering and Chukchi Seas: Proxy Development and Application

The recent, rapid decline in Arctic summer sea ice extent has prompted questions as to the rates and magnitude of previous sea ice decline and the affect of this physical change on icerelated ecosystems. However, satellite data of sea ice only extends back to 1978, and mapped observations of sea ice...

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Main Author: Caisse, Beth A.
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2012
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/547
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1551&context=open_access_dissertations