• Coastal Polynya Disrupts the Acoustic Backscatter Diurnal Signal Over the Eastern Laptev Sea Shelf 

      Dmitrenko, Igor A.; Petrusevich, Vladislav; Kosobokova, Ksenia; Komarov, Alexander S.; Bouchard, Caroline; Geoffroy, Maxime; Koldunov, Nikolay V.; Babb, David G.; Kirillov, Sergey A.; Barber, David G. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-16)
      The diel vertical migration (DVM) of zooplankton is one of the largest species migrations to occur globally and is a key driver of regional ecosystems and the marine carbon pump. The dramatic changes in the Arctic environment in recent years, mainly associated with sea-ice decline, may have wide significance for the Arctic shelf ecosystems including DVM. Observations have revealed the occurrence of ...
    • Increasing Multiyear Sea Ice Loss in the Beaufort Sea: A New Export Pathway for the Diminishing Multiyear Ice Cover of the Arctic Ocean 

      Babb, David G; Galley, Ryan; Howell, Stephen; Landy, Jack Christopher; Barber, David G. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-16)
      Historically, multiyear sea ice (MYI) covered a majority of the Arctic and circulated through the Beaufort Gyre for years. However, increased ice melt in the Beaufort Sea during the early 2000s was proposed to have severed this circulation. Constructing a regional MYI budget from 1997 to 2021 reveals that MYI import into the Beaufort Sea has increased year-round, yet less MYI now survives through ...