Oceanography | Vol.28, No.3
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Oceanography was made possible with funds
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SPECIAL ISSUE GUEST EDITORS
• Kathleen Crane, Arctic Research Program,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
• Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory, University of
Maryland Center for Environmental
Science
• Russell R. Hopcroft, Institute of Marine
Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks
UNCORRECTED PROOF
UNCORRECTED PROOF
First Decade
of RUSALCA
Next Decade
of RUSALCA
Barents Sea
Fisheries
Warming
Atlantic Water
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Oceanography | Vol.28, No.3
116 Time-Series Benthic Community Composition and Biomass and
Associated Environmental Characteristics in the Chukchi Sea During
the RUSALCA 2004–2012 Program
By J.M. Grebmeier, B.A. Bluhm, L.W. Cooper, S.G. Denisenko, K. Iken,
M. Kędra, and C. Serratos
134 Spatial Patterns of Bryozoan Fauna Biodiversity and Issues of
Biogeographic Regionalization of the Chukchi Sea
By N.V. Denisenko and J.M. Grebmeier
146 Assessing Bioresources and Standing Stock of Zoobenthos
(Key Species, High Taxa, Trophic Groups) in the Chukchi Sea
By S.G. Denisenko, J.M. Grebmeier, and L.W. Cooper
158 Ichthyofaunal Baselines in the Pacific Arctic Region and RUSALCA
Study Area
By C.W. Mecklenburg and D. Steinke
190 Sediment Geochemistry and Diatom Distribution in the Chukchi Sea:
Application for Bioproductivity and Paleoceanography
By A.S. Astakhov, A.A. Bosin, A.N. Kolesnik, and M.S. Obrezkova
202 Source, Origin, and Spatial Distribution of Shallow Sediment Methane
in the Chukchi Sea
By T. Matveeva, A.S. Savvichev, A. Semenova, E. Logvina, A.N. Kolesnik,
and A.A. Bosin
218 The Next Decade of RUSALCA
By K. Crane