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The Plymouth Student Scientist

Document Type

Literature Review

Abstract

The Bering Sea covers over 2 million square kilometres of the northernmost region of the Pacific Ocean (NPO, 2008), and is considered to be one of the most productive seas in the world (Walsh et al., 1989). Linking the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the Bering Sea is almost entirely surrounded by the landmasses of Alaska and Russia. A steep continental slope divides this sea between the expansive continental shelf (<200 m depth) on its eastern waters and the deep basin (>2000 m depth) to the west (Brown et al., 2011)...

Publication Date

2014-12-01

Publication Title

The Plymouth Student Scientist

Volume

7

Issue

2

First Page

195

Last Page

202

ISSN

1754-2383

Deposit Date

May 2019

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