project types
humans
- Interview community residents to conceptualize ecosystem in Alaska Native terms
- Study subsistence surveys + use patterns
- Go to Humans projects
marine mammals
- Broad-scale visual surveys
- PATCH DYNAMICS:
Foraging studies of fur seals, walrus, and their prey (Pribilofs and St. Lawrence)
- Retrospective analyses
- Go to Marine Mammals projects
seabirds
- Broad-scale visual surveys
- PATCH DYNAMICS:
Foraging studies of thick-billed murres, black-legged kittiwakes, and their prey (Pribilofs and Bogoslof)
- Retrospective analyses
- Go to Seabirds projects
forage species,
+ trophic interactions
benthos + NPZ
moorings +
atmosphere + ocean
other activities
Bering Sea fisheries account for nearly half of U.S. catches. The BEST-BSIERP Bering Sea Project examines the fish, seabirds, marine mammals, and people sustained by the Bering Sea.
Learn more about the five major hypotheses of the project.
Focal Areas of the Bering Sea Project
Work supported by NSF
- Climate, oceanography, and lower trophic levels | benthos, primary production near sea ice, nutrients, modeling, micro- and meso-zooplankton, euphausiids, biophysical moorings, and physical oceanography
- Social science research | relationships between a changing marine environment and Bering Sea communities
See Statements of Work and Work Plans
Work supported by NPRB
- Climate, oceanography, and lower trophic levels | benthos, micro-zooplankton, biophysical moorings, and physical oceanography
- Forage species | euphausiids, myctophids and capelin
- Fish | arrowtooth flounder, Pacific cod, and walleye pollock
- Marine mammals | fur seals, walrus and broad-scale whale distribution
- Seabirds | thick-billed murres, black-legged kittiwakes, and broad-scale seabird distribution
- Local and Traditional Knowledge (LTK) | Subsistence harvest and LTK ecosystem perspectives
- Education, outreach, and communication
See Statements of Work and Work Plans
Work supported by NSF and NPRB
- Ecosystem modeling
- Data management
See Statements of Work and Work Plans