History
Scientific foundations of the BEST-BSIERP partnership is formed by a blending of two large programs: the BEring Ecosystem Study funded by the National Science Foundation; and the newly-developed Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program, funded by the North Pacific Research Board.
Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST)
The NSF-BEST program focuses on understanding the impacts of changing sea-ice conditions on the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of the ecosystem and human resource use activities.
- (BEST Program implementation plan (2005) | Request a printed copy
Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BSIERP)
BSIERP focuses on understanding key processes regulating the production, distribution and abundance of marine organisms in the Bering Sea, especially marine mammals, seabirds, and fish, and how they may respond to natural and human-induced influences, particularly those related to climate change and its economic and sociological impacts.
- NPRB Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (2007)
- Integrated ecosystem research programs such as BSIERP are based on NPRB’s Science Plan (2005). In developing the Science Plan, NPRB was strongly encouraged by the National Research Council to develop such research. With its stable, long-term funding, the Board’s most enduring legacy may be its steady encouragement of multidisciplinary, ecosystem-wide research.
The BEST-BSIERP Bering Sea Project is a six-year study of the Bering Sea ecosystem,
from the benthos and the atmosphere to human communities, and everything in between.
NORTH PACIFIC RESEARCH BOARD :: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
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