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Description / Table of Contents: Circum-Arctic lithosphere evolution / V. Pease and B. Coakley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 1-6, 31 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.19 --- Greenland–Canada --- Integrated crustal–geological cross-section of Ellesmere Island / R. Stephenson, K. Piepjohn, C. Schiffer, W. Von Gosen, G. N. Oakey and G. Anudu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 7-17, 23 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.12 --- Regional crustal architecture of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada / Christian Schiffer and Randell Stephenson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 19-32, 12 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.8 --- Structural transect through Ellesmere Island (Canadian Arctic): superimposed Palaeozoic Ellesmerian and Cenozoic Eurekan deformation / Karsten Piepjohn and Werner von Gosen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 33-56, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.5 --- Alaska and Chukotka --- Circum-Arctic Lithosphere Evolution (CALE) Transect C: displacement of the Arctic Alaska–Chukotka microplate towards the Pacific during opening of the Amerasia Basin of the Arctic / Elizabeth L. Miller, Kristian E. Meisling, Vyacheslav V. Akinin, Kelley Brumley, Bernard J. Coakley, Eric S. Gottlieb, Carl W. Hoiland, Timothy M. O'Brien, Anna Soboleva and Jaime Toro / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 57-120, 21 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.9 --- Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of metasedimentary strata in the southern Brooks Range: constraints on Neoproterozoic–Cretaceous evolution of Arctic Alaska / Carl W. Hoiland, Elizabeth L. Miller, Victoria Pease and Jeremy K. Hourigan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 121-158, 22 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.16 --- U–Pb zircon geochronology of Cretaceous arc magmatism in eastern Chukotka, NE Russia, with implications for Pacific plate subduction and the opening of the Amerasia Basin / Victoria Pease, Elizabeth Miller, Sandra J. Wyld, Sergey Sokolov, Viacheslav Akinin and James E. Wright / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 159-182, 21 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.14 --- Neoproterozoic basement history of Wrangel Island and Arctic Chukotka: integrated insights from zircon U–Pb, O and Hf isotopic studies / Eric S. Gottlieb, Victoria Pease, Elizabeth L. Miller and Vyacheslav V. Akinin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 183-206, 3 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.11 --- Deformational history and thermochronology of Wrangel Island, East Siberian Shelf and coastal Chukotka, Arctic Russia / Elizabeth L. Miller, V. V. Akinin, T. A. Dumitru, E. S. Gottlieb, M. Grove, K. Meisling and G. Seward / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 207-238, 3 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.7 --- Laptev Sea region --- Mesozoic structural evolution of the New Siberian Islands / Karsten Piepjohn, Henning Lorenz, Dieter Franke, Christian Brandes, Werner von Gosen, Christoph Gaedicke, Loic Labrousse, Nikolay N. Sobolev, Piotr Solobev, Guillaume Suan, Sabine Mrugalla, Franco Talarico and Tatiana Tolmacheva / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 239-262, 11 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.1 --- Tectonics of the Laptev Shelf, Siberian Arctic / Sergey S. Drachev and Sergey I. Shkarubo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 263-283, 13 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.15 --- Barents/Kara shelf region --- Tectonic implications of the lithospheric structure across the Barents and Kara shelves / Jan Inge Faleide, Victoria Pease, Mike Curtis, Peter Klitzke, Alexander Minakov, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Sergei Kostyuchenko and Andrei Zayonchek / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 285-314, 23 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.18 --- Timing of exhumation and deformation across the Taimyr fold–thrust belt: insights from apatite fission track dating and balanced cross-sections / Xiaojing Zhang, Victoria Pease, Andrew Carter, Sergey Kostuychenko, Arsen Suleymanov and Robert Scott / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 315-333, 15 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.3 --- Reconstructing Palaeozoic and Mesozoic tectonic evolution of Novaya Zemlya: combing geochronology and thermochronology / Xiaojing Zhang, Victoria Pease, Andrew Carter and Robert Scott / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 335-353, 26 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.13 --- Early Mesozoic sinistral transpression along the Pai-Khoi–Novaya Zemlya fold–thrust belt, Russia / Michael L. Curtis, Berta Lopez-Mir, Robert A. Scott and James P. Howard / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 355-370, 14 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.2 --- Dyke emplacement and crustal structure within a continental large igneous province, northern Barents Sea / Alexander Minakov, Viktoriya Yarushina, Jan Inge Faleide, Nataliya Krupnova, Tamara Sakoulina, Nikolay Dergunov and Vladimir Glebovsky / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 371-395, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.4 --- Samples from the Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of the Arctic Ocean / C. Knudsen, J. R. Hopper, P. R. Bierman, M. Bjerager, T. Funck, P. F. Green, J. R. Ineson, P. Japsen, C. Marcussen, S. C. Sherlock and T. B. Thomsen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 397-418, 18 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.17 --- Circum-Arctic themes --- Seismic tomography of the Arctic region: inferences for the thermal structure and evolution of the lithosphere / Sergei Lebedev, Andrew J. Schaeffer, Javier Fullea and Victoria Pease / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 419-440, 6 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.10 --- High Arctic geopotential stress field and implications for geodynamic evolution / Christian Schiffer, Christian Tegner, Andrew J. Schaeffer, Victoria Pease and Søren B. Nielsen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 441-465, 13 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.6

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction 2 --- Physical Setting 6 --- Topography 8 --- Geologic Setting: Glaciers & Karst 11 --- Air Temperature 14 --- Precipitation 18 --- Snow 22 --- Watersheds & Value Comparison Units (VCUs) 27 --- Biological Setting 32 --- Biogeographic Provinces 34 --- Wetlands 39 --- Estuaries 41 --- Land Cover & Forest Vegetation 44 --- Old-growth & Second-growth Forest 51 --- Core Areas of High Biological Value 57 --- Index of Cumulative Ecological Risk 60 --- Anadromous Fish 66 --- Anadromous Fish Habitat 68 --- King (Chinook) Salmon 73 --- Red (Sockeye) Salmon 76 --- Silver (Coho) Salmon 79 --- Pink (Humpy) Salmon 82 --- Chum (Dog) Salmon 85 --- Steelhead Trout 88 --- Dolly Varden 91 --- Coastal Cutthroat Trout 95 --- Eulachon 99 --- Birds 108 --- Bird Species Richness 110 --- Important Bird Areas (IBAs) 114 --- Marine Bird Colonies 117 --- Marbled Murrelet 120 --- Kittlitz’s Murrelet 123 --- Shorebirds 126 --- Prince of Wales Spruce Grouse 129 --- Queen Charlotte Goshawk 132 --- Bald Eagle 135 --- Mammals 142 --- Mammal Species Richness 144 --- Northern Flying Squirrel 147 --- Sitka Black-tailed Deer 150 --- Alexander Archipelago Wolf 155 --- Brown Bear 160 --- Black Bear 164 --- Human Uses 174 --- Land Ownership 176 --- Transportation and Energy Infrastructure 180 --- Community Subsistence Use 187 --- Timber 191 --- Metals Mining 195 --- Sport and Commercial Fishing 201 --- Land Use Designations 206 --- Conservation Area Design for Southeast Alaska 211 --- Tongass 77 Watersheds 214 --- Conservation Summary 222

Description / Table of Contents: In July 2016, Audubon Alaska completed a long-term effort to integrate the best available science into a series of maps highlighting key resources within Alaska's Western Arctic. The resulting publication, the Ecological Atlas of Alaska's Western Arctic, helps the reader explore the land­scape and better understand the overlap of wildlife, people, and development to inform conservation and management.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction 2 --- 1.1 Introduction 2 --- 1.2 A Closer Look: Kawerak’s Contribution of Traditional Knowledge 7 --- Map 1.1 Regional Overview 12 --- Chapter 2: Physical Setting 14 --- 2.1 Ocean Currents 16 --- Map 2.1 Ocean Currents 20 --- 2.2 Sea Ice 22 --- Map 2.2a Sea Ice Advance 26 --- Map 2.2b Sea Ice Retreat 28 --- 2.3 Climate 30 --- Maps 2.3a–p Climate 36 --- 2.4 A Closer Look: Bering Sea Weather 38 --- Chapter 3: Biological Setting 42 --- 3.1 Primary Productivity 44 --- Map 3.1 Primary Productivity 46 --- 3.2 Zooplankton 48 --- Map 3.2 Zooplankton 50 --- 3.3 Benthic Biomass 52 --- Map 3.3 Benthic Biomass 56 --- 3.4 Snow and Tanner Crabs 58 --- Map 3.4 Snow Crab 62 --- 3.5 Red King Crab 64 --- Map 3.5 Red King Crab 67 --- Chapter 4: Fishes 72 --- 4.1 Forage Fish Assemblages 74 --- Map 4.1.1 Osmerids 78 --- Map 4.1.2 Pacific Herring 80 --- 4.2 Walleye Pollock 82 --- Map 4.2 Walleye Pollock 84 --- 4.3 North Pacific Cods 85 --- Map 4.3 North Pacific Cods 88 --- 4.4 Atka Mackerel 90 --- Map 4.4 Atka Mackerel 92 --- 4.5 Yellowfin Sole 94 --- Map 4.5 Yellowfin Sole 96 --- 4.6 Pacific Halibut 98 --- Map 4.6 Pacific Halibut 100 --- 4.7 Pacific Salmon 101 --- Map 4.7 Pacific Salmon 104 --- Chapter 5: Birds 110 --- 5.1 Marine Bird Colonies 112 --- Map 5.1.1 Marine Bird Colonies 116 --- Maps 5.1.2a–d Foraging Guilds 118 --- 5.2 Important Bird Areas 120 --- Map 5.2 Important Bird Areas 122 --- 5.3 A Closer Look: Bird Density and Survey Effort 124 --- Map 5.3.1 Annual Bird Density 124 --- Map 5.3.2 Bird Survey Effort 124 --- Maps 5.3.3a–d Seasonal Bird Density 125 --- Marine Waterbirds --- 5.4 Eiders 126 --- Map 5.4.1 King Eider 132 --- Map 5.4.2 Spectacled Eider 134 --- Map 5.4.3 Steller’s Eider 136 --- Map 5.4.4 Common Eider 138 --- 5.5 Long-tailed Duck 140 --- Map 5.5 Long-tailed Duck 144 --- 5.6 Loons 146 --- Map 5.6.1 Yellow-billed Loon 150 --- Map 5.6.2 Red-throated Loon 152 --- 5.7 Red-faced Cormorant 154 --- Map 5.7 Red-faced Cormorant 156 --- 5.8 Phalaropes 157 --- Map 5.8.1 Red-necked Phalarope 160 --- Map 5.8.2 Red Phalarope 160 --- 5.9 Aleutian Tern 161 --- Map 5.9 Aleutian Tern 163 --- 5.10 Kittiwakes 164 --- Map 5.10.1 Red-legged Kittwake 167 --- Map 5.10.2 Black-legged Kittwake 167 --- 5.11 Ivory Gull 168 --- Map 5.11 Ivory Gull 170 --- Seabirds --- 5.12 Murres 171 --- Map 5.12.1 Common Murre 174 --- Map 5.12.2 Thick-billed Murre 174 --- Map 5.12.3 Total Murres 175 --- 5.13 Puffins 176 --- Map 5.13.1 Horned Puffin 179 --- Map 5.13.2 Tufted Puffin 179 --- 5.14 Auklets 180 --- Map 5.14.1 Parakeet Auklet 186 --- Map 5.14.2 Crested Auklet 186 --- Map 5.14.3 Whiskered Auklet 187 --- Map 5.14.4 Least Auklet 187 --- 5.15 Short-tailed Albatross 188 --- Map 5.15 Short-tailed Albatross 190 --- 5.16 Shearwaters 191 --- Map 5.16 Short-tailed / Sooty Shearwater 194 --- Chapter 6: Mammals 204 --- 6.1 Polar Bear 206 --- Maps 6.1a–d Polar Bear Seasonal Distribution 212 --- Pinnipeds --- 6.2 Pacific Walrus 214 --- Map 6.2a Pacific Walrus Summer / Fall 220 --- Map 6.2b Pacific Walrus Winter / Spring 222 --- 6.3 Ice Seals 224 --- Map 6.3.1 Bearded Seal 230 --- Map 6.3.2 Ribbon Seal 230 --- Map 6.3.3 Ringed Seal 231 --- Map 6.3.4 Spotted Seal 231 --- 6.4 Steller Sea Lion 232 --- Map 6.4 Steller Sea Lion 234 --- 6.5 Northern Fur Seal 236 --- Map 6.5 Northern Fur Seal 238 --- Cetaceans --- 6.6 Beluga Whale 240 --- Map 6.6.1 Beluga Whale Stocks 243 --- Map 6.6.2 Beluga Whale 244 --- 6.7 Bowhead Whale 246 --- Maps 6.7a–d Bowhead Whale Seasonal Distribution 250 --- 6.8 Gray Whale 252 --- Map 6.8 Gray Whale 254 --- 6.9 Humpback Whale 255 --- Map 6.9 Humpback Whale 257 --- Chapter 7: Human Uses 266 --- 7.1 A Closer Look: Historical Perspective 268 --- 7.2 Transportation and Energy Infrastructure 270 --- Map 7.2 Transportation and Energy Infrastructure 274 --- 7.3 Petroleum Exploration and Development 276 --- Map 7.3 Petroleum Exploration and Development 282 --- 7.4 A Closer Look: Artificial Islands 284 --- 7.5 Vessel Traffic 285 --- Map 7.5.1 Vessel Density 288 --- Map 7.5.2 Vessel Traffic Patterns 290 --- Maps 7.5.3a–m Vessel Traffic by Month 292 --- 7.6 A Closer Look: Unimak Pass and Bering Strait Vessel Traffic 294 --- 7.7 Fisheries Management Conservation Areas 296 --- Map 7.7 Fisheries Management Conservation Areas 298 --- 7.8 Subsistence 300 --- Maps 7.8.1a–g Subsistence Harvest Areas by Species 306 --- Map 7.8.2 Reported Subsistence Harvest 310 --- 7.9 A Closer Look: The Legal Framework for US Arctic Marine Resource Protection 312 --- 7.10 Conservation Areas 314 --- Map 7.10 Conservation Areas 318 --- Chapter 8: Conservation Summary 326