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Research supported by Polar Programs, National Science Foundation

We have participated in several major research expeditions in the Arctic Ocean:

1994: Arctic Ocean Section (AOS)

Wheeler, P.A., M. Gosselin, E. Sherr, D. Thibault, D.L. Kirchman, R. Benner, and Terry Whitledge. 1996. Active cycling of organic carbon in the central Arctic Ocean. Nature 380:697-699.

Sherr, E.B., B.F. Sherr and L. Fessenden. 1997. Heterotrophic protists in the central Arctic Ocean. 1997. Deep-Sea Res.II 48:1665-1682. [see abstract]

Rich, J., D.L. Kirchman, M. Gosselin, E. Sherr and B. Sherr. 1997. High bacterial production, uptake and concentrations of dissolved organic matter in the central Arctic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II 44:1645-1664. [see abstract]

1997-1998: Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean/Joint Ocean-Ice Studies (SHEBA/JOIS)

SHEBA website

Sherr, E.B., Sherr, B.F., Wheeler, P.A., Thompson, K. 2003. Temporal and spatial variation in stocks of autotrophic and heterotrophic microbes in the upper water column of the central Arctic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I, 50:557-571. [see PDF]

Sherr, B.F., Sherr, E.B. 2003. Community respiration/production and bacterial activity in the upper water column of the central Arctic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I, 50:529-542. [see PDF]

Sheba photos

2001-2004: Shelf-Basin Interactions (SBI)

SBI website

SBI photos

Submitted manuscripts

Campbell, R., Sherr, E., Ashjian, C., Plourde, S., Sherr, B, Hill, V., and Stockwell, D.. Mesozooplankton prey preference and grazing impact in the western Arctic Ocean. Deep Sea Research II submitted Jan. 2007 [see PDF]

Sherr, E.B., Sherr, B.F., Hartz, A.J. Microzooplankton grazing impact in the Western Arctic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II, submitted Nov-2006 [see PDF]

2005-2007: Study of the Northern Alaskan Coastal System (SNACS)

Collaborative Research: Environmental Variability, Bowhead Whale Distributions, and Inupiat Subsistence Whaling - Linkages and Resilience of an Alaskan Coastal System (Y. Spitz, B. Sherr, C. Ashjian, R. Campbell, Co-P.I.’s) [see overview poster]

SNACS Bowhead Whale project abstract

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