Juvenile Snow Crab Habitat and Response to Warming in the Chukchi Sea

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Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 1:00

Wednesday, June 14, 2023. 1:00 PM. Juvenile Snow Crab Habitat and Response to Warming in the Chukchi Sea. Daniel Cooper, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center. Sponsored by NOAA's EcoFOCI Bi-annual Seminar Series. More information here. Register here.

Abstract: Juvenile snow crab habitat in the Chukchi Sea was studied during a period of ocean warming. During a cold year early in study, most juvenile crab of all sizes inhabited cold (<2C) areas. In later years, the smallest size classes were restricted to cold areas, or were effectively absent, and larger juveniles were present in warmer areas. Juvenile snow crab could be impacted by the recent reduction in habitat with cold summer bottom temperature in the Chukchi Sea (and Bering Sea).

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