Russian-American Long-term Census of the Arctic (RUSALCA) (RUSALCA)

Updated 2012-07-25

Observe changes in the ecosystem, fluxes of heat, salt, nutrients, CO2, and methane from the seafloor to the atmosphere above, as a function of changing climate in the Pacific Arctic region from the Bering Strait north to the high Arctic. Main gaps: So far unable to go far into the ice for investigation, although the geographical scope of the RUSALCA mission increased in 2009 because of the reduction of sea ice cover. (we were able to reach a northernmost site and to sample as far north as 77°30’N.

Time frame

Status
Ongoing
Project time span
not specified
Data collection
not specified
Data processing
not specified
Data reporting
not specified

Contact information

Contact person
- -
Address
Kathy Crane, Kathleen Crane
Email
vog.aaon@enarc.yhtaK

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled
Media sampled/studied/modelled
Air/aerosol
Ice/snowpack
Seawater/suspended particulate matter

Geography

Regions studied
Bering Sea
Bering Sea

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?
No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.

Physical Oceanography, nutrients, productivity, CO2, CH4. Seafloor geology, benthic ecosystems, water column zoo and phytoplankton, fish (juvenile and adult), marine mammals, Microbiology.

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?
No
Other institutes involved in the project

US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?

U.S.-Russian Federation Science and Technology Agreement, MOU between NOAA and RAS on World Oceans and Polar Regions Studies. Networks:

Indigenous AND traditional knowledge used in this project

no

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