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Contact Information

Institute of Marine Science
234 Irving II
P.O. Box 757220
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
Phone: (907) 474-7229
terry@ims.uaf.edu

Terry Whitledge Professor

Biological Oceanography • Chemical Oceanography

Specialties

Education

Office Hours

9-10am Mon thru Fri

Research Overview

- The Chukchi Sea north of Bering Strait receives northward flowing water from the North Pacific Ocean after transiting the Bering Sea. These waters contain large quantities of nutrients which promote very high primary production rates and ultimately feed the large populations of seals, whales and walrus. However, these coastal waters of Alaska are undergoing dramatic changes with respect to contamination and over-harvesting and are important in assessing the extent of greenhouse warming and climate change. The atmospheric transport of pesticides and other chemicals into the Arctic accumulates in ice and later in organisms as they progress up the food chain. Russian and American scientists are cooperating in programs to investigate the ecology of the Bering/Chukchi Seas and to determine the changes that may be occurring due to human activities.

Links

Publications

Walsh, J.J., D.A. Dieterle, F. R. Chen, J.M. Lenes, W. Maslowski, J.J. Cassano, T.E. Whitledge, D. Stockwell, M.V. Flint, I.N. Sukhanova and J. Cristensen. 2011. Trophic cascades and future harmful algal blooms within ice-free Arctic Seas north of Bering Strait: A simulation analysis. Progress In Oceanography 91:312-343.

Lee, S.H., H.M. Joo, M.S. Yun and T.E. Whitledge. 2011. Recent phytoplankton productivity of the northern Bering Sea in the western Arctic Ocean during early summer in 2007. Polar Biology 10:1007.

Stabeno, P.J., C. Mordy, J. Napp and T.E. Whitledge. 2010. Factors influencing physical
structure and lower trophic levels of the eastern Bering Sea shelf in 2005: Sea ice, tides and winds. Progress in Oceanography 85:180-196.

Lee, S.H., M. Jin and T.E. Whitledge. 2010. Comparison of bottom sea ice algal characteristics from coastal and offshore regions in the Arctic Ocean. Polar Biology
33:1331-1337.

Lee, S.H., D.A. Stockwell and T.E. Whitledge. 2010. Uptake rates of dissolved inorganic carbon and nitrogen by under-ice phytoplankton in the Canada Basin in summer 2005. Polar Biology 33:1027-1036.

Mordy, C.W., L.B. Eisner, P. Proctor, P. Stabeno, A.H. Devol and D.H. Shull, J.M. Napp and T.E.Whitledge. 2010. Temporary uncoupling of the marine nitrogen cycle: Accumulation of nitrite on the Bering Sea shelf. Marine Chemistry 121:157-166.

Pickart, R.S., L.J. Pratt, D.J. Torres, T.E. Whitledge, A.Y. Proshutinsky, K. Aagaard, T.A. Agnew, G.W.K. Moore and H.J. Dail. 2010. Evolution and dynamics of the flow through Herald Canyon in the western Chukchi Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 57:5-26.

Purcell, J.E., R.R. Hopcroft, K N. Kosobokova, and T.E. Whitledge. 2010. Distribution,
abundance, and predation effects of epipelagic ctenophores and jellyfish in the western Arctic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II 57:127-135.

Janout, M.A., T.J. Weingartner, S.R. Okkonen, T.E. Whitledge and D.L. Musgrave. 2009. Some characteristics of Yakutat Eddies propagating along the continental slope of the northern Gulf of Alaska. Deep-Sea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.

Wu, J.F., A. Aguila-Islas, R. Rember, T. Weingartner, S. Danielson and T.E. Whitledge. 2009. Size-fractionated iron distribution on the northern Gulf of Alaska. Geophysical Research
Letters 36:L11606.

Lee, S.H., H. Kim and T.E. Whitledge. 2009. High incorporation of carbon into proteins by the
phytoplankton of the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea. Continental Shelf Research 29:1689-1696.

Sukhanova, I.N., T.E. Whitledge, M.V. Flint and D.A. Stockwell. 2008. Effect of nutrient
amendments on the summer phytoplankton dynamics on the Bering Sea shelf under experimental conditions. Oceanology 48:798-812.

Lee, S.H., T.E. Whitledge and S.H. Kang. 2008. Spring time production of bottom ice algae in
the landfast sea ice zone at Barrow, Alaska. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 367:204-212.

Lee, S.H., T.E. Whitledge and S.H. Kang. 2008. Carbon uptake rates of sea ice algae and
phytoplankton under different light intensities in a land fast sea ice zone, Barrow, Alaska. Arctic 61:281-291.

Cai, Y., L. Guo, T.A. Douglas and T.E. Whitledge. 2008. Seasonal variations in nutrient
concentrations and speciation in the Chena River, Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research 113:G03035, doi:10.1029/2008JG000733

Selected Publications

Walsh, J.J., D.A. Dieterle, F.E. Muller-Karger, K. Aagaard, A.T. Roach, T.E. Whitledge, and D.A. Stockwell. 1997. CO2 cycling in the coastal ocean. II. Seasonal organic loading of the Arctic Ocean from source waters in the Bering Sea. Cont. Shelf Res. 17:1-36.

Cooper, L.W., T.E. Whitledge, J.G. Grebmeier, and T. Weingartnere. 1997. Nutrient, salinity and stable oxygen isotope composition of Bering and Chukchi Sea waters in and near the Bering Strait. J. Geophys. Res. 102:12563-12574.

Boesch, D.E., D.M. Anderson, R.A. Horner, S.E. Shumeway, P.A. Tester, and T.E. Whitledge. 1997. Harmful algal blooms in coastal waters: options for prevention, control and mitigation. NOAA Coastal Ocean Program, Decision Analysis Series No. 10., Silver Spring, MD, 49pp.

Whitledge, T.E. and D.A. Stockwell. 1995. The effects of a mandated freshwater releases on the nutrient and pigment environment in Nueces Bay and Rincon Delta. In: Proceedings of 24th Water for Texas Conference, Texas Water Research Institute, College Station, TX, pp. 47-51.

Pakulski, J.D., R. Benner, R. Amon, B. Eadie and T.E. Whitledge. 1995. Community metabolism and nutrient cycling in the Mississippi River plume: Evidence for intense nitrification at intermediate salinities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 117:207-218.