Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program: Benthic Ecology

Project Description

The Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program (CSESP) is a multi-disciplinary investigation of the northeastern Chukchi Sea. I manage the benthic ecology to understand spatial and temporal variability of the benthic fauna in this arctic community. My team has investigated meio-, macro- and megafaunal distributions, environmental drivers, food webs, caloric contents, deep-dwelling communities, and much more!

Project Funding

ConocoPhillips Co., Shell E & P Co., Statoil USA E & P, Inc.
Start Date: 2008-02-00
End Date: 2015-12-00

 

Publications and products

Tu, K.L., Blanchard, A.L., Iken, K. Horstmann-Dehn, L. (2015). "Small-scale spatial variability in benthic food webs in the northeastern Chukchi Sea". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 528:19-37.
doi: 10.3354/meps11216

Blanchard, A.L., and H.M. Feder. (2014). "Interactions of habitat complexity and environmental characteristics with macrobenthic community structure at multiple spatial scales in the northeastern Chukchi Sea". Deep Sea Research II. 102:132–143.
doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.022

Day, R.H., T.J. Weingartner, R.R. Hopcroft, L.A.M. Aerts, A.L. Blanchard, A.E. Gall, B.J. Gallaway, D.E. Hannay, B.A. Holladay, J.T. Mathis, B.L. Norcross, J.M. Questel, and S.S. Wisdom. (2013). "The offshore northeastern Chukchi Sea, Alaska: A complex high-latitude ecosystem". Continental Shelf Research. 67:147–165.
doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.02.002

 

Research Team

Arny Blanchard

Arny Blanchard

Principal Investigator

Research Professional


Specialties
:

  • Environmental Statistics
  • Benthic Ecology
  • Invertebrate Taxonomy

Research Staff

Tama Rucker
474-6957

Erin May
474-6957