Aleutian Islands marine ecosystem

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The Aleutian Islands marine ecosystem is a highly productive, subarctic ocean region around the Aleutian Island chain, supporting rich fisheries, seabird and marine mammal populations, and complex currents that link the North Pacific and Bering Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marine ecosystem ⓘ
subarctic marine ecosystem ⓘ
characterizedBy complex bathymetry ⓘ
frequent storms ⓘ
high primary productivity ⓘ
numerous submarine canyons ⓘ
seasonal sea ice influence ⓘ
steep continental slopes ⓘ
strong ocean currents ⓘ
connects Bering Sea ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
governedBy North Pacific Fishery Management Council ⓘ
hasFeature Aleutian passes ⓘ
island arcs ⓘ
shelf break ⓘ
tidal mixing fronts ⓘ
upwelling zones ⓘ
hasResidentSpecies Atka mackerel ⓘ
Pacific cod ⓘ
Pacific halibut ⓘ
Steller sea lion ⓘ
auklet species ⓘ
gray whale ⓘ
harbor seal ⓘ
humpback whale ⓘ
king crab ⓘ
murres ⓘ
northern fulmar ⓘ
northern fur seal ⓘ
puffins ⓘ
sea otter ⓘ
snow crab ⓘ
sperm whale ⓘ
walleye pollock ⓘ
importantFor Indigenous subsistence communities ⓘ
North Pacific food webs ⓘ
global seabird populations ⓘ
influencedBy Alaska Coastal Current ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Current

Alaskan Stream ⓘ
Bering Slope Current ⓘ
linked to: Alaskan Stream

North Pacific storms ⓘ
seasonal sea ice extent ⓘ
locatedAlong Aleutian Island chain ⓘ
linked to: Aleutian Islands
locatedIn Aleutian Islands region ⓘ
linked to: Aleutian Islands

Bering Sea ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
managedBy National Marine Fisheries Service ⓘ
partOf Bering Sea large marine ecosystem ⓘ
North Pacific marine ecosystem ⓘ
subjectTo U.S. federal fisheries regulations ⓘ
marine protected area designations ⓘ
supports benthic invertebrate communities ⓘ
commercial fisheries ⓘ
crab populations ⓘ
groundfish populations ⓘ
kelp forests ⓘ
marine mammal populations ⓘ
salmon populations ⓘ
seabird colonies ⓘ
subsistence fisheries ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
marine pollution ⓘ
ocean acidification ⓘ
ocean warming ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Unimak Pass → ecoregion → Aleutian Islands marine ecosystem ⓘ
Chirikof Point (islet) → locatedInMarineEcoregion → Aleutian Islands marine ecoregion ⓘ
linked to: Aleutian Islands marine ecosystem