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