noaa-other-17737 Eastern Bering Sea 46 Year Yellowfin Sole Otolith Growth Data Black, B.A.; Matta, M.E.; Hesler, T.E.; Wilderbuer, T.K. Eastern Bering Sea 46 Year Yellowfin Sole Otolith Growth Data 2015-01-09 NCDC-Paleoclimatology ONLINE Files Pending https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/17737 Investigator B.A. Black Investigator M.E. Matta Investigator T.E. Hesler Investigator T.K. Wilderbuer earth science paleoclimate others geoscientificInformation 1961 AD 2006 AD -11 cal yr BP -56 cal yr BP Complete 56 61 -175 -158 0 0 Ocean Pacific Ocean North Pacific Ocean Bering Sea Eastern Bering Sea>LATITUDE >LONGITUDE None Please cite original publication, online resource, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource, and date accessed. The appearance of external links associated with a dataset does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of external Web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, the Department of Commerce/NOAA does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site. English DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data DATA Center Contact Bruce Bauer bruce.a.bauer@noaa.gov paleo@noaa.gov 303-497-6280 303-497-6513

325 Broadway, E/NE31

Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA online ASCII Bryan A. Black, Mary E. Matta, Thomas E. Helser, Thomas K. Wilderbuer 2013 Fisheries Oceanography 22 6 523-532 10.1111/fog.12036 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fog.12036/abstract Mary Elizabeth Matta, Bryan A. Black, Thomas K. Wilderbuer 2010 Marine Ecology Progress Series 413 137-145 10.3354/meps08689 http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v413/p137-145/

Dendrochronology (tree-ring science) techniques were applied to otolith growth increments in 3 flatfish species collected from the eastern Bering Sea: northern rock sole Lepidopsetta polyxystra, yellowfin sole Limanda aspera, and Alaska plaice Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus. Within each species, otoliths were visually crossdated to ensure that the correct calendar year was assigned to each growth increment. Growth-increment widths were measured in each otolith, crossdating was statistically checked, and a single master chronology was generated for each species by averaging measurement time series after age-related growth declines had been removed. The 3 final chronologies spanned 18 to 20 yr and were significantly correlated with each other (p < 0.001), indicating a high level of growth synchrony among species. Final chronologies were compared to annual and monthly climate variables including water temperature, ice cover, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and the El Nino Southern Oscillation. Of the climate indices examined, chronologies were most strongly related to summertime eastern Bering Sea bottom temperatures, with R2 values of 0.81, 0.61, and 0.34 for the yellowfin sole, Alaska plaice, and northern rock sole chronologies, respectively. Chronologies were significantly (p < 0.01) and positively related to monthly resolved records of sea surface temperature, though the seasons of the year exhibiting the strongest correlations varied among species. The present study suggests that flatfish growth is strongly influenced by the temperature of the eastern Bering Sea, underscoring the effect of climate on fisheries in a high-latitude ecosystem. STUDY NOTES: Growth increment data from yellowfin sole (YFS) otoliths (ear bones) collected in the eastern Bering Sea off Alaska.

GET DATA https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/sclerochronology/east_pacific/black2013yfs-otolith.txt Text Data File; Eastern Bering Sea Yellowfin Sole Otolith Growth Data GET DATA https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/sclerochronology/east_pacific/black2013yfs-otolith.xls Excel Data File; Eastern Bering Sea Yellowfin Sole Otolith Growth Data USA/NOAA DIF Version 9.8.4 2018-12-11 2018-12-11