gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22261 eng UTF8 dataset Alaska Fisheries Science Center 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA https://www.afsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 0700-1700 Pacific Time resourceProvider 2026-03-04T19:17:18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) AFSC/REFM: Alaskan flatfish chronology Black et al AFSC/REFM: Alaskan flatfish chronology Black et al 2015-01 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 22261 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22261 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Matta, Beth beth.matta@noaa.gov originator Alaska Fisheries Science Center (206) 526-4000 (206) 526-4004 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA afsc.webmaster@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Alaska Fisheries Science Center Website AKFSC Home Page information 0700-1700 Pacific Time originator https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/17736 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Online Resource download tableDigital Annual growth increment patterns observed in the hard parts of many marine organisms are often related to factors in the physical environment, and investigators are increasingly using dendrochronology (tree-ring science) methods to explore these relationships. Dendrochronology 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 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, indicating a high level of growth synchrony among species. Final chronologies were compared to annual and monthly climate variables, and were most strongly related to summertime eastern Bering Sea bottom temperatures. Otolith biochronologies were developed to examine interspecies growth relationships and linkages between growth and climate. Northern rock sole were collected by fishery observers throughout 2007. Alaska plaice and yellowfin sole were collected during the 2007 and 2008 RACE summer bottom trawl surveys, respectively. Project funded by NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) Program completed Matta, Beth beth.matta@noaa.gov pointOfContact Matta, Beth beth.matta@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere theme ISO19115 biochronology climate growth otolith sclerochronology theme Bering Sea place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/AFSC > Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. 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Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 22261 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/22261.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US biota oceans Excel -180 -158 54 62 Eastern Bering Sea | Currentness: Ground Condition 1987 2006 false eng false FINAL_CHRONOLOGY 2016-04-28 publication RAW_MEAS 2016-04-28 publication SPECIMEN_DATA 2016-04-28 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/17736 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/17736 download dataset Completeness Report Not applicable. Conceptual Consistency All crossdating of otolith growth increments is statistically checked using the program COFECHA (http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/software.htm). View metadata record as uploaded FGDC record.