Growth Rate Potential of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Warmer and Cooler Years on the Eastern Bering Sea Shelf

Figure 2

May sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (bar, ∘C) during 2000 to 2006 in the southeastern Bering Sea (data obtained from http://www.beringclimate.noaa.gov/) and annual averages (line) of observed SSTs (OSST, ∘C) collected during August to early September surveys. Mean May SSTs are averaged over the area 54^∘18^′ N to 60^∘0^′ N, 161^∘12^′ W to 172^∘30^′ W using data from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis project [37]. The May SST anomalies are the deviations from the mean May SST value (2.33^∘C) for the 1970–2000 period normalized by the standard deviation (0.76^∘C). Mean OSSTs (∘C) are the averages of observed SSTs at 5 m depth taken at stations conducted within the survey area of Figure 1.