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Table of Contents - Special Paper 462

Bering Glacier: Interdisciplinary Studies of Earth's Largest Temperate Surging Glacier

Edited by Robert A. Shuchman and Edward G. Josberger

Dedication		iii
Reflections from Austin Post		vii
Preface		ix
A Wildlife Biologist’s Perspective		xi
Acknowledgments		xiii
1.	The raw beauty of Bering Glacier Kristine J. Crossen and Christopher Noyles	1
2.	Introduction to the Bering Glacier System, Alaska/Canada: Early observations and scientific investigations, and key geographic features Bruce F. Molnia and Austin Post	13
3.	Remote sensing of the Bering Glacier Region Robert A. Shuchman, Edward G. Josberger, Liza K. Jenkins, John F. Payne, Charles R. Hatt, and Lucas Spaete	43
4.	Hydrography and circulation of ice-marginal lakes at Bering Glacier, Alaska, USA Edward G. Josberger, Robert A. Shuchman, Guy A. Meadows, Sean Savage, and John Payne	67
5.	Bering Glacier ablation measurements Robert A. Shuchman, Edward G. Josberger, Charles R. Hatt, Christopher Roussi, P. Jay Fleisher, and Scott Guyer	83
6.	Hydrologic processes of Bering Glacier and Vitus Lake, Alaska Edward G. Josberger, Robert A. Shuchman, Guy A. Meadows, Liza K. Jenkins, and Lorelle A. Meadows	105
7.	Botanical inventory of the Bering Glacier Region, Alaska Marilyn Barker	129
8.	Biogeography and ecological succession in freshwater fish assemblages of the Bering Glacier Region, Alaska Heidi L. Weigner and Frank A. von Hippel	167
9.	Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) use of the Bering Glacier habitat: Implications for management Danielle M. Savarese and Jennifer M. Burns	181
10.	The 1993–1995 surge and foreland modification, Bering Glacier, Alaska P. Jay Fleisher, Palmer K. Bailey, Eric M. Natel, Ernie H. Muller, Don H. Cadwell, and Andrew Russell	193
11.	Structural geology and glacier dynamics, Bering and Steller Glaciers, Alaska Ronald L. Bruhn, Richard R. Forster, Andrew L.J. Ford, Terry L. Pavlis, and Michael Vorkink	217
12.	Holocene history revealed by post-surge retreat: Bering Glacier forelands, Alaska Kristine J. Crossen and Thomas V. Lowell	235
13.	Faunal analysis of late Pleistocene–early Holocene invertebrates provides evidence for paleoenvironments of a Gulf of Alaska shoreline inland of the present Bering Glacier margin Anne D. Pasch, Nora R. Foster, and Gail V. Irvine	251
14.	Holocene sea-level changes and earthquakes around Bering Glacier Ian Shennan and Sarah Hamilton	275
15.	Surges of the Bering Glacier Bruce F. Molnia and Austin Post	291
16.	Subarctic hunters to cold warriors: The human history of the Bering Glacier Region John W. Jangala New Investigator Activities at Bering Glacier 325	317
17.	Acoustic and seismic observations of calving events at Bering Glacier, Alaska Joshua P. Richardson, Katelyn A. FitzGerald, Gregory P. Waite, and Wayne D. Pennington	327
18.	Ice-generated seismic events observed at the Bering Glacier Katelyn A. FitzGerald, Joshua P. Richardson, and Wayne D. Pennington	337
19.	Mapping the fresh-water–salt-water interface in the terminal moraine of the Bering Glacier Austin B. Andrus, Kevin A. Endsley, Silvia Espino, and John S. Gierke	341
20.	Satellite-derived turbidity monitoring in the ice marginal lakes at Bering Glacier Liza K. Jenkins	351
21.	Investigating biological productivity in Vitus Lake, Bering Glacier, Alaska Nancy A. Auer	361
22.	Bryophytes and bryophyte ecology of the Bering Glacier Region Nancy G. Slack and Diana G. Horton	365
23.	Birds of the Bering Glacier Region: A preliminary survey of resident and migratory birds Carol Griswold	373
24.	Bering Glacier, climate change, and the Southern University research experience Michael Stubblefield, Revathi Hines, and Lionel D. Lyles	381