Benthic Epifauna Biomass and Abundance Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise, August 2017

Katrin Iken

doi:10.15468/yg2y7v

Benthic Epifauna Biomass and Abundance Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise, August 2017

Citation

United States Geological Survey: Benthic Epifauna Biomass and Abundance Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise, August 2017 https://doi.org/10.15468/yg2y7v accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

Marine biodiversity is a key component of ocean health. Monitoring and understanding marine biodiversity is essential for our ability to forecast and respond to changes. The goal of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) project is to demonstrate and build an operational marine biodiversity observing network from microbes to whales, integrating diversity levels from genetic to organismal. AMBON field region is located on the Chukchi Sea continental shelf in the US Arctic as a region exposed to climatic changes and anthropogenic influences. This dataset contains biomass and abundance data collected in the Chukchi Sea during the August 2017 Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise. Epifauna samples were collected using beam trawl during a research cruise during August 2017 in the Chukchi Sea, U.S. Arctic. The data consist of biomass per taxon of epibenthic invertebrates. The dataset is a comma separated values file exported from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. This dataset was transformed from the native format into a table structure using Darwin Core term names as column names.

Additional info

marine, harvested by OBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Chukchi Sea, Alaska, USA

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Katrin Iken
originator
position: Professor
University of Alaska Fairbanks
email: kbiken@alaska.edu

Adrienne Canino
metadata author
position: Data Librarian
Axiom Data Science
email: metadata@axiomdatascience.com

Abby Benson
publisher
position: Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
email: albenson@usgs.gov
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-107X

Mathew Biddle
distributor
position: Physical Scientist
United States Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (US MBON)
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
20910
MD
US
Telephone: 3017134928
email: mathew.biddle@noaa.gov
homepage: https://ioos.noaa.gov/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4897-1669

Katrin Iken
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
University of Alaska Fairbanks
email: kbiken@alaska.edu