Fish distribution, concentration, density, use areas, migration pattern data, and essential fish habitat boundaries used in the creation of Audubon Alaska's Ecological Atlas of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas

• Main Author: Audubon Alaska
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace 2019
• Subjects: Osmeridae; smelts, capellanes, éperlans; Clupea pallasii; Pacific herring, arenque del Pacífico; Gadus chalcogrammus; Walleye Pollock; Eleginus gracilis; saffron cod; Boreogadus; Arctic cods; Pleurogrammus monopterygius; Atka mackerel; Limanda aspera; yellowfin sole; Gadus macrocephalus; Pacific cod, morue du Pacifique, bacalao del Pacifico; Hippoglossus stenolepis; Pacific halibut, alabato del Pacífico; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Chinook salmon, king salmon, saumon chinook, salmón boquinegra; Oncorhynchus nerka; blueback salmon, kokanee, red salmon, sockeye salmon, saumon rouge; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; pink salmon, saumon rose, humpback, humpbacked salmon; Oncorhynchus keta; chum salmon; Oncorhynchus kisutch; coho salmon, saumon coho, salmón plateado, silver salmon; Salmon watershed; nesting sites; EFH; essential fish habitats; migration; spawning areas; relative abundance; Oceana; Audubon Alaska; Audubon; Chukotka; Russia; EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS > SPECIES MIGRATION; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > RAY-FINNED FISHES > SALMONS/TROUTS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > RAY-FINNED FISHES > CODS/HADDOCKS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > RAY-FINNED FISHES > ANCHOVIES/HERRINGS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > USE/FEEDING HABITATS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > CHUKCHI SEA; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Atka; Bering Sea; Canada; Chukchi Sea; Keta; Pacific; Sockeye; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Pink salmon; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k324_2019526182938

This dataset contains a variety of spatial data types describing a variety of fish species in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. Specifically, these data describe relative abundance, general distribution, use areas and types, migration patterns, and areas designated as essential habitat for a variety fish species in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. These datasets were used by staff at Audubon Alaska and Oceana to create the eight maps displayed in 'Chapter 4: Fishes', in the 'Ecological Atlas of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas'. This dataset contains four zipped archives of spatial data and metadata and two summary files. The zip files are: 1. ArcticMarine2017_Public_Ch4Fishes.gdb.zip, compiled by Audubon Alaska staff and used to generate the maps in chapter 4 of the Ecological Atlas 2. ch4_vector-4326, containing csv formatted vector data files along with metadata extracted from the geodatabase. 3. ch4_raster, containing geotiff formatted raster data and metadata used in the maps in the Atlas but not included in the geodatabase. 4. ch4_shapefiles, containing updated versions of some of the vector or raster layers in the geodatabase, as delivered separately by Audubon, and without individual metadata records. The summary files are: 1. audubon_EABCBS_ch4_fishes_manifest.txt, listing all file path, size, and md5sum hash value for each file in each of the zip files, 2. audubon_EABCBS_ch4_fishes_README.txt, providing basic, human-readable metadata about the dataset, 3. audubon_EABCBS_ch4_fishes_data_sources.pdf, listing the data sources used for each map in chapter 6 of the atlas, and 4. audubon_EABCBS_data_sources_appendix.csv, listing the sources used for each spatial synthesis data product created by Audubon Alaska, used to generate the maps in chapter 6, and listed in the data sources pdf. These files contain only the data used in the Atlas and deemed appropriate for public release. Certain data deemed sensitive were not included in these publicly available data archives.