Long-term Monitoring of Ecological Communities in Kachemak Bay, 2012-2022, Gulf Watch Alaska Nearshore Component

• Main Authors: Katrin Iken, Brenda Konar
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace
• Subjects: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA; Urticina; Orthasterias koehleri; Pisaster ochraceus; ochre stars; Lethasterias; Protothaca staminea; Pacific littleneck; Zostera marina; seawrack, eelgrass; Solaster; Pycnopodia helianthoides; Sunflower Star; Henricia leviuscula; Evasterias troscheli; Dermasterias imbricata; Leather star; Anthopleura artemisia; Rhodophyta; red algae, algues rouges; Phaeophyta; brown algae, algues brunes; Chlorophyta; green algae, algues vertes; Mytilus trossulus; foolish mussel; Saxidomus gigantea; Washington butterclam; Macoma; Mya; Hiatella arctica; Arctic hiatella; Lottia; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL > ROCKY INTERTIDAL; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ECHINODERMS > SEA STARS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > CNIDARIANS > ANTHOZOANS/HEXACORALS > SEA ANEMONES; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > INTERTIDAL ZONE; Rocky Coasts; intertidal survey; Exxon Valdez; oil spill; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; EVOSTC; EVOS Gulf Watch; Kachemak Bay; Arctic; Brunes; Cohen Island; Gulf of Alaska; Ochre; Pacific; Kachemak; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k6cw_20221222T212743Z

This dataset contains information about ecological communities in Kachemak Bay, Gulf of Alaska as collected by intertidal surveys conducted during spring 2012 to 2022. Following protocols established for Prince William Sound, surveys were conducted to document a range of communities and variables in...