Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis (PacMARS) benthic infauna, from Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska to the the East Siberian, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas, Arctic Ocean, 1970-2012

• Main Authors: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Lee W. Cooper
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center
• Subjects: benthic macroinfauna; sediment; abundance; biomass; PacMARS; Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Bering Strait; Canada; Greenland; Pacific; Northwest Passage; Lawrence Island; Chukchi; Law of the Sea; Northern Sea Route; Northwest passage; Sea ice; Shannon; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A23X83K85

As seasonal sea ice declines in much of the Arctic and reached record minima in 2012, oil and gas exploration are increasing, and additional ship traffic is also using Bering Strait, perhaps a portend of changes to come if the Northern Sea Route along the north coast of Russia becomes a practical ic...