Marine Mammal sighting data from cruises in the Pacific Arctic, 2009-2018, from Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO) Regions

• Main Author: Kathleen Stafford
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2018
• Subjects: Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO); Marine mammal; Visual observations; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Pacific; Lawrence Island; Beaufort Shelf; Barrow Canyon; Amundsen Gulf; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Pacific Arctic; Phytoplankton; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2HQ3RZ0V

The Pacific Arctic region (PAR) extends from the northern Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean Basin, and it is experiencing major reductions in seasonal sea ice and increases in sea surface temperatures. Within the PAR, the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas are among the most productive marine ecosystems...