Benthic macroinfaunal and dominant taxa samples collected from Northern Bering Sea to Chukchi Sea, 1970-2017

• Main Authors: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Lee W. Cooper
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2020
• Subjects: benthic macroinfauna; abundance; biomass; PacMARS; Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis; Distributed Biological Observatory; DBO; sediment; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Bering Strait; Canada; Greenland; Pacific; Northwest Passage; Lawrence Island; Chukchi; Law of the Sea; Northern Sea Route; Northwest passage; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2SX6499X

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...