Benthic macroinfaunal samples collected from the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Northern Bering Sea to Chukchi Sea, 2015

• Main Authors: Grebmeier, Jacqueline M., Cooper, Lee W.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: benthic macroinfauna; sediment; abundance; biomass; Distributed Biological Observatory; DBO; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barrow Canyon; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Lawrence Island; Pacific; Chukchi; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a25717n5b; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/#view/doi:10.18739/A25717N5B

The Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean is experiencing major reductions in seasonal sea ice extent and increases in sea surface temperatures. One of the key uncertainties in this region is how the marine ecosystem will respond to seasonal shifts in the timing of spring sea ice retreat and/or delays...