Benthic macroinfaunal samples collected from the (USCGC) Healy Northern Bering Sea to Chukchi Sea, 2017

• Main Authors: Grebmeier, Jacqueline M., Cooper, Lee W.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF 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/a27m0414k; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A27M0414K

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...