Data_Sheet_4_Functional Pattern of Benthic Epifauna in the Chukchi Borderland, Arctic Deep Sea.CSV

• Main Authors: Irina Zhulay, Bodil A. Bluhm, Paul E. Renaud, Renate Degen, Katrin Iken
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; Arctic deep sea; benthic epifauna; biological trait analysis; functional composition; ROV; Arctic; Chukchi Borderland; Chukchi; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.609956.s004; https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_4_Functional_Pattern_of_Benthic_Epifauna_in_the_Chukchi_Borderland_Arctic_Deep_Sea_CSV/14677740

Assessment of Arctic deep-sea ecosystem functioning is currently an urgent task considering that ongoing sea-ice reduction opens opportunities for resource exploitation of yet understudied deep-sea regions. We used Biological Trait Analysis to evaluate ecosystem functioning and test if common paradi...