Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve

Statistics

Occurrence records	222
Species level	188
Species	58
Taxa	71
Datasets	16
Time range	1849 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	5
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	189	16
eventDate	72	0
maximumDepthInMeters	158	0
minimumDepthInMeters	64	0
occurrenceStatus	59	0
scientificNameID	35	2

Spatial issues

Records on land	4
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	110

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Arctic benthic invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science Published 2019-10-01	94
ZINRAS_Arctic_Benthos Published 2019-08-26	27
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	18
Satellite telemetry of King Eiders from northern Alaska 2002-2009 Published 2021-04-24	15
Archives of the Arctic Seas Zooplankton Published 2019-09-03	14
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	8
Circumpolar Seabird Monitoring Plan Published 2019-08-26	8
USGS Alaska Science Center Polar Bear Maternal Dens Published 2022-03-08	8
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	7
Arctic Marine Fish Museum Specimens Published 2019-08-26	6

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	15
Diastylis Say, 1818 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	14
Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	12
Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	12
Stegocephalus inflatus Krøyer, 1842 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	10
Byblis gaimardii (Krøyer, 1846) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	9
Anonyx nugax (Phipps, 1774) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8
Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	8
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	8
Rhachotropis aculeata (Lepechin, 1780) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2018
Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2018
Anser caerulescens Brisson, 1760 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2013
Anisarchus medius (Reinhardt, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries, 1838) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Liparis fabricii Krøyer, 1847 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Liparis tunicatus Reinhardt, 1836 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	15	2006
Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	8	1989
Diastylis aspera Calman, 1912 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	1976

Data providers

Name	Records
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans	141
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	94
Duke University	30
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	18
Norwegian Institute for Water Research	18
University of Alaska Fairbanks - Deparment of Biology & Wildlife	15
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	8
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna.	8
U.S. Geological Survey – Alaska Science Center	8
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	8