Chukchi Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Chukchi Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	52,548
Species level	36,078
Species	932
Taxa	1,536
Datasets	72
Time range	1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	13
No WoRMS match	743
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	258
No accepted name available	547

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	45,766	6,191
eventDate	12,392	0
maximumDepthInMeters	20,128	60
minimumDepthInMeters	20,457	0
occurrenceStatus	19,282	0
scientificName	46	0
scientificNameID	8,125	337

Spatial issues

Records on land	229
More than 20 km from shore	9
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2,579

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Fish length, weight, and abundance data from trawl surveys in the Chukchi Sea, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise on the vessel Norseman II, 09 August 2015 - 03 September 2015 Published 2023-01-18	6,307
Marine mammal aerial surveys in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas 1979-2010 Published 2021-04-24	4,837
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	3,983
Zooplankton Species Distribution and Abundance Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) Chukchi Sea research cruise, August 2017 Published 2022-03-31	3,727
Benthic Epifauna Biomass and Abundance Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise on the Norseman II, 9 August 2015 - 3 September 2015 Published 2023-01-18	3,416
Marine Bird Sighting Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) Chukchi Sea research cruise on the vessel Norseman II from 2015-08-09 to 2015-09-03 Published 2023-01-18	3,270
Zooplankton Species Biomass and Abundance Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) Chukchi Sea research cruise on the Norseman II, 11 August - 3 September 2015 Published 2022-03-29	2,349
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	2,093
Macrobenthos Chukchi Sea, 1986 Published 2019-08-26	2,081
Arctic Marine Fish Museum Specimens Published 2019-08-26	1,910

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
Lumpenus fabricii Reinhardt, 1836 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,759
Gymnocanthus tricuspis (Reinhardt, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,668
Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,627
Caniformia Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,481
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,153
Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,053
Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,015
Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1873 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	968
Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	962
Liparis Scopoli, 1777 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	805

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2024
Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	11	2017
Sclerocrangon ferox (G.O. Sars, 1877) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	17	2017
Oenopota pyramidalis (Strøm, 1788) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	4	2017
Acartia (Acartiura) hudsonica Pinhey, 1926 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	14	2017
Beringius behringii (Middendorff, 1848) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	4	2017
Colus pubescens (A. E. Verrill, 1882) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	5	2017
Calanus marshallae Frost, 1974 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	101	2017
Orchistoma pileus (Lesson, 1843) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	5	2017
Retifusus roseus (Dall, 1877) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	7	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
Axiom Data Science	22,790
University of Alaska Fairbanks	22,790
United States Marine Biodiversity Observation Network	16,714
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	15,710
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans	8,686
Duke University	7,003
National Science Foundation	6,309
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management of the US Department of the Interior	6,307
Integrated Ocean Observing System	6,307
Shell Exploration and Production Company	6,307