Bering Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records 686,251
Species level 369,109
Species 2,768
Taxa 3,961
Datasets 135
Time range 1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 67
No WoRMS match 6,775
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 798
No accepted name available 4,600

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 168,857 21,950
eventDate 54,730 0
maximumDepthInMeters 433,344 799
minimumDepthInMeters 428,299 567
occurrenceStatus 70,141 0
scientificName 3,067 0
scientificNameID 50,969 2,156

Spatial issues

Records on land 2,504
More than 20 km from shore 1
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 14,769

Top datasets

Dataset Records
NOAA AFSC North Pacific Groundfish Observer
Published 2020-09-18
343,093
Global Kelp Timeseries from NCEAS/KEEN Working Group
Published 2022-06-06
108,496
World Ocean Database 2009
Published 2020-11-17
47,769
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program
Published 2025-02-05
41,076
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19
37,006
UWFC Ichthyology Collection
Published 2019-03-15
31,735
Satellite telemetry of King Eiders from northern Alaska 2002-2009
Published 2021-04-24
6,996
IPHC seabird survey 2002-2011
Published 2021-04-24
6,768
The CPR Survey
Published 2025-03-20
6,092
Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) : Marine
Published 2019-08-26
5,796

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1814
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
26,091
Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
16,268
Lepidopsetta Gill, 1862
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
14,430
Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
13,651
Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E.Lane, C.Mayes, Druehl & G.W.Saunders, 2006
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae
13,641
Laminaria yezoensis Miyabe, 1902
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae
13,571
Alaria Greville, 1830
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae
13,562
Laminaria J.V. Lamouroux, 1813
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae
13,562
Agarum Dumortier, 1822
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae
13,562
Thala H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
13,562

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Gonatus berryi Naef, 1923
Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda
1 2024
Corymorpha groenlandica (Allman, 1876)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
1 2023
Ritterella pulchra (Ritter, 1901)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
1 2023
Volutopsius middendorffi (Dall, 1891)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
2 2023
Velutina bartschi Derjugin, 1950
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2023
Retifusus roseus (Dall, 1877)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2023
Saduria sibirica (Birula, 1896)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
2 2022
Hyas alutaceus Brandt, 1851
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
2 2022
Neptunea alexeyevi Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2022
Mytilus trossulus A. Gould, 1850
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
2 2021

Data providers

Name Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ 432,162
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 343,093
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure 109,107
Boston University, Department of Biology 108,496
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies 108,496
Coastal Marine Ecology and Conservation Lab, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University 108,496
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington 88,857
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 41,076
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute) 41,076
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 37,006