This file contains data on abundance and biomass of epifaunal organisms in the northern Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea from Fall 2024

Citation: Iken K (2025). Arctic epifauna abundance and biomass, Fall2024, AMBON project. Version 1.1. NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt-obis.gbif.us/resource?r=arcticepifauna2024&v=1.1

Published: July 17, 2025 at 13:56

URL: https://ipt-obis.gbif.us/resource?r=arcticepifauna2024

Katrin Iken
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Adrienne Canino
Axiom Data Science

Laura Brenskelle
U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System

Mathew Biddle
United States Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (US MBON)

793

occurrence records

1,586

measurements and facts

186

taxa

142

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	793	100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	203	25.6%
minimumDepthInMeters	203	25.6%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag	Dropped	Records
NO_DEPTH		203	25.6%
MARINE_UNSURE		2	0.3%

Arctic epifauna abundance and biomass, Fall2024, AMBON project

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data