Dataset

Benthic Epifauna Biomass and Abundance Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise on the Norseman II, 9 August 2015 - 3 September 2015

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This dataset contains benthic epifauna biomass and abundance data collected in the Chukchi Sea, U.S. Arctic during the 9 August - 3 September 2015 Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise aboard the vessel Norseman II. The dataset contains two comma separated values (csv) files exported from Microsoft Excel. These data were generated from epifauna samples conducted using beam trawls during the research cruise.

Published: June 03, 2025 at 17:33

URL: https://ipt-obis.gbif.us/resource?r=ambon_benthicepifauna_2015

Katrin Iken
University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

Adrienne Canino
Axiom Data Science

Abby Benson
U.S. Geological Survey

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

4,840
occurrence records
9,680
measurements and facts
264
taxa
180
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 4,840
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 7
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data