Oil Industry Benthic Ecology Data [Blanchard] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.020 Summary Primary production reaching the sea floor is consumed by benthic organisms (animals living in or closely associated with sediments) allowing these communities to flourish in the Chukchi Sea. Prior work in the Chukchi Sea has been broadly focused and smaller-scale information is needed. Thus, invertebrate organisms dwelling in sediments (macrofauna including marine worms, clams, snails, and other small animals) and larger, mobile animals on top of the sediments (megafauna including brittle stars, sea stars, sea cucumbers, crabs, and shrimps) are sampled to understand the ecology of the benthic fauna in the study areas. The study is investigating relationships between invertebrate community composition and environmental characteristics to understand what factors influence community structures. The benthic team is also evaluating invertebrate food-web structure through tissue isotope analysis. Compared to other studies in the area, the smaller scale of the Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program (CSESP) allows for stronger insights into the geologic and oceanographic factors structuring and influencing benthic animals in the region. This dataset is part of the Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis (PacMARS) Project. This dataset contains the original csv files, metadata files, shapefiles, and geodatabase files in ZIP files. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 255.020 * doi:10.5065/D6PR7T1R https://doi.org/10.5065/D6PR7T1R Versions 1.0 Citation Blanchard, A., et al. 2013. Oil Industry Benthic Ecology Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6PR7T1R Accessed 19 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * PacMARS: Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PacMARS Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: no set schedule * Progress: completed * Language: English ISO Topic Categories * oceans Categories * Arctic * Benthos * Biology * Chemistry * Sediment * Ship Based Platforms * Ships Instruments * Grab Samplers Sites * Chukchi Sea GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT COMPOSITION * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENTARY TEXTURES * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > BIVALVES * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN Documentation * 2011_Final_Benthic.pdf [3 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F5164DE54/2011_Final_Benthic.pdf * 2012_CSESP_Benthic_Ecology_Final_Report.pdf [2 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51BE850F/2012_CSESP_Benthic_Ecology_Final_Report.pdf * BEN_BIVALVE_2008_12_Metadata_Ed2.html [35 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51BF0010/BEN_BIVALVE_2008_12_Metadata_Ed2.html * BEN_CALORIC_CONT_2012_Metadata_Ed1.html [26 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51BF001D/BEN_CALORIC_CONT_2012_Metadata_Ed1.html * BEN_CHEM_SED_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html [45 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51708A28/BEN_CHEM_SED_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html * BEN_CHLOR_CORE_2010_11_Metadata_Ed2.html [39 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51BF0025/BEN_CHLOR_CORE_2010_11_Metadata_Ed2.html * BEN_EPI_SPECIES_2009_Metadata_Ed3.html [35 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51708A29/BEN_EPI_SPECIES_2009_Metadata_Ed3.html * BEN_EPI_SPECIMENS_2009_10_Metadata_Ed3.html [40 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51708A26/BEN_EPI_SPECIMENS_2009_10_Metadata_Ed3.html * BEN_HAPS_CORE_2011_Metadata_Ed2.html [38 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51BF0035/BEN_HAPS_CORE_2011_Metadata_Ed2.html * BEN_INFAUNA_SED_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html [39 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51708A2A/BEN_INFAUNA_SED_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html * BEN_ISO_POM_2010_Metadata_Ed3.html [35 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51708A27/BEN_ISO_POM_2010_Metadata_Ed3.html * BEN_ISO_TISSUE_2009_10_Metadata_Ed3.html [40 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51708A2B/BEN_ISO_TISSUE_2009_10_Metadata_Ed3.html * BEN_MEIOFAUNA_2011_12_Metadata_Ed2.html [39 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51BF003C/BEN_MEIOFAUNA_2011_12_Metadata_Ed2.html * BEN_MEIOFAUNA_ISO_2012_Metadata_Ed1.html [25 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51BF0044/BEN_MEIOFAUNA_ISO_2012_Metadata_Ed1.html * BEN_REDOX_2010_11_Metadata_Ed3.html [34 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51708A2C/BEN_REDOX_2010_11_Metadata_Ed3.html * FR_2008_BEN_UAF_Chukchi_Benthic_Ecology.pdf [758 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F5161600B/FR_2008_BEN_UAF_Chukchi_Benthic_Ecology.pdf * FR_2009_BEN_UAF_Chukchi_Benthic_Ecology.pdf [590 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F5161601F/FR_2009_BEN_UAF_Chukchi_Benthic_Ecology.pdf * FR_2010_BEN_UAF_Chukchi_Benthic_Ecology_2008_to_2010.pdf [2 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/428F51616022/FR_2010_BEN_UAF_Chukchi_Benthic_Ecology_2008_to_2010.pdf Related links * info: PacMARS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/pacmars/docs/data_policy-pacmars.pdf * homepage: PacMARS Home Page https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/list?project=364 * info: Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/projects/csesp/ Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2008-08-21 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2011-10-05 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 72.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 70.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -167.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -159.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Christie Cowee https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1175 Additional contact information * author: Arny L. Blanchard https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1606 * author: Ann Knowlton https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1742 * author: Carrie L. Parris https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1743 * author: Hilary Nichols https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1999 * principalInvestigator: Arny L. Blanchard https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1606 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.020?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.020?format=isotc211