Benthic organisms data collected using sediment sampler casts from NOAA Ship OCEANOGRAPHER in the Chukchi Sea from 1986-09-06 to 1987-10-05 (NCEI Accession 8900299)

Data were submitted by the University of Alaska - Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science. Data has been been processed by NODC to the NODC standard F132- Benthic Organisms formats.

Full format and format code descriptions are available at nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-datafmts.html. The F132 format contains data from field sampling or surveys of bottom dwelling marine organisms. The data provide information on species abundance, distribution, and biomass; they may have been collected by point sampling (grab or core), by tow (dredge, trawl or net), by photographic surveys, or by other methods.