Publication Date:
2024-03-28
Description:
We present in depth data of the sea urchin population in the Arctic Porsangerfjord. Sea urchins were collected by hand from randomly chosen square meters of two present habitats: a sea urchin barren, characterized by stony ground without major algae growth, and the neighbouring kelp forest with a healthy macroalgae community. Both habitats are located near the shoreline of a bay in the Porsangerfjord, called the Holmfjord, and sampling took place in less than 1 m depth at low tide. Sampling was conducted in two consecutive years, summer 2022 and summer 2023. Data collected from the sea urchins includes the test-diameter, freshmass, species and morphotype.
Keywords:
Abundance; Analytical balance, Sartorius, B110; Arctic Biodiversity & Livelihoods; AWI_INSPIRES; Biomass; Color description; Comment; FACE-IT; Habitat; HAND; Holmfjord_Porsangerfjord_2022; Holmfjord_Porsangerfjord_2023; International Science Program for Integrative Research in Earth Systems; Norway; Porsangerfjord; Quadrat number; Ruler tape; Sampling by hand; sea urchin; Sea urchin, biomass, wet mass; Sea urchin, diameter; Species, unique identification; Species, unique identification (Semantic URI); Species, unique identification (URI); Stronglyocentrotus pallidus; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis; Year of sampling
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 16054 data points
