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A synthesized dataset of Pacific Arctic marine mammal occurrences (1860-2024)

Year: 2025

Type: data-paper

Abstract: ). These species were chosen because of their ecological importance to the Pacific Arctic ecosystem as well as their cultural and subsistence importance to local Indigenous communities. Data were aggregated from open-access, public online data repositories. Datasets were tidied into a standardized format and then integrated to create a singular dataset of occurrence data for these three species. The final dataset contains 36,438 presence-only occurrence points over 164 years throughout the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. This dataset provides stakeholders with quantitative data that can be used to evaluate spatial patterns of marine mammal species over time in the Pacific Arctic region, which can generate insights into the effects of human disturbances (e.g., shipping, resource extraction) and climate change when combined with other environmental variables.

Source: Data in Brief

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2025.112036

Authors: Sydney Waloven, Natalia Portales, Kelly Kapsar, Jianguo Liu

Institution: Michigan State University

Language: English

Topic: Marine animal studies overview

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,220