Kelp and sea urchin data obtained by SCUBA at shallow nearshore sites along the North Pacific Rim from Bering Island to Southeast Alaska obtained over multiple decades beginning in 1987
Between 1987 and 2021, over 600 nearshore rocky bottom sites were sampled by scuba at 38 locations on the north Pacific Rim ranging from Bering Island, along the Aleutian Island chain and the Alaska Peninsula to southeast Alaska. Sites were plotted at random from along the coasts of islands or areas designated. Hard …