Hedda Eliassen The University Centre in Svalbard Student Iselin Marie Lund Halvorsen The University Centre in Svalbard Student Nora Forstrønen Torsvik The University Centre in Svalbard Student Frederik Brogaard The University Centre in Svalbard Student 2026-04-28 eng The dataset contains species and phylum presence in different points and zones on the beach, the pier and the floating pontoons in Ny-Ålesund. At Ponton location 1 to 5 and “Pier NE”, there were fish traps for collection of samples.For the floating pontoon, we have the locations, “pontoon 1” and “pontoon zone”. Here we collected organisms by hand and with the help of a scraper to get them off the pontoon.Then there were collected organisms from three different beaches around Ny-Ålesund, “beach marine lab side”, “beach glazier side” and “beach Amundsen tower”. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html CC-BY-4.0 Samples were collected in the Ny-Ålesund harbour area and on the beach by the Amundsen tower 11.92988 11.96398 78.92862 78.91943 phylum Chordata phylum Mollusca phylum Chlorophyta phylum Arthropoda phylum Rhodophyta phylum Ochrophyta phylum Annelida phylum Nemertea phylum Chrodata phylum Bryooa phylum Ctenophora phylum Cnidaria phylum Bryozoa phylum Echinodermata notPlanned Arunima Sen The University Centre in Svalbard Associate Professor arunimas@unis.no Fredrik Broms The University Centre in Svalbard fredrik.broms@gmail.com Read Sampling description Read Sampling description Materials: aquatic weed rake, fish traps with charr bait, underwater binoculars, and survival suits. Methods: Different points and zones were put up on the beach, the pier, and the floating pontoons in Ny-Ålesund. At Pontoon location 1 to 5 and “Pier NE”, there were fish traps that stood out for around 24 hours. Location 1 to 3 was only set out once, while traps at locations 4, 5, and “Harbor NE” were set out twice. For the floating pontoon, we have the locations, “pontoon 1” and “pontoon zone”. Here, we collected organisms by hand and with a scraper to remove them from the pontoon. There were also collected organisms from three different beaches around Ny-Ålesund, “beach marine lab side”, “beach glazier side”, and “beach Amundsen tower”. The site “beach marine lab side” was collected twice, while the others were collected only once. Here, species were collected using an aquatic weed rake, visual observations with underwater binoculars, and hand collection. For the sampling location called “NYÅ harbour”, organisms were collected from the inside of the pier. The same sampling method was used as from the beach locations. Arunima Sen 2026-04-28T12:29:14.563+00:00 dataset