Gulf of Alaska Portfolio Effects: Groundfish Functional Diversity Traits

This data package consists of functional trait data for the 53 groundfish species most commonly encountered in National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (NOAA ASFC) bottom trawls from 1984-2015. These data are used in the analysis of functional diversity in a forthcoming manuscript. This work was conducted by the Groundfish sub-group of the Gulf of Alaska Portfolio Effects working group. The working group's goal is to assess how diversity may have buffered against the effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill as well as other perturbations.