Published September 2, 2024 | Version v1
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Synthetic Pelagic Biomass Size Spectra of the Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic - biovolume and carbon biomass data

Description

Synthetic Pelagic Biomass Size Spectra of the Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic

Normalized size spectra data are presented for (a) biovolume and (b) for carbon contents for the following ecosystem components: Phytoplankton, zooplankton and micronekton

Dataset Biovolume_NBSS contains the following variables, three heading lines

COLUMN

HEADER

DESCRIPTION

1

ConsecutiveNumber

Control number

2

Cruise

Cruise name

3

Reference

Cruise/data record reference

4

CruiseID

ID

5

StationID

ID

6

Net_index

ID, opt.

7

Date

YYYY-MM-DD

8

Longitude

Position, decimal  degrees

9

Latitude

Position, decimal degrees

10

Target organisms

Phytoplankton

Zooplankton

Detritus + zooplankton (only for UVP)

Mesopelagic fishes

invMicronekton – invertebrate micronekton only

totMicronekton – mesopelagic fishes + invertebrate Micronekton

11

Gear

Gear applied

12

Operation mode

Gear operation mode

13

Catching Depth max [m]

Catching depth maximum

14

Catching Depth min [m]

Catching depth minimum

15

Biomass determination

Biomass Determination method

16

Contact Person

Contact person

17

Day/night

Sampling time

18

Region

Region affiliation

19-74

mm3 m-3 mm-3

Biovolume data normalized, additionally with reference to "Size class interval (mm-mm]" and "log mm3/individual"

 

 

Dataset Carbon_NBSS contains the following variables, three heading lines

COLUMN

HEADER

DESCRIPTION

1

ConsecutiveNumber

Control number

2

Cruise

Cruise name

3

Reference

Cruise/data record reference

4

CruiseID

ID

5

StationID

ID

6

Net_index

ID, opt.

7

Date

YYYY-MM-DD

8

Longitude

Position, decimal  degrees

9

Latitude

Position, decimal degrees

10

target organisms

Phytoplankton

Zooplankton

Mesopelagic fishes

invMicronekton – invertebrate micronekton only

totMicronekton – mesopelagic fishes + invertebrate Micronekton

11

Gear

Gear applied

12

Operation mode

Gear operation mode

13

Catching Depth max [m]

Catching depth maximum

14

Catching Depth min [m]

Catching depth minimum

15

Biomass determination

Biomass Determination method

16

Contact Person

Contact person

17

filtered volume [m3]

 

18

Day/night

Sampling time

19

SST (C)

In situ SST

20

Temperature (C)

In situ temperature

21

Salinity

In situ salinity (PSU)

22

Oxygen (umol/kg)

In situ oxygen (µmol/kg)

23

Region

Region affiliation

24-79

gC m-3 g-1C

Carbon biomass data normalized, additionally with reference to " Size class number" and "

Exponent"

 

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Additional details

Funding

European Commission
TRIATLAS - Tropical and South Atlantic climate-based marine ecosystem predictions for sustainable management 817578