Compilation of stomach content data from temperate Atlantic and western Mediterranean mesopelagic fishes captured during the CSIC-SUMMER survey in October 2020

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This file contains data on mesopelagic fish stomach content reported as the number of prey categories in each fish stomach and their carbon masses. These data come from samples collected around the Iberian Peninsula (sampled during the CSIC-SUMMER cruise in October 2020). 120 samples come from the western Mediterranean and 173 from the Atlantic. Overall 42 different prey taxa could be identified from the stomachs. Five zones around the Iberian Peninsula were studied: south of the Balearic Islands, Alboran Sea, Gulf of Cadiz, off Lisboa and off Galicia. The table contains 5785 prey data records from 293 stomachs of 29 species of mesopelagic fish. Each data record (row) corresponds to one prey item, therefore for each fish stomach there are as many records as number of prey in the stomach. The complete dataset presents predators (mesopelagic fish) identified to species level, and prey taxa identified to genus level when possible (42 prey taxa). The studied mesopelagic fish correspond to orders Stomiiformes and Myctophiphormes and were selected because they were the most common and abundant in the cruise. The most diverse group was Myctophidae, with 14 species. The Stomiiformes were represented by four families, of which 5 species were Gonostomatidae, 2 Phosichthyidae, 4 Sternoptychidae and 4 Stomiidae.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964013
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13050886
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947631
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1028717
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.964013
Provenance
Creator Bernal, Ainhoa ORCID logo; Olivar, M Pilar ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2023
Funding Reference Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 817806 https://doi.org/10.3030/817806 Sustainable management of mesopelagic resources
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 193793 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-9.498W, 35.889S, 2.574E, 42.032N); Sea off Lisbon, Atlantic Ocean; Alboran Sea; Balearic Sea, Mediterranean Sea; Western Mediterranean; Golf of Cadiz; Sea off Galicia, Atlantic Ocean
Temporal Coverage Begin 2020-10-01T10:58:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2020-10-19T20:09:03Z