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Natural abundance of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, and lipid compositi...
This dataset contains the values of natural abundance of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in bulk tissues, carbon values in total lipid extracts and lipid fractions, nitrogen... -
Net sampling to assess the cephalopod biodiversity of Cabo Verde
Net catches of cephalopods were obtained during the cruises POS320/2 (March 2005), MSM49 (November/December 2015) and WH383 (March/April 2015) off Cabo Verde at a total of 18... -
Biological data of Japetella diaphana and Vampyroteuthis infernalis (size, we...
This dataset contains biological and capture data of the specimens used in the study.Information is related to several cruises that collected Vampyroteuthis infernalis and... -
Reproductive data of Electrona risso, Melamphaes polylepis and Scopelogadus m...
Knowledge on life history traits of mesopelagic fishes is still sparse. This dataset contains reproductive data of the myctophid Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829) and the... -
Energy density of deep pelagic fish and crustaceans sampled between 2002 and ...
The dataset contains 361 records of energy density values measured on (eviscerated) whole bodies of meso- to bathypelagic fish (49 species), decapods (4 species) and euphausiids... -
Biochemical components and energy content of the pelagic tunicate Salpa thomp...
The pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni is a widespread cold-water metazoan and a major grazer of phyto- and microzooplankton in the Southern Ocean. Long-term time series and... -
Lipid class composition of mesopelagic fish from the North Atlantic Ocean and...
Mesopelagic fish collected during 3 field campaigns in 2020 were analysed for their lipid content. The sampling was conducted on 5 main locations; 2 stations in the Western... -
Elemental composition and residual water content of seven thaliacean (salps a...
Ecosystem models often use wet weights to parameterise biota disregarding their water content. This may be especially erroneous for gelatinous plankton, such as salps and... -
Elemental composition of deep pelagic fish and crustaceans sampled between 20...
The dataset contains 108 records of major and trace element concentrations measured on (eviscerated) whole bodies of meso- to bathypelagic fish (19 species), decapods (4... -
Abundance of mesopelagic fish collected at different layers of the water colu...
This file contains data on number of mesopelagic fish collected during the CSIC-SUMMER survey carried out in October 2020 in five zones around the Iberian Peninsula: Balears and... -
Toxicological analysis of unsorted mesopelagic catch from in the Northeast At...
During three cruises in the Mid Atlantic Ridge area in 2016 and 2017, we collected samples of mesopelagic species down to a depth of 600 m and evaluated the presence of unwanted... -
Body mass-density of Cyclothone species from the SUMMER cruise in Northeast A...
This dataset contains the values of standard length, wet weight, and body mass-density of Cyclothone spp. measured during the SUMMER cruise (from 30th September to 18th October... -
Abundance, biomass and respiration data of fishes (Stomiiformes) from the BAT...
The values of carbon remineralisation were measured in juveniles/adults of 5 non-migratory bristlemouth fishes (Cyclothone spp.) and partial migrator (Argyropelecus hemigymnus)... -
Compilation of new estimations on trophic positions of marine biota from the ...
Oceanic food webs are organized in a continuum from microbial to metazoan linked by trophic interactions. Assessment of the position of organisms in the food web, i.e., their... -
Compilation of new data on stable nitrogen and carbon isotope ratios of marin...
Isotopic data are valuable to investigate species interactions and food web structure. This file compiles δ13C and δ15N values of various marine taxa; most of data correspond to... -
Abundance of mesopelagic decapods collected at different layers of the water ...
The dataset presents the number of mesopelagic Decapoda collected during the CSIC-SUMMER survey carried out in October 2010 in five zones around the Iberian Peninsula: south of... -
Compilation of stomach content data from temperate Atlantic and western Medit...
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... -
Natural abundance of stable isotopes in micronekton fish species from the BAT...
The values of natural abundance of stable isotopes were measured in 13 micronekton fish species sampled during the BATHYPELAGIC cruise (North Atlantic, June 2018). This dataset... -
Genetic support for the morphological identification of larvae of Myctophidae...
Mesopelagic fishes experience an extreme body transformation from larvae to adults. DNA barcoding has been useful in establishing phylogenetic relationships among mesopelagic... -
Abundance of cephalopods, decapods and gelatinous organisms through the water...
This file contains data on numerical abundance of micronekton organisms, mostly decapods, cephalopods, and cnidarians collected in winter (December 2009) and summer (July 2010)...