Olivar, M Pilar; Contreras, Tabit; Hulley, P Alexander; López, Cristina; Tuset, Victor M; Castellón, Arturo (2021): Abundance of early stages of mesopelagic fish through the water column and diel patterns in the tropical and equatorial Atlantic [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928080
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Abstract:
This file contains data on numerical abundance of early stages of fishes collected in April 2015 across the tropical and equatorial Atlantic. Eleven stations were sampled both day and night, from the oligotrophic region close to the Brazilian coast to the more productive region off the western African coast. Samples were obtained by means of a Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (Wiebe et al., 1985), MOCNESS-1 m2 net, from 800 m to the surface, discriminating 8 layers of the water column. Samples were fixed on board and stored in 5% buffered formalin and seawater for later sorting and identification in the laboratory. These data were obtained within the project: "Migrants and Active Flux In the Atlantic Ocean, financed by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CTM2012-39587-C04.
Related to:
Olivar, M Pilar; Contreras, Tabit; Hulley, P Alexander; Emelianov, Mikhail; López-Pérez, Cristina; Tuset, Victor M; Castellón, Arturo (2018): Variation in the diel vertical distributions of larvae and transforming stages of oceanic fishes across the tropical and equatorial Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography, 160, 83-100, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.12.005
Olivar, M Pilar; Hulley, P Alexander; Castellón, Arturo; López, Cristina; Tuset, Victor M; Contreras, Tabit (2021): Abundance of mesopelagic fish through the water column and diel patterns in the tropical and equatorial Atlantic. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927991
Further details:
Fahay, Michael P (2007): Early stages of fishes in the western North Atlantic Ocean (Davis Strait, southern Greenland and Flemish Cap to Cape Hatteras). Volume 1: Acipenseriformes through Syngnathiformes. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes through Tetraodontiformes. Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1696 pp.
Hernández-León, Santiago; UTM-CSIC (2018): MAFIA Cruise, RV Hespérides. UTM-CSIC, https://doi.org/10.20351/29HE20150403
Moser, H Geoffrey (1996): The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 33, 1505 pp.
Moser, H Geoffrey; Ahlstrom, Elbert H (1974): Role of larval stages in systematic investigations of marine teleosts: the Myctophidae, a case study. Fishery Bulletin, 72(2), 391-413
Olivar, M Pilar; Fortuño Alós, José Manuel (1991): Guide to ichthyoplankton of the southeast Atlantic (Benguela Current region). Scientia Marina, 55(1), 1-383
Richards, W J (2005): Early stages of Atlantic fishes. An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 1312 pp., https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203500217
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Project(s):
Funding:
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), grant/award no. CTM2012-39587-C04: Migrants and Active Flux In the Atlantic Ocean
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 7.447348 * Median Longitude: -24.259300 * South-bound Latitude: -10.081300 * West-bound Longitude: -31.885100 * North-bound Latitude: 25.346400 * East-bound Longitude: -17.420600
Date/Time Start: 2015-04-07T14:05:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-04-28T02:34:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 810 m
Event(s):
MAFIA_MOC_2D * Latitude Start: -9.975500 * Longitude Start: -31.826800 * Latitude End: -9.942100 * Longitude End: -31.789700 * Date/Time Start: 2015-04-07T14:05:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-04-07T15:10:00 * Elevation: -5199.0 m * Mesh size: 0.2 mm * Location: Central Atlantic * Campaign: MAFIA * Basis: Hespérides * Method/Device: MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm (MOC1)
MAFIA_MOC_2N * Latitude Start: -10.081300 * Longitude Start: -31.885100 * Latitude End: -10.039400 * Longitude End: -31.857100 * Date/Time Start: 2015-04-08T03:38:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-04-08T04:56:00 * Elevation: -3930.0 m * Mesh size: 0.2 mm * Location: Central Atlantic * Campaign: MAFIA * Basis: Hespérides * Method/Device: MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm (MOC1)
MAFIA_MOC_3D * Latitude Start: -6.505100 * Longitude Start: -30.052100 * Latitude End: -6.544300 * Longitude End: -30.106700 * Date/Time Start: 2015-04-09T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-04-09T17:35:00 * Elevation: -5061.0 m * Mesh size: 0.2 mm * Location: Central Atlantic * Campaign: MAFIA * Basis: Hespérides * Method/Device: MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm (MOC1)
Comment:
When specimens were damaged and identification could not be made with absolute certainty, a “?” was included in front of the species name.
Specimens of Diaphus that could not be identified to species level, were ascribed to one of the two basic morphotypes described by Moser and Ahlstrom (1974): The slender morphotype, “Diaphus sp. SM” (slender body, small head, and persistent series of melanophores on the ventral tail), which develop a suborbital photophore as adults, and the deep morphotype, “Diaphus sp. DM” (with a thick body, bulbous head, and one melanophore on the ventral tail), that do not develop a suborbital photophore as adults.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Olivar, M Pilar | |||
| 2 | Identification | ID | Olivar, M Pilar | haul | ||
| 3 | Date/time start | Date/time start | Olivar, M Pilar | |||
| 4 | Date/time end | Date/time end | Olivar, M Pilar | |||
| 5 | Latitude of event | Latitude | Olivar, M Pilar | |||
| 6 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Olivar, M Pilar | |||
| 7 | Latitude of event 2 | Latitude 2 | Olivar, M Pilar | |||
| 8 | Longitude of event 2 | Longitude 2 | Olivar, M Pilar | |||
| 9 | Code | Code | Olivar, M Pilar | haul layer | ||
| 10 | Light mode | L mode | Olivar, M Pilar | |||
| 11 | Depth, bathymetric | Bathy depth | m | Olivar, M Pilar | ||
| 12 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | Olivar, M Pilar | Geocode – min | |
| 13 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | Olivar, M Pilar | Geocode – max | |
| 14 | Towing speed | Towing speed | kn | Olivar, M Pilar | ||
| 15 | Net, mouth area, effective | Net mouth area eff | m2 | Olivar, M Pilar | ||
| 16 | Water volume, filtered | Vol filtered | m3 | Olivar, M Pilar | Calculated | |
| 17 | Life stage | Life stage | Olivar, M Pilar | Visual identification (VID) | ||
| 18 | Order | Order | Olivar, M Pilar | Visual identification (VID) | ||
| 19 | Family | Family | Olivar, M Pilar | Visual identification (VID) | ||
| 20 | Taxon/taxa | Taxa | Olivar, M Pilar | Visual identification (VID) | ||
| 21 | Number of individuals | Ind No | # | Olivar, M Pilar | Counting, visual | |
| 22 | Comment | Comment | Olivar, M Pilar |
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