Espinasse, Boris; Wootton, Marianne; Newton, Jason (2023): Observational carbon and nitrogen zooplankton stable isotope and environmental data in the North Atlantic Ocean from 2009-2018 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.950497
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Abstract:
Calanus (copepod) sampled by the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey (https://www.cprsurvey.org/) in the North Atlantic from 2009-2018 were analysed for stable carbon (d13C) and nitrogen (d15N) isotopes. The stable isotope analysis was done by the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC) as part of National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF). Samples were loaded into an Elementar (Hanau, Germany) Pyrocube elemental analyser, which converted carbon and nitrogen in the samples to carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen (N2) gases. δ13C and δ15N of evolved gases were measured on a Thermo-Fisher-Scientific (Bremen, Germany) Delta XP Plus isotope ratio mass spectrometer. The system was calibrated using laboratory standards and then independently checked for accuracy using USGS 40 glutamic acid reference material (Qi et al., 2003; Coplen et al., 2006). Measurement precision was assessed by running replicates of laboratory standards and resulted in a standard deviation (SD) consistently < 0.1‰ and 0.2‰ for δ13C and δ15N, respectively.This observational dataset was used together with environmental variables (sea surface temperature, mixed layer depth, chlorophyll a, wind speed) to develop Bayesian spatial models and to produce yearly and seasonal isoscapes (spatial modelling of stable isotope ratio) for 1998-2020 (Espinasse 2022).
Related to:
Espinasse, Boris (2023): Modelled carbon and nitrogen zooplankton stable isotope data in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1998-2020 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.950508
Espinasse, Boris; Sturbois, Anthony; Basedow, Sünnje Linnéa; Hélaouët, Pierre; Johns, David G; Newton, Jason; Trueman, Clive N (2022): Temporal dynamics in zooplankton δ13C and δ15N isoscapes for the North Atlantic Ocean: Decadal cycles, seasonality, and implications for predator ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 986082, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.986082
Source:
NOAA National Geophysical Data Center: ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model (2009). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Accessed in Nov 2021)
European Union-Copernicus Marine Service: Global Ocean OSTIA Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (2015). Mercator Ocean International, https://doi.org/10.48670/MOI-00165 (Accessed in Nov 2021)
European Union-Copernicus Marine Service: Global Ocean Physics Reanalysis (2018). Mercator Ocean International, https://doi.org/10.48670/MOI-00021 (Accessed in Nov 2021)
European Union-Copernicus Marine Service: Global Ocean Monthly Mean Sea Surface Wind and Stress from Scatterometer and Model (2020). Mercator Ocean International, https://doi.org/10.48670/MOI-00181 (Accessed in Nov 2021)
Amante, C; Eakins, B W (2009): ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis. NOAA Technical Memorandum NESDIS NGDC-24. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, https://doi.org/10.7289/V5C8276M (Accessed in Nov 2021)
References:
Coplen, Tyler B; Brand, Willi A; Gehre, Matthias; Gröning, Manfred; Meijer, Harro A J; Toman, Blaza; Verkouteren, R Michael (2006): New Guidelines for δ 13 C Measurements. Analytical Chemistry, 78(7), 2439-2441, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac052027c
Qi, Haiping; Coplen, Tyler B; Geilmann, Heike; Brand, Willi A; Böhlke, John Karl (2003): Two new organic reference materials for δ 13 C and δ 15 N measurements and a new value for the δ 13 C of NBS 22 oil. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 17(22), 2483-2487, https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1219
Funding:
European Commission (EC), grant/award no. 894296: ISOMOD - Modeling Prey Isocapes in the North Atlantic for Advancement in Predator Ecology
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 59.240235 * Median Longitude: -23.230577 * South-bound Latitude: 41.005000 * West-bound Longitude: -54.467000 * North-bound Latitude: 71.925000 * East-bound Longitude: 15.503000
Date/Time Start: 2009-02-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2018-09-23T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 7.0 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 9.0 m
Event(s):
CPR-survey_2009-2018 * Latitude Start: 49.398000 * Longitude Start: -49.260000 * Latitude End: 60.860000 * Longitude End: -4.090000 * Date/Time Start: 2009-02-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2018-09-23T00:00:00 * Location: North Atlantic * Method/Device: Plankton recorder, continous (CPR)
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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