Lüskow, Florian; Bahl, Alexis A; Décima, Moira; Steinberg, Deborah K; Pakhomov, Evgeny A (2023): Elemental composition and organic content of the salp Soestia zonaria in the temperate Northeast Atlantic and the Southwest Pacific over the Chatham Rise [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.962753
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Abstract:
Although the oceanic widespread pelagic tunicate Soestia zonaria has been studied for more than a century, little ecological information exists. Soestia primarily occurs in tropical to warm-temperate regions. Soestia specimens were collected in 2008 and 2021 during two research expeditions (EXPORTS cruise to the Northeast Atlantic and TAN0806 over the Chatham Rise, New Zealand) using MOCNESS-1 net and large midwater trawl with maximum sampling depths of 1000 m. In total, 140 Soestia specimens (oral-atrial length: 7–54 mm) were analysed for biomass parameters (wet weight, dry weight, ash-free dry weight, water content, organic content) and stoichiometry (carbon and nitrogen content, carbon-to-nitrogen ratio).
Supplement to:
Lüskow, Florian; Bahl, Alexis A; Décima, Moira; Steinberg, Deborah K; Pakhomov, Evgeny A (2024): Reproductive biology, elemental composition and diel vertical migration of the cosmopolitan warm-temperate pelagic tunicate Soestia zonaria. Journal of Plankton Research, 46(1), 72-85, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbad053
References:
Larson, R J (1986): Water content, organic content, and carbon and nitrogen composition of medusae from the northeast Pacific. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 99(2), 107-120, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(86)90231-5
Lüskow, Florian; Galbraith, Moira D; Hunt, Brian P V; Perry, R Ian; Pakhomov, Evgeny A (2021): Gelatinous and soft-bodied zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean: Organic, elemental, and energy contents. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 665, 19-35, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13663
Funding:
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), grant/award no. RGPIN-2014-05107: Discovery grant
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 29.542713 * Median Longitude: -49.318926 * South-bound Latitude: -44.620300 * West-bound Longitude: 175.265700 * North-bound Latitude: 48.742200 * East-bound Longitude: -14.861900
Date/Time Start: 2008-05-25T03:25:00 * Date/Time End: 2021-05-26T21:18:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 758 m
Event(s):
EXPORTS_P6 * Latitude Start: 48.881390 * Longitude Start: -15.048890 * Latitude End: 48.899720 * Longitude End: -15.059170 * Date/Time Start: 2021-05-26T10:16:00 * Date/Time End: 2021-05-26T21:18:00 * Location: North Atlantic * Method/Device: MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm (MOC1)
TAN0806_12 * Latitude: -43.052830 * Longitude: 176.106500 * Date/Time: 2008-05-25T03:25:00 * Campaign: TAN0806 * Basis: Tangaroa * Method/Device: Midwater trawl (MWT)
TAN0806_40 * Latitude: -43.298170 * Longitude: 178.864670 * Date/Time: 2008-05-27T04:26:00 * Campaign: TAN0806 * Basis: Tangaroa * Method/Device: Midwater open and closing net system (MIDOC)
Comment:
This study was additionally supported by two PhD projects (International Doctoral Fellowship & University of British Columbia's Graduate Four-Year Fellowship), the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) under NIWA's Strategic Science Investement Fund Coasts and Oceans and the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Instruments used for:
* Freeze-drying: Edwards Modulyo Freeze Dryer (Oakville, Ontario, CA)
* Ashing: muffle furnace (SYBRON Thermolyne)
* Weighing: analytical balances (Mettler Toledo XP205, Sartorius BP 211 D), both used for all samples
* CN analysis: CN vario MICRO cube
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License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
3003 data points
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