Helenius, Laura K; Head, Erica J H; Jekielek, Phoebe; Orphanides, Christopher D; Pepin, Pierre; Perrin, Geneviève; Plourde, Stéphane; Ringuette, Marc; Runge, Jeffrey A; Walsh, Harvey Joseph; Johnson, Catherine L: Calanus spp. size and lipid content metrics in the Northwest Atlantic, 1977-2020 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.969553 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
Measurements of body size (prosome length), dry weight, and lipid content (oil sac area and volume) in wild-caught copepods were compiled from multiple studies conducted in the northwest Atlantic between 1977 and 2020, across all months of the year. The merged dataset includes data from >150 field missions and time series stations sampled by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and academic institutions, with spatial coverage from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, Nantucket Shoals, Scotian Shelf, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Labrador Sea, and the Newfoundland Shelf. The copepod species included in the data set are Calanus spp. (C. hyperboreus, C. glacialis, C. finmarchicus) and Metridia longa. Wild-collected copepods were sampled using a variety of plankton nets, as described in the metadata for each data point. This amalgamated historical dataset provides a large-scale perspective on copepod size and lipids across a large geographic and temporal range.
References:
Head, Erica J H; Melle, Webjørn; Pepin, Pierre; Bagøien, Espen; Broms, Cecilie (2013): On the ecology of Calanus finmarchicus in the Subarctic North Atlantic: A comparison of population dynamics and environmental conditions in areas of the Labrador Sea-Labrador/Newfoundland Shelf and Norwegian Sea Atlantic and Coastal Waters. Progress in Oceanography, 114, 46-63, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2013.05.004
Helenius, Laura K; Head, Erica J H; Jekielek, Phoebe; Orphanides, Christopher D; Pepin, Pierre; Perrin, Geneviève; Plourde, Stéphane; Ringuette, Marc; Runge, Jeffrey A; Walsh, Harvey Joseph; Johnson, Catherine L (2023): Spatial variability in size and lipid content of the marine copepod Calanus finmarchicus across the Northwest Atlantic continental shelves: implications for North Atlantic right whale prey quality. Journal of Plankton Research, 46(1), 25-40, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbad047 (Helenius et al. (2023b))
Helenius, Laura K; Head, Erica J H; Jekielek, Phoebe; Orphanides, Christopher D; Pepin, Pierre; Perrin, Geneviève; Plourde, Stéphane; Ringuette, Marc; Runge, Jeffrey A; Walsh, Harvey Joseph; Johnson, Catherine L (2023): Spatial variability of Calanus spp. size and lipid content in the northwest Atlantic -Compilation and brief summary of historical observations, 1977-2020. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19109.06884 (Helenius et al. (2023a))
Melle, Webjørn; Runge, Jeffrey A; Head, Erica J H; Plourde, Stéphane; Castellani, Claudia; Licandro, Priscilla; Pierson, James; Jónasdóttir, Sigrún Huld; Johnson, Catherine; Broms, Cecilie; Debes, Høgni; Falkenhaug, Tone; Gaard, Eilif; Gislason, Astthor; Heath, Michael R; Niehoff, Barbara; Nielsen, Torkel Gissel; Pepin, Pierre; Stenevik, Erling Kaare; Chust, Guillem (2014): The North Atlantic Ocean as habitat for Calanus finmarchicus: Environmental factors and life history traits. Progress in Oceanography, 129, 244-284, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.026
Pepin, Pierre; Head, Erica J H (2009): Seasonal and depth-dependent variations in the size and lipid contents of stage 5 copepodites of Calanus finmarchicus in the waters of the Newfoundland Shelf and the Labrador Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 56(6), 989-1002, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2009.01.005
Pepin, Pierre; Parrish, Christopher C; Head, Erica J H (2011): Late autumn condition of Calanus finmarchicus in the northwestern Atlantic: evidence of size-dependent differential feeding. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 423, 155-166, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08952
Runge, Jeffrey A; Ji, Rubao; Thompson, Cameron R S; Record, Nicholas R; Chen, Changsheng; Vandemark, Douglas C; Salisbury, Joseph E; Maps, Frédéric (2014): Persistence of Calanus finmarchicus in the western Gulf of Maine during recent extreme warming. Journal of Plankton Research, 37(1), 221-232, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbu098
Runge, Jeffrey A; Jones, Rebecca J (2012): Results of a collaborative project to observe coastal zooplankton and ichthyoplankton abundance and diversity in the western Gulf of Maine: 2003-2008. In: Stephenson, RL, Annala, JH, A, Runge, JA, Hall-Arber, M (eds.), Advancing an Ecosystem Approach in the Gulf of Maine, American Fisheries Society, Symposium, 345-360, https://doi.org/10.47886/9781934874301.ch24
Runge, Jeffrey A; Plourde, Stéphane; Joly, Pierre; Niehoff, Barbara; Durbin, Edward G (2006): Characteristics of egg production of the planktonic copepod, Calanus finmarchicus, on Georges Bank: 1994–1999. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 53(23-24), 2618-2631, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.08.010
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 48.296791 * Median Longitude: -63.287997 * South-bound Latitude: 40.450000 * West-bound Longitude: -70.333300 * North-bound Latitude: 60.573889 * East-bound Longitude: -43.000000
Date/Time Start: 1977-04-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-03-12T00:00:00
Minimum ELEVATION: -3672.0 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: -19.0 m a.s.l.
Event(s):
GoM_Cop (GoM) * Latitude Start: 43.880000 * Longitude Start: -69.580000 * Latitude End: 40.450000 * Longitude End: -68.468300 * Date/Time Start: 1977-04-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-03-12T00:00:00 * Location: Gulf of Maine * Method/Device: Net (NET)
Comment:
Funding received from:
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- Maine Department of Marine Resources
- U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
- University of New Hampshire Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis (COOA) Center
- NOAA Fisheries Northeast Regional Action Plan
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Optional event label | Event 2 | ||||
| 2 | Location of event | Location | ||||
| 3 | Number | No | Johnson, Catherine L | Numbering of original dataset according to Helenius et al. (2023a) | Number of original dataset (refer to source list in Helenius et al., 2023) | |
| 4 | Cruise/expedition | Expedition | Johnson, Catherine L | Cruise name/label | ||
| 5 | Category | Cat | Johnson, Catherine L | Additional data category label | ||
| 6 | Year of sampling | Year sampl | Johnson, Catherine L | Year of collection | ||
| 7 | Month | Month | Johnson, Catherine L | Month of collection | ||
| 8 | Day | Day | Johnson, Catherine L | Day of collection | ||
| 9 | Time of day | Time of day | Johnson, Catherine L | Time of collection (UTC) | ||
| 10 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Johnson, Catherine L | Geocode – Date/time of collection (if available) | ||
| 11 | Station label | Station | Johnson, Catherine L | Name of sampling station (if available) | ||
| 12 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Johnson, Catherine L | Geocode – Latitude of sampling station | ||
| 13 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Johnson, Catherine L | Geocode – Longitude of sampling station | ||
| 14 | ELEVATION | Elevation | m a.s.l. | Johnson, Catherine L | Geocode – Average bottom depth at sampling station | |
| 15 | Depth, water, bottom/maximum | Depth water bot | m | Johnson, Catherine L | Maximum depth of collection | |
| 16 | Depth, water, top/minimum | Depth water top | m | Johnson, Catherine L | Minimum depth of collection | |
| 17 | Gear | Gear | Johnson, Catherine L | Net (NET) | Net used for collection (diameter and mesh size if available) | |
| 18 | Species identification | Species ident | Johnson, Catherine L | Genus/species (Calanus sp., Cfin = C. finmarchicus, Cglac = C. glacialis, Chyp = C. hyperboreus, Cfin/glac = uncertain ID, possible C. finmarchicus or C. glacialis based on PL, Mlonga = Metridia longa, Metridia sp.) | ||
| 19 | Species, unique identification | Species UID | ||||
| 20 | Species, unique identification (URI) | Species UID (URI) | ||||
| 21 | Species, unique identification (Semantic URI) | Species UID (Semantic URI) | ||||
| 22 | Species, unique identification | Species UID | Uncertain ID (possible C. finmarchicus or C. glacialis based on PL) | |||
| 23 | Species, unique identification (URI) | Species UID (URI) | Uncertain ID (possible C. finmarchicus or C. glacialis based on PL) | |||
| 24 | Species, unique identification (Semantic URI) | Species UID (Semantic URI) | Uncertain ID (possible C. finmarchicus or C. glacialis based on PL) | |||
| 25 | Life stage | Life stage | Johnson, Catherine L | Copepodite stage (1-6, 6f = adult female, 6m = adult male) | ||
| 26 | Sex | Sex | Johnson, Catherine L | |||
| 27 | Preservation | Preserv | Johnson, Catherine L | Sample preservation (formalin, live), if available | ||
| 28 | Dry mass | Dry m | mg | Johnson, Catherine L | Balance | DW |
| 29 | Prosome, length | Pros l | mm | Johnson, Catherine L | Stereomicroscopy | PL |
| 30 | Prosome, height | Pros h | mm | Johnson, Catherine L | Stereomicroscopy | PH |
| 31 | Prosome, diameter | Pros diam | mm | Johnson, Catherine L | Stereomicroscopy | Prod d |
| 32 | Prosome, area | Pros a | mm2 | Johnson, Catherine L | Calculated | PA |
| 33 | Cephalosome, length | Cephalosome l | mm | Johnson, Catherine L | Stereomicroscopy | Ceph l |
| 34 | Metasome, length | Metasome l | mm | Johnson, Catherine L | Stereomicroscopy | Met l |
| 35 | Urosome length | Uros l | mm | Johnson, Catherine L | Stereomicroscopy | Uro l |
| 36 | Oil sac, length | Oil sac l | mm | Johnson, Catherine L | Stereomicroscopy | OSL |
| 37 | Oil sac, height | Oil sac h | mm | Johnson, Catherine L | Stereomicroscopy | OSH |
| 38 | Oil sac, area | Oil sac a | mm2 | Johnson, Catherine L | Calculated | OSA |
| 39 | Oil sac, volume | Oil sac vol | mm3 | Johnson, Catherine L | Calculated | OSV |
| 40 | Carbon | C | µg | Johnson, Catherine L | Elemental analyser | Carbon content |
| 41 | Carbon | C | % | Johnson, Catherine L | Calculated | Carbon content |
| 42 | Nitrogen | N | µg | Johnson, Catherine L | Elemental analyser | Nitrogen content |
| 43 | Nitrogen | N | % | Johnson, Catherine L | Calculated | Nitrogen content |
| 44 | Carbon/Nitrogen ratio | C/N | Johnson, Catherine L | Calculated | C/N ratio | |
| 45 | Reference/source | Reference | Johnson, Catherine L | Publications that have used these data partially or fully (on a dataset basis, except datapoint-specific for Helenius et al. 2023a) |
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Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
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