Sarmiento-Lezcano, Airam Nauzet; Escobar, Laura; Leonardi, Giorgio; Martínez-Leiva, Lorena; Larrumbide-Zúñiga, Nicolás; Couret, María; Sánchez-Díez de la Lastra, Antonio; Hernández-León, Santiago: Abundance and biomass vertical distribution of mesopelagic fishes across the Cape Verde Frontal Zone during summer 2017 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.983713 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
This dataset contains values of numerical abundance and biomass of mesopelagic fish collected during the cruise FLUXES I from 12th of July to the 9th of August 2017, across the Cape Verde Frontal Zone (CVFZ), located in the Central Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Fish were sampled using multi-sampler for collecting samples from 7 different depth layers, and the Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS-1 m²) zooplankton net (Wiebe et al., 1985, doi:10.1007/BF00397811) with a 0.2 mm mesh size and with several nets for collecting samples from 8 different depth layers. Collected specimens MOCNESS-1 samples were preserved in 5% buffered formalin, and specimens were sorted out later. The collected specimens were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level and measured in the laboratory (Standard lengths, SL; 0.1 mm). The wet weight (WW, 0.1 mg) was measured at the land-based laboratory with an electrical balance (COBOS, AUW 220D ± 0.01 g), and eviscerated dry weight (eDW, 0.1 mg) were obtained from SL using relationships between SL and WW or eDW obtained from the literature (López-Pérez et al., 2020, doi:10.1111/jfb.14307). Abundance and biomass are given by layer.
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Sarmiento Lezcano, Airam Nauzet; Escobar, Laura; Leonardi, Giorgio; Martínez-Leiva, Lorena; Larrumbide-Zúñiga, Nicolás; Couret, María; Sánchez-Díez de la Lastra, Antonio; Hernández-León, Santiago (in review): Mesopelagic Fish Assemblages and Vertical Distribution in the Central Eastern Atlantic: Unraveling Patterns, Drivers, and Ecological Roles in the Deep-Sea.
References:
López-Pérez, Cristina; Olivar, M Pilar; Hulley, Percy A; Tuset, Victor M (2020): Length–weight relationships of mesopelagic fishes from the equatorial and tropical Atlantic waters: influence of environment and body shape. Journal of Fish Biology, 96(6), 1388-1398, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14307
Wiebe, Peter H; Morton, A W; Bradley, A M; Backus, R H; Craddock, J E; Barber, V; Cowles, Timothy; Flierl, Glenn R (1985): New developments in the MOCNESS, an apparatus for sampling zooplankton and micronekton. Marine Biology, 87, 313-323, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00397811
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Funding:
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICINN), grant/award no. CTM2015-69392-C3: Constraining organic carbon fluxes in an eastern boundary upwelling ecosystem (NW Africa): the role of non-sinking carbon in the context of the biological pump
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICINN), grant/award no. PID2020-118118RB-100: DisEntangling Seasonality of Active Carbon Flux In The Ocean (DESAFIO)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 20.267778 * Median Longitude: -22.661829 * South-bound Latitude: 17.501111 * West-bound Longitude: -26.028056 * North-bound Latitude: 23.009167 * East-bound Longitude: -18.571667
Date/Time Start: 2017-07-16T04:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-03-01T07:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 25 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 1000 m
Event(s):
FLUXES_I_4D * Latitude: 23.004167 * Longitude: -19.309167 * Date/Time Start: 2017-07-16T15:30:00 * Date/Time End: 2017-07-16T18:30:00 * Location: Northeast Atlantic * Campaign: FLUXES_I (CTM2015-69392-C3) * Basis: Sarmiento de Gamboa * Method/Device: MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm (MOC1)
FLUXES_I_4N * Latitude: 23.009167 * Longitude: -19.315833 * Date/Time Start: 2017-07-16T04:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2017-07-16T07:00:00 * Location: Northeast Atlantic * Campaign: FLUXES_I (CTM2015-69392-C3) * Basis: Sarmiento de Gamboa * Method/Device: MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm (MOC1)
FLUXES_I_12D * Latitude: 23.001111 * Longitude: -26.004167 * Date/Time Start: 2017-07-20T15:30:00 * Date/Time End: 2017-07-20T18:30:00 * Location: Northeast Atlantic * Campaign: FLUXES_I (CTM2015-69392-C3) * Basis: Sarmiento de Gamboa * Method/Device: MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm (MOC1)
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
11546 data points
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