Fernández de Puelles, María Luz; Sarmiento-Lezcano, Airam Nauzet; Hernández-León, Santiago (2026): Copepods abundance from surface to mesopelagic zone during April 2015 in the tropical-subtropical Atlantic Ocean (MAFIA) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.992713
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Published: 2026-03-03 • DOI registered: 2026-04-01
Abstract:
This dataset contains values of copepods abundance collected during the MAFIA cruise from 31st of March to the 29th of April 2015, from Salvador de Bahía (Brazil) to the Canary Islands (Spain). Species of copepods were sampled using the Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS-1 m²) zooplankton net with a 0.2 mm mesh size and with several nets for collecting samples from 8 different depth layers (0–100 m, separated in two layers depending on the physical-biological scenario, 100–200, 200–300, 300–400, 400–500, 500–600, and 600–800 m depth layers). Collected specimens MOCNESS-1 samples were preserved in 5% buffered formalin, and specimens were sorted out later. All individuals were counted and the dominant species of copepods and cladocerans were identified, whenever possible. All data were standardized to number of individuals (#/m³) by layer.
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Related to:
Fernández de Puelles, María Luz; Gazá, Magdalena; Santandreu, Mar; Hernández-León, Santiago (2023): Diel vertical migration of copepods in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean. Progress in Oceanography, 219, 103147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103147
Project(s):
Funding:
Horizon 2020 of the European Commission (H2020), grant/award no. 817578: Tropical and South Atlantic climate-based marine ecosystem predictions for sustainable management
Horizon 2020 of the European Commission (H2020), grant/award no. 817806: Sustainable management of mesopelagic resources
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICINN), grant/award no. CTM2012-39587-C04: Migrants and Active Flux In the Atlantic Ocean
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: 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 Elevation: -5208.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -3038.0 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)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | |||
| 2 | Cruise/expedition | Expedition | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | |||
| 3 | Station label | Station | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | |||
| 4 | Sample comment | Sample comment | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | |||
| 5 | Depth, water, top/minimum | Depth water top | m | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Estimated from net sonde. | |
| 6 | Depth, water, bottom/maximum | Depth water bot | m | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Estimated from net sonde. | |
| 7 | Polygonatum verticillatum | Pop.v | # | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Mean | |
| 8 | Volume | Vol | m3 | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Filter volume | |
| 9 | Day-Night comment | Day/Night | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Sampling during the day or nightime. | ||
| 10 | Taxon/taxa | Taxa | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Visual identification (VID) | Taxon/Taxa and comments | |
| 11 | Kingdom | Kingdom | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Visual identification (VID) | ||
| 12 | Phylum | Phylum | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Visual identification (VID) | ||
| 13 | Class | Class | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Visual identification (VID) | ||
| 14 | Order | Order | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Visual identification (VID) | ||
| 15 | Family | Family | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Visual identification (VID) | ||
| 16 | Genus | Genus | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Visual identification (VID) | ||
| 17 | Species | Species | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Visual identification (VID) | ||
| 18 | Taxon/taxa, unique identification | Taxa UID | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Reference in WoRMS (WoRMS) | ||
| 19 | Taxon/taxa, unique identification (Semantic URI) | Taxa UID (Semantic URI) | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Reference in WoRMS (WoRMS) | ||
| 20 | Taxon/taxa, unique identification (Semantic URI) | Taxa UID (Semantic URI) | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Reference in WoRMS (WoRMS) | ||
| 21 | Copepoda | Copepoda | #/m3 | Fernández de Puelles, María Luz | Standardized value |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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