Fernández de Puelles María Luz mluz.fernandez@ieo.csic.es Instituto Español de Oceanografía IEO https://ror.org/00f3x4340 Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Instituto Español de Oceanografia IEO-CSIC https://ror.org/00f3x4340 Sarmiento-Lezcano Airam Nauzet sarmientolez@gmail.com 0000-0003-0567-4189 Instituto Español de Oceanografía IEO https://ror.org/00f3x4340 Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) https://ror.org/01za2jq02 Hernández-León Santiago shernandezleon@ulpgc.es 0000-0002-3085-4969 Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ULPGC https://www.ulpgc.es https://ror.org/01teme464 2026 Mesozooplancton abundance from surface to mesopelagic zone during April 2015 in the tropical-subtropical Atlantic Ocean (MAFIA) dataset https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.992716 2026-03-03T06:31:35 This dataset contains values mesozooplankton abundance groups 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). Mesozooplankton 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 with the exception of Protozoa due to the mesh size used was not suitable to retrieve a representative sample (Boltovskoy, 1981). Most abundant mesozooplankton groups were studied and identified until dominant groups. All data were standardized to number of individuals (#/m³) by layer. Fernández de Puelles María Luz mluz.fernandez@ieo.csic.es Gazá Magdalena Santandreu Mar Hernández-León Santiago shernandezleon@ulpgc.es 0000-0002-3085-4969 2023 Diel vertical migration of copepods in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean journal article Progress in Oceanography 219 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103147 103147 Boltovskoy Demetrio ubacyt@rec.uba.ar 0000-0003-3484-2954 1981 Atlas del zooplankton del Atlántico Sudoccidental y métodos de trabajo con el zooplancton marino [in Spanish] In: Ed. D. Boltovskoy (Mar de la Plata, Argentina: INIDEP Publisher 933 -31.8851 -17.4206 -10.0813 25.3464 -24.259300000000007 7.447347727272729 2015-04-07T14:05:00 2015-04-28T02:34:00 -5208.0 -3038.0 vertical profile MAFIA Migrants and Active Flux In the Atlantic Ocean Faculty of Marine Sciences, University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria ULPGC http://www.ulpgc.es/ https://ror.org/01teme464 SUMMER Sustainable Management of Mesopelagic Resources Horizon 2020 H2020 https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 817578 Tropical and South Atlantic climate-based marine ecosystem predictions for sustainable management https://doi.org/10.3030/817578 Horizon 2020 H2020 https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 817806 Sustainable management of mesopelagic resources https://doi.org/10.3030/817806 Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities MICINN https://www.ciencia.gob.es https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 CTM2012-39587-C04 Migrants and Active Flux In the Atlantic Ocean Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities MICINN https://www.ciencia.gob.es https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 PID2020-118118RB-100 DisEntangling Seasonality of Active Carbon Flux In The Ocean (DESAFIO) MAFIA_MOC_2D -9.9755 -31.8268 Central Atlantic -5199.0 2015-04-07T14:05:00 -9.9421 -31.7897 2015-04-07T15:10:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_2N -10.0813 -31.8851 Central Atlantic -3930.0 2015-04-08T03:38:00 -10.0394 -31.8571 2015-04-08T04:56:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_3D -6.5051 -30.0521 Central Atlantic -5061.0 2015-04-09T16:00:00 -6.5443 -30.1067 2015-04-09T17:35:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_3N -6.4729 -30.4465 Central Atlantic -5208.0 2015-04-10T02:57:00 -6.4779 -30.3958 2015-04-10T04:01:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_4D -2.965 -28.4868 Central Atlantic -4984.0 2015-04-11T17:45:00 -3.0066 -28.4568 2015-04-11T19:15:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_4N -3.1863 -28.4362 Central Atlantic -5066.0 2015-04-12T04:30:00 -3.1201 -28.43 2015-04-12T05:55:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_5D 0.2643 -26.6397 Central Atlantic -3319.0 2015-04-13T17:00:00 0.2465 -26.6824 2015-04-13T18:35:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_5N 0.2433 -26.3931 Central Atlantic -3425.0 2015-04-14T03:24:00 0.2431 -26.3332 2015-04-14T05:08:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_6D 3.7185 -25.4126 Central Atlantic -4137.0 2015-04-15T17:36:00 3.7211 -25.3723 2015-04-15T18:50:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_6N 3.761 -25.2345 Central Atlantic -4150.0 2015-04-16T03:30:00 3.7513 -25.2584 2015-04-16T04:43:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_7D 7.2551 -23.9246 Central Atlantic -3949.0 2015-04-17T16:35:00 7.3108 -23.9205 2015-04-17T18:25:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_7N 7.1885 -23.967 Central Atlantic -4253.0 2015-04-18T02:10:00 7.2331 -23.9575 2015-04-18T03:45:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_8D 10.756 -22.6659 Central Atlantic -5114.0 2015-04-19T15:59:00 10.7888 -22.6619 2015-04-19T17:05:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_8N 10.8972 -22.6697 Central Atlantic -5091.0 2015-04-20T01:46:00 10.8582 -22.6897 2015-04-20T03:22:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_9D 14.4673 -21.3888 Central Atlantic -4247.0 2015-04-21T14:33:00 14.409 -21.3895 2015-04-21T16:14:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_9N 14.3361 -21.369 Central Atlantic -4325.0 2015-04-22T00:25:00 14.3659 -21.3609 2015-04-22T01:32:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_10D 18.0537 -20.1979 Central Atlantic -3182.0 2015-04-23T14:58:00 17.9983 -20.1914 2015-04-23T16:39:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_10N 18.1382 -20.201 Central Atlantic -3177.0 2015-04-24T02:18:00 18.166 -20.1905 2015-04-24T03:23:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_11D 21.6684 -18.7683 Central Atlantic -3225.0 2015-04-25T15:51:00 21.6417 -18.8192 2015-04-25T17:15:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_11N 21.6585 -18.8911 Central Atlantic -3038.0 2015-04-26T01:16:00 21.634 -18.8591 2015-04-26T02:30:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_12D 25.309 -17.4595 Central Atlantic -3128.0 2015-04-27T15:15:00 25.2675 -17.4206 2015-04-27T16:53:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 Bode, Antonio Bode, Antonio Hernández-León, Santiago Hernández-León, Santiago Hespérides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIO_Hesperides EBBW 8803563 MOCNESS opening/closing plankton net 1 sqm MOC1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCNESS 0.2 mm MAFIA_MOC_12N 25.3464 -17.4578 Central Atlantic -3167.0 2015-04-28T00:56:00 25.303 -17.492 2015-04-28T02:34:00 MAFIA MAFIA 2015-04-05T00:00:00 2015-04-05 2015-04-28T00:00:00 2015-04-28 Hespérides 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