Lipid content and stable isotopes of zooplankton during five winters around the northern Antarctic Peninsula

Walsh, Jennifer; Reiss, Christian

doi:10.1038/s41597-020-00722-9

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Lipid content and stable isotopes of zooplankton during five winters around the northern Antarctic Peninsula

2020
By Walsh, Jennifer ; Reiss, Christian

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Scientific Data
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Walsh, Jennifer ; Reiss, Christian
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center)
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The Southern Ocean zooplankton community is diverse, yet most species are understudied, especially with respect to their overwinter feeding ecologies. Here we present body condition and trophic biomarker data (lipid content and stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen) from 19 zooplankton species collected over five consecutive winters (August and September 2012–2016) around the northern Antarctic Peninsula. We report environmental data (percent sea-ice cover, sea-ice type, water temperature, salinity, and integrated chl-a) as well as species abundance data at each sampling location to provide additional context for interpreting the lipid and stable isotope data. For most species, these are the first winter measurements or time series of body condition, trophic position, and abundance in relation to environmental variables. These data are critical for evaluating changes in ecosystem structure and predator-prey relationships in a region of Antarctica that is warming faster than most other areas on Earth as a result of climate change.
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Scientific Data, 7(1)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00722-9
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2052-4463
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Journal Article
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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CC BY
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