Dataset: Particle size, volume, and converted biomass from the gut contents of salps imaged via scanning electron microscopy on the "SalpPOOP" cruise on R/V Tangaroa during October and November 2018

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.880927.1Version 1 (2023-05-10)Dataset Type:Cruise Results

Principal Investigator: Christian Fender (Florida State University)

Co-Principal Investigator: Moira Decima (University of California-San Diego Scripps)

Co-Principal Investigator: Michael R. Stukel (Florida State University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Collaborative Research: Quantifying trophic roles and food web ecology of salp blooms of the Chatham Rise (Salp Food Web Ecology)

Abstract

This dataset includes particle size, volume, and converted biomass from the gut contents of salps imaged via scanning electron microscopy on the "SalpPOOP" cruise on R/V Tangaroa during October and November 2018.

Cite Dataset

Note: A more condensed dataset containing the average abundance and biomass contribution of each particle size class is also available in the related dataset "Salp Gut Carbon Content" (https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/881172).

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Dataset: Salp Gut Carbon Content
Relationship Description: The companion dataset "Salp Gut Carbon Content" (881172) is derived from this dataset.
Fender, C., Decima, M., Stukel, M. (2023) Size-binned particle abundance and biovolume of the gut contents of salps imaged via scanning electron microscopy on the "SalpPOOP" cruise on R/V Tangaroa during October and November 2018. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-05-08 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.881172.1

Related Publications

Results
Fender, C. K., Décima, M., Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, A., Selph, K. E., Yingling, N., & Stukel, M. R. (2023). Prey size spectra and predator to prey size ratios of southern ocean salps. Marine Biology, 170(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04187-3
Methods
Ahmad Ishak, N. H., Clementson, L. A., Eriksen, R. S., van den Enden, R. L., Williams, G. D., & Swadling, K. M. (2017). Gut contents and isotopic profiles of Salpa fusiformis and Thalia democratica. Marine Biology, 164(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3174-1
Methods
Foxton, P. (1966). The distribution and life history of Salpa thompsoni Foxton with observations on a related species, Salpa gerlachei Foxton. Discovery Rep 34:1-116.
Methods
Jung, S. W., Joo, H. M., Park, J. S., & Lee, J. H. (2009). Development of a rapid and effective method for preparing delicate dinoflagellates for scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Applied Phycology, 22(3), 313–317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-009-9461-6
Methods
Lüskow, F., Pakhomov, E. A., Stukel, M. R., & Décima, M. (2020). Biology of Salpa thompsoni at the Chatham Rise, New Zealand: demography, growth, and diel vertical migration. Marine Biology, 167(12). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03775-x

Fender, C., Decima, M., Stukel, M. (2023) Particle size, volume, and converted biomass from the gut contents of salps imaged via scanning electron microscopy on the "SalpPOOP" cruise on R/V Tangaroa during October and November 2018. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-05-10 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.880927.1 [access date]

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