Dataset: Lobate ctenophore in situ swimming velocities and morphometrics sampled off of Woods Hole, Massachusetts and the Kona coast of Hawaii, USA from 2019 to 2022

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.895989.1Version 1 (2023-05-18)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Lead Principal Investigator, Contact: Kelly Rakow Sutherland (University of Oregon)

Principal Investigator: Sean Colin (Roger Williams University)

Principal Investigator: John H. Costello (Providence College)

Principal Investigator: Brad J. Gemmell (University of South Florida)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Taylor Heyl (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Collaborative Research: Quantifying the trophic roles of epipelagic ctenophores (Ocean Ctenos)

Abstract

This dataset includes morphological and swimming data of lobate ctenophores swimming in the field. The data were collected by SCUBA divers using videography off of Woods Hole, Massachusetts (41°30'48.14"N, 70°41'36.56"W) and the Kona coast of Hawaii (19°34'55.24"N, 156°12'56.60"W) from 2019 to 2022. The videos were collected at various dates and locations depending on the lobate species.

Cite Dataset

Data were collected using SCUBA diving techniques off Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA (41° 31' 36.7" N 70° 40' 30.6"W) and off the Kona coast of Hawaii, USA (19° 40' 10.5" N 156° 02' 46.4" W). Morphometric and behavioral data were collected using recordings from custom video underwater video/imaging systems of animals in their natural environment using SCUBA techniques. Morphometric parameters were quantified by recording undisturbed individuals in the water column using high-resolution 4K video cameras (Sony AX100) with brightfield collimated-light optical systems (Townsend et al. 2020). From the video, we measured the total length, the lobe length, the lobe width, and opening width. In situ swimming speed was quantified from the videos by measuring the speed relative to ambient particles near the ctenophore. Only particles that were in the plane with the ctenophore and passed between or adjacent to the lobes were selected.

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Sutherland, K. R., Heimbichner Goebel, W., Colin, S., Costello, J. H., Gemmell, B. J. (2024) Pleurobrachia bachei morphology and swimming parameters from samples collected at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Coos Bay, Charleston, OR, in July 2018. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-04-28 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.894939.1

Related Publications

Results
Cordeiro, M., Costello, J. H., Gemmell, B. J., Sutherland, K. R., & Colin, S. P. (2022). Oceanic lobate ctenophores possess feeding mechanics similar to the impactful coastal species Mnemiopsis leidyi. Limnology and Oceanography, 67(12), 2706–2717. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12232
Methods
Townsend, J. P., Tassia, M. G., Damian-Serrano, A., Whelan, N. V., Halanych, K. M., & Sweeney, A. M. (2020). A mesopelagic ctenophore representing a new family, with notes on family-level taxonomy in Ctenophora: Vampyroctena delmarvensis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Vampyroctenidae, fam. nov.). Marine Biodiversity, 50(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01049-9

Colin, S., Sutherland, K. R., Costello, J. H., Gemmell, B. J. (2024) Lobate ctenophore in situ swimming velocities and morphometrics sampled off of Woods Hole, Massachusetts and the Kona coast of Hawaii, USA from 2019 to 2022. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-05-18 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.895989.1 [access date]

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