Prosome length as well as carbon and nitrogen content of Calanus finmarchicus from the North Atlantic collected during Maria S. Merian cruise MSM26 in spring 2013 ...

• Main Authors: Schmithüsen, Tosia, Niehoff, Barbara, Auel, Holger
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2014
• Subjects: Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Date/Time of event; Sample ID; Taxon/taxa; Uniform resource locator/link to reference; Life stage; Individual dry mass; Prosome, length; Carbon content per individual; Nitrogen content per individual; Double opening/closing plankton net; Weighted; Measured; Element analyser CNS, EURO EA; MSM26; Maria S. Merian; Basin Scale Analysis, Synthesis and Integration EURO-BASIN; Calanus finmarchicus; North Atlantic; Copepods
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.835178; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.835178

The prosome length of copepods from each station was measured on board with a dissecting microscope equipped with an ocular micrometer. Individuals were placed in pre-weighed tin caps and dried for 48 h at 60°C on board. Dry samples were transferred to the AWI and weighed again. Copepod dry mass was then calculated as the difference between the empty weight and the weight of the tin cap containing one individual. The content of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) then was analysed with a CN-analyser (EuroEA Element Analyser, Hekatech) with acetanilide as standard. ...