A trait collection of marine fish species from North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific continental shelf seas ...

This dataset containing traits of marine fish is based on fish taxa observed during international scientific bottom-trawl surveys regularly conducted in the Northeast Atlantic, Northwest Atlantic and the Northeast Pacific. These scientific surveys target primarily demersal (bottom-dwelling) fish spe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Beukhof, Esther, Dencker, Tim S, Palomares, M L D, Maureaud, Aurore
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2019
Subjects:
bottom trawl survey
continental shelf seas
fish
functional diversity
traits
North Atlantic
Northeast Atlantic
Northwest Atlantic
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.900866
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.900866
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Summary:This dataset containing traits of marine fish is based on fish taxa observed during international scientific bottom-trawl surveys regularly conducted in the Northeast Atlantic, Northwest Atlantic and the Northeast Pacific. These scientific surveys target primarily demersal (bottom-dwelling) fish species, but pelagic species are also regularly recorded. The overarching aim of this dataset was to collect information on ecological traits for as many fish taxa as possible and to find area-specific trait values in order to account for intraspecific variation in traits, especially for widely distributed species. We collected traits for species, genera and families. The majority of trait values were sourced from FishBase (Froese and Pauly, 2019), and have been supplemented with values from primary literature. ...

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