Stable C and N isotope data for cetacea collected in the Macaronesian region between 1996 and 2018 ...

• Main Authors: Bode, Antonio, Saavedra, Camilio, Álvarez-González, Miguel, Arregui, Marina, Arbelo, Manuel, Fernández, A, Freitas, Luís, Silva, Mónica A, Prieto, Rui, Azevedo, José M N, Giménez, Joan, Pierce, Graham J, Santos, M Begoña
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2022
• Subjects: Atlantic spotted dolphin; bottlenose dolphin; Bryde's whale; Carbon isotopes; common dolphin; Cuvier's beaked whale; fin whale; nitrogen isotopes; pygmy sperm whale; Risso's dolphin; short-finned pilot whale; sperm whale; Stable isotopes; striped dolphin; Event label; Sample ID; Species; Species code; Uniform resource locator/link to reference; Area/locality; Location; Year of observation; DATE/TIME; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; DEPTH, water; Sex; Length, total; Life stage; Lipids; Nitrogen, total; δ15N; Carbon, total; δ13C; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Alanine, δ15N; Glycine, δ15N; Threonine, δ15N; Serine, δ15N; Valine, δ15N; Leucine, δ15N; Isoleucine, δ15N; Proline, δ15N; Aspartamine and Aspartic acid, δ15N; Methionine, δ15N; Glutamine and Glutamic acid, δ15N; Phenylalanine, δ15N; Lysine, δ15N; Alanine; Glycine; Fin whale; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.943603; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.943603

This dataset provides the values of stable carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in bulk muscle samples of 11 species of cetacea from the Macaronesian regions (Canary, Madeira, and Azores Islands) collected between 1996 and 2018. The values of nitrogen stable isotopes in amino acids of muscle samples of the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) were also provided. The samples were collected from stranded animals by trained personnel. Cetacean samples were obtained from necropsies of stranded cetaceans following a standard protocol defined by the European Cetacean Society (after Kuiken and García Hartmann 1991). Additional data included body length, age (adult, juvenile) and sex for each animal, along with carbon, nitrogen, and lipid content of muscle samples. Isotope data for bulk samples included values for samples with and without lipids. Exact latitude and longitude coordinates for each sample are not available, geographical position of the center of a circle including each island is given instead. Samples ... : This research was supported by the Madeira Cetacean Stranding Network (RACAM) of the Machico Municipality, Madeira, Portugal. ...