Conventional stomachs contents data for mesopelagic fish collected from the Scotia Sea between 2004-2009

• Main Authors: Collins, Martin, Shreeve, Rachael, Stowasser, Gabriele, Foster, Emma, Saunders, Ryan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation 2020
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS","FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION","ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES","FISH"; "EARTH SCIENCE","OCEANS","MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING"; Mesopelagic fish; Myctophidae; Scotia Sea; diet data; food web; trophodynamics; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Austral; South Orkney Islands; Saunders; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/1f70d2a9-b0d7-4403-bcb9-2cd884222a9c; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01235

This dataset comprises conventional stomachs contents data for the biomass-dominant species of mesopelagic fish, particularly myctophid fish (Family Myctophidae) in the Scotia Sea. The data were collected by depth-discrete RMT25 net trawls deployed between 0-1000 m between the Antarctic Polar Front...