Compilation of trophic positions of marine biota from the central and Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea

• Main Authors: Silva, Mónica A, Colaço, Ana, Olivar, M Pilar, Bernal, Ainhoa, Chouvelon, Tiphaine, Fonseca, Catarina T, Pérez-Jorge, Sergi
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2022
• Subjects: Analytical method; Azores_comp; Azores-Iberian_Peninsula_comp; Balearic_Sea_comp; Barents_Sea_comp; Bay_of_Biscay_comp; Bay_of_Malaga_comp; Bear_Seamount_comp; Canary_Islands_comp; Cape_Blanc_comp; Cape_Verde_comp; Catalonian_Sea_comp; Cephalopods; Class; Comment; Condor_comp; Crustacea; DEPTH; water; elasmobranchs; Equatorial_comp; Event label; Family; fish; France_comp; Gear; Gulf_of_Lions_comp; Iberian_Peninsula_comp; Institution; Investigator; Jellyfish; LATITUDE; Location; LONGITUDE; marine mammals; marine turtles; Mediterranean_comp; mesopelagic food web; Method comment; Month; Newfoundland_Labrador_comp; North_Sea_comp; North_Water_polynya_comp; Northeast_Atlantic_comp; Number of individuals; Ocean and sea region; Order; Organisms; Persistent Identifier; Phylum; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.945968; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945968

Fractional trophic levels (i.e., trophic positions) describe the position of organisms within food webs and help define their functional roles in ecosystems (Odum & Heald, 1975). Trophic positions are thus critical for characterizing species' diets and energy pathways, investigating food we...