Data from: Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna
What are the greatest sizes that the largest marine megafauna obtain? This is a simple question with a difficult and complex answer. Many of the largest-sized species occur in the world���s oceans. For many of these, rarity, remoteness, and quite simply the logistics of measuring these giants has ma...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::799fcf3d3279c7646221db2b9d6a5718 2023-05-15T15:36:26+02:00 Data from: Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna Date from: Sizing ocean Giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna McClain, Craig R. Balk, Meghan A. Benfield, Mark C. Branch, Trevor A. Chen, Catherine Cosgrove, James Dove, Alistair D. M. Gaskins, Lindsay C. Helm, Rebecca Hochberg, Frederick G. Lee, Frank B. Marshall, Andrea McMurray, Steven E. Schanche, Caroline Stone, Shane N. Thaler, Andrew D. Helm, Rebecca R. 2020-06-29 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.411mv undefined unknown Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.411mv https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.411mv lic_creative-commons oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:86793 10.5061/dryad.411mv oai:services.nod.dans.knaw.nl:Products/dans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:86793 10|re3data_____::84e123776089ce3c7a33db98d9cd15a8 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 re3data_____::r3d100000044 10|eurocrisdris::fe4903425d9040f680d8610d9079ea14 10|re3data_____::94816e6421eeb072e7742ce6a9decc5f 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 10|opendoar____::8b6dd7db9af49e67306feb59a8bdc52c Life sciences medicine and health care Cetorhinus maximus Mirounga leonina Hexanchus griseus Body Size Architeuthis dux Dermochelys coriacea Manta birostris Marine Modern Physeter macrocephalus Allometry Mola mola megafauna Tridacna gigas Regalecus glesne Odobenus rosmarus Balaenoptera musculus Bathynomus giganteus Carcharodon carcharias Xestospongia muta Somniosus microcephalus Syrinx aruanus Enteroctopus dofleini Global Ocean relig envir Dataset https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/ 2020 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.411mv 2023-01-22T16:52:56Z What are the greatest sizes that the largest marine megafauna obtain? This is a simple question with a difficult and complex answer. Many of the largest-sized species occur in the world���s oceans. For many of these, rarity, remoteness, and quite simply the logistics of measuring these giants has made obtaining accurate size measurements difficult. Inaccurate reports of maximum sizes run rampant through the scientific literature and popular media. Moreover, how intraspecific variation in the body sizes of these animals relates to sex, population structure, the environment, and interactions with humans remains underappreciated. Here, we review and analyze body size for 25 ocean giants ranging across the animal kingdom. For each taxon we document body size for the largest known marine species of several clades. We also analyze intraspecific variation and identify the largest known individuals for each species. Where data allows, we analyze spatial and temporal intraspecific size variation. We also provide allometric scaling equations between different size measurements as resources to other researchers. In some cases, the lack of data prevents us from fully examining these topics and instead we specifically highlight these deficiencies and the barriers that exist for data collection. Overall, we found considerable variability in intraspecific size distributions from strongly left- to strongly right-skewed. We provide several allometric equations that allow for estimation of total lengths and weights from more easily obtained measurements. In several cases, we also quantify considerable geographic variation and decreases in size likely attributed to humans. Sizing Ocean Giants Data and ScriptsBalaenoptera musculus and Physeter macrocephalus data were provided by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). These data are not included in sizingoceangiants.zip, and must be obtained from IWC directly.sizingoceangiants.zip Dataset Balaenoptera musculus Cetorhinus maximus Mirounga leonina Odobenus rosmarus Physeter macrocephalus Somniosus microcephalus Unknown Giganteus ENVELOPE(62.500,62.500,-67.567,-67.567) |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Cetorhinus maximus Mirounga leonina Hexanchus griseus Body Size Architeuthis dux Dermochelys coriacea Manta birostris Marine Modern Physeter macrocephalus Allometry Mola mola megafauna Tridacna gigas Regalecus glesne Odobenus rosmarus Balaenoptera musculus Bathynomus giganteus Carcharodon carcharias Xestospongia muta Somniosus microcephalus Syrinx aruanus Enteroctopus dofleini Global Ocean relig envir |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Cetorhinus maximus Mirounga leonina Hexanchus griseus Body Size Architeuthis dux Dermochelys coriacea Manta birostris Marine Modern Physeter macrocephalus Allometry Mola mola megafauna Tridacna gigas Regalecus glesne Odobenus rosmarus Balaenoptera musculus Bathynomus giganteus Carcharodon carcharias Xestospongia muta Somniosus microcephalus Syrinx aruanus Enteroctopus dofleini Global Ocean relig envir McClain, Craig R. Balk, Meghan A. Benfield, Mark C. Branch, Trevor A. Chen, Catherine Cosgrove, James Dove, Alistair D. M. Gaskins, Lindsay C. Helm, Rebecca Hochberg, Frederick G. Lee, Frank B. Marshall, Andrea McMurray, Steven E. Schanche, Caroline Stone, Shane N. Thaler, Andrew D. Helm, Rebecca R. Data from: Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Cetorhinus maximus Mirounga leonina Hexanchus griseus Body Size Architeuthis dux Dermochelys coriacea Manta birostris Marine Modern Physeter macrocephalus Allometry Mola mola megafauna Tridacna gigas Regalecus glesne Odobenus rosmarus Balaenoptera musculus Bathynomus giganteus Carcharodon carcharias Xestospongia muta Somniosus microcephalus Syrinx aruanus Enteroctopus dofleini Global Ocean relig envir |
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What are the greatest sizes that the largest marine megafauna obtain? This is a simple question with a difficult and complex answer. Many of the largest-sized species occur in the world���s oceans. For many of these, rarity, remoteness, and quite simply the logistics of measuring these giants has made obtaining accurate size measurements difficult. Inaccurate reports of maximum sizes run rampant through the scientific literature and popular media. Moreover, how intraspecific variation in the body sizes of these animals relates to sex, population structure, the environment, and interactions with humans remains underappreciated. Here, we review and analyze body size for 25 ocean giants ranging across the animal kingdom. For each taxon we document body size for the largest known marine species of several clades. We also analyze intraspecific variation and identify the largest known individuals for each species. Where data allows, we analyze spatial and temporal intraspecific size variation. We also provide allometric scaling equations between different size measurements as resources to other researchers. In some cases, the lack of data prevents us from fully examining these topics and instead we specifically highlight these deficiencies and the barriers that exist for data collection. Overall, we found considerable variability in intraspecific size distributions from strongly left- to strongly right-skewed. We provide several allometric equations that allow for estimation of total lengths and weights from more easily obtained measurements. In several cases, we also quantify considerable geographic variation and decreases in size likely attributed to humans. Sizing Ocean Giants Data and ScriptsBalaenoptera musculus and Physeter macrocephalus data were provided by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). These data are not included in sizingoceangiants.zip, and must be obtained from IWC directly.sizingoceangiants.zip |
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McClain, Craig R. Balk, Meghan A. Benfield, Mark C. Branch, Trevor A. Chen, Catherine Cosgrove, James Dove, Alistair D. M. Gaskins, Lindsay C. Helm, Rebecca Hochberg, Frederick G. Lee, Frank B. Marshall, Andrea McMurray, Steven E. Schanche, Caroline Stone, Shane N. Thaler, Andrew D. Helm, Rebecca R. |
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McClain, Craig R. Balk, Meghan A. Benfield, Mark C. Branch, Trevor A. Chen, Catherine Cosgrove, James Dove, Alistair D. M. Gaskins, Lindsay C. Helm, Rebecca Hochberg, Frederick G. Lee, Frank B. Marshall, Andrea McMurray, Steven E. Schanche, Caroline Stone, Shane N. Thaler, Andrew D. Helm, Rebecca R. |
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Data from: Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna |
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Data from: Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna |
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Data from: Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna |
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Data from: Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna |
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data from: sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna |
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