Dataset on seston and zooplankton fatty-acid composition: coastal and offshore waters of the northern Baltic Sea
Description
We analyzed the fatty-acid (FA) composition of seston and zooplankton, at totally three coastal and offshore stations of the northern Baltic Sea. Samples were collected at the following locations • Station: A5 (65° 10’ N, 23° 14’ E, depth 90 m) • Station: B3 (63°30´ N, 19°49´ E, depth 25 m) • Station: C14 (62° 06’ N, 18° 33’ E, depth 85 m) As zooplankton taxa, we selected <i>Eurytemora affinis </i> ,<i>Acartia</i> sp. and Cladocerans. Plankton samples for FA analyses were collected under the framework of sampling campaigns of the Swedish National Marine Monitoring program in September 2017. The data are useful for researchers and environmental managers whose concerns are on the impacts of environmental stressors on the quality and health of food webs and fish production in marine ecosystems. Moreover, data can be re-used for meta-analysis, fatty-acid mixing models and other studies on environmental effects on plankton fatty acid composition. Similarly, data can be used in hindcast models that determine aquatic food web quality and studies on trophic transfer efficiency in aquatic systems.
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Steps to reproduce
The excel workbook contains two worksheets. Worksheet 1 (FA seston & zooplank.) consist of individual fatty acid data of seston and zooplankton. Worksheet 2 (Notes) indicate description of different fatty acids and related information.