FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI MesopTroph, a database of trophic parameters to study interactions in mesopelagic food webs BT AF Silva, Mónica A. Fonseca, Catarina T. Olivar, M. Pilar Bernal, Ainhoa Spitz, Jérôme Chouvelon, Tiphaine Jonasdottir, Sigrún Colaço, Ana Carmo, Vanda Sutton, Tracey Menezes, Gui Falkenhaug, Tone Bergstad, Odd Aksel Pérez-Jorge, Sergi AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:2;5:3,4;6:4,5;7:6;8:1;9:7;10:8;11:1;12:9;13:10;14:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-RBE-CCEM;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:; C1 Institute of Marine Sciences – OKEANOS & Institute of Marine Research – IMAR, University of the Azores, Rua Professor Doutor Frederico Machado 4, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal Institut de Ciències del Mar – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Marìtim de la Barceloneta 37–49, 08003, Barcelona, Spain Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS - La Rochelle Université, 405 Route de Prissé la Charrière, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France Observatoire Pelagis, UAR 3462 CNRS - La Rochelle Université, 5 Allées de l’Océan, 17000, La Rochelle, France Ifremer, Unité Contamination Chimique des Écosystèmes Marins (CCEM), Centre Atlantique, Rue de l’île d’Yeu, BP 21105, 44311, Nantes, France Technical University of Denmark, DTU Aqua, Kemitorvet, Building 202, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark Regional Directorate for Sea Affairs, Regional Secretariat for the Sea and Fisheries, Rua D. Pedro IV, 9900-111, Horta, Portugal Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center, Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, 8000 North Ocean Drive, Dania Beach, USA Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen Research Station, 4817, His, Norway Nedre Brattbakken, 19 N-4835, Kristiansand, Norway C2 UNIV AZORES, PORTUGAL ICM CSIC, SPAIN CNRS, FRANCE UNIV LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV TECH DENMARK (DTU AQUA), DENMARK DRAM, PORTUGAL UNIV NOVA SOUTHEASTERN, USA IMR (BERGEN), NORWAY Nedre Brattbakken, 19 N-4835, Kristiansand, Norway SI NANTES SE PDG-RBE-CCEM IN WOS Ifremer UPR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe IF 9.8 TC 4 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00806/91754/97731.pdf LA English DT Article AB Mesopelagic organisms play a crucial role in marine food webs, channelling energy across the predator-prey network and connecting depth strata through their diel vertical migrations. The information available to assess mesopelagic feeding interactions and energy transfer has increased substantially in recent years, owing to the growing interest and research activity in the mesopelagic realm. However, such data have not been systematically collated and are difficult to access, hampering estimation of the contribution of mesopelagic organisms to marine ecosystems. Here we present MesopTroph, a georeferenced database of diet, trophic markers, and energy content of mesopelagic and other marine taxa compiled from 203 published and non-published sources. MesopTroph currently includes data on stomach contents, carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes, major and trace elements, energy density, fatty acids, trophic positions, and diet proportion estimates for 498 species/genera. MesopTroph will be expanded with new data emerging from ongoing studies. MesopTroph provides a unique tool to investigate trophic interactions and energy flow mediated by mesopelagic organisms, and to evaluate the ecosystem services of this community. PY 2022 PD NOV SO Scientific Data SN 2052-4463 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 9 IS 1 UT 000886203500001 DI 10.1038/s41597-022-01831-3 ID 91754 ER EF