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Stable Isotope Analysis of North Central Gulf of Mexico Demersal Shelf Fishes, June 2015 - August 2016

Authors: William Patterson, Kristen Dahl
Published On: May 04 2017 15:58 UTC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N7445JW6
UDI: R4.x267.000:0031
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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
RFP-IV

Research Group:
Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II (C-IMAGE II)

Point of Contact

William Frank Patterson
University of Florida / Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
will.patterson@ufl.edu

Data Collection Period
2015-06-29
to
2016-08-09
Theme keywords

stable isotopes, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, Shelf

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Abstract:

Stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur were analyzed for demersal reef fishes (n=743) collected in the north central Gulf of Mexico between June 2015 and August 2016.

Suggested Citation:

William Patterson, Kristen Dahl. 2017. Stable Isotope Analysis of North Central Gulf of Mexico Demersal Shelf Fishes, June 2015 - August 2016. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7445JW6

Purpose:

To understand the trophic dynamics of demersal shelf fishes of the Gulf of Mexico.

Data Parameters and Units:

Sample number, Sample Date (date of sample collection, MM/DD/YYYY), Species (fish species name), Family (fish family name), Lat (latitude, decimal degrees), Long (longitude, decimal degrees), C:N (ratio of the mass of carbon to nitrogen), δ15N (nitrogen isotope ratio, ‰), δ13C (carbon isotope ration, ‰), δ34S (sulfur isotope ratio, ‰)

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