Dataset - Southern Ocean Diet and Energetics Database
Summary
Information related to diet and energy flow is fundamental to a diverse range of Antarctic and Southern Ocean biological and ecosystem studies. The SCAR Expert Groups on Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics (EG-ABI) and Birds and Marine Mammals (EG-BAMM) are collating a centralised database of such information to assist the scientific community in this work. It includes data related to diet and energy flow from conventional (e.g. gut content) and modern (e.g. molecular) studies, stable isotopes, fatty acids, and energetic content.
Purpose
The Southern Ocean Diet and Energetics Database is a product of the SCAR community and open for all to participate in and use.
Originating center
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Participants
Dataset progress
in work
Data quality
There are no known issues with this dataset
Access constraints
Freely accessible
Use constraints
Proper citation of the dataset required.
Projects
| Title | Funding id | Period |
| The imperiled role of sea ice in supporting the living resources of the polar oceans | 866.13.009 | 2013-08-01 - 2017-07-31 |
Publications
Fokje L. Schaafsma, Yves Cherel, et al., 2018. Review: the energetic value of zooplankton and nekton species of the Southern Ocean. Marine Biology 165 (8), 129
Links
Southern Ocean Diet and Energetics Database
Link to database.
Other references
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (2020). Southern Ocean Diet and Energetics Database.
Start date
0000-01-01
End date
2090-01-01
Region
Antarctica
Location
- Ocean > Southern Ocean > Entire Southern Ocean
ISO topic
- Biota
Science keywords
- Data Management/data Handling > Data Access/retrieval
Ancillary keywords
- Carbon
- DNA
- Energetic value
- Fatty acids
- Nitrogen
- Proximate composition
- Stable isotopes
- Stomach contents
