Barents Sea cod stomach contents data (1930-2018)
Summary
A new dataset on the diet of Atlantic cod in the Barents Sea from the 1930s to the 2010s. The data, from Norway and the United Kingdom, represents quantitative stomach contents records from more than 165,000 fish from the 1930s to 2018.
This data is not held at Cefas but held by our collaborators in Norway and can be accessed via the DOI link below.
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Use limitation statement
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Licence
Open Government LicenceAttribution statement
See Cefas Data Portal for details – link to dataset below.
Technical information
Update frequency
notPlanned
Lineage
Compiled from UK and Norway research surveys between 1930 and 2018. Full description of surveys in the paper submitted along with this dataset: Townhill, B.L., Holt, R.E., Bogstad, B., Durant, J.M., Pinnegar, J.K., Dolgov, A.V., Yaragina, N.A., Johannesen, E., Ottersen, G. Barents Sea cod diet data from the 1930s to the present day. Earth System Science Data. In Review. The data is from joint collaborative surveys between Norway and Russia, and from UK research surveys in the Barents Sea from 1930s to 1940s. The sampling was done throughout each year allowing for seasonal, annual and decadal comparisons to be made. Russian data cannot be released with this dataset for legal reasons but is available through joint projects with the Polar branch of VNIRO. A paper has been submitted along with this dataset: Townhill, B.L., Holt, R.E., Bogstad, B., Durant, J.M., Pinnegar, J.K., Dolgov, A.V., Yaragina, N.A., Johannesen, E., Ottersen, G. Barents Sea cod diet data from the 1930s to the present day. Earth System Science Data. In Review. Please see Supplementary material associated with Townhill et al. Barents Sea cod diet data from the 1930s to the present day publication for further data description details.
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
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Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 60 to 90
- Longitude from: -10 to 90
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
460c51f9-25ce-4785-be46-aaaab51d8e92
Published by
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Contact publisher
data.manager@cefas.gov.ukDataset reference dates
Creation date
21 April 2020
Revision date
16 April 2024
Publication date
01 May 2020
Period
- From: 31 March 1930
- To: 31 December 2018
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