Queen Scallop Carbon Isotope and Environmental Data for the North-Eastern Atlantic

Carbon stable isotope data for the queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) across the north-eastern Atlantic, used to model environmental correlates of isotopic baselines. The dataset includes catch data, isotope analysis, environmental variables, and positional data, aggregated by the Government Digital Service. The temporal coverage and total number of rows are not specified.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between base δ13C and environmental variables based on the described environmental data.
• Tracing energy sources in marine food chains using the carbon stable isotope signatures mentioned in the description.
• Developing surrogate isotopic baselines for phytoplankton using filter-feeder data, as described in the methodology.
• Analyzing spatial variation in consumer diet sources across the north-eastern Atlantic based on the positional and isotope data.

Strengths

• Includes multiple integrated data types: catch, isotope analysis, environmental, and positional data.
• Focuses on a widely distributed filter-feeder species, the queen scallop, which can integrate high-frequency isotopic variation.
• Data is sourced from the Government Digital Service, suggesting an authoritative origin.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely collected from scientific surveys and analysis, including catch sampling and isotope measurement.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

North-eastern Atlantic