Skipjack Tuna Gut Microbiome and Prey Data from the Central Pacific Ocean

Central Pacific Ocean data on skipjack tuna gut content and microbiome collected during a transitional ENSO period. The dataset, authored by Yufei Zhou and last updated in 2026, is 5.5 KB in size and stored in an XLS file. It aims to evaluate the impacts of the El Niño Southern Oscillation and other environmental factors on marine food webs.

Use Cases

• Classifying ENSO phases based on the abundance of five key microbiome families mentioned in the description
• Analyzing opportunistic foraging patterns of skipjack tuna based on prey diversity data
• Investigating relationships between the Southern Oscillation Index and gut microbiome diversity
• Modeling host-microbiome interactions related to immune function and nutrition provisioning

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific climate transition period, shifting from a strong La Niña to a weak El Niño phase
• Identifies five specific microbiome families (Fusobacteriaceae, Bacillaceae, Propionibacteriaceae, Beijerinckiaceae, Comamonadaceae) with significant abundance changes
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The study acknowledges a short sampling period requiring longer-term validation across multiple ENSO cycles

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Yufei Zhou

Collection Method

Data likely gathered from gut content analysis and high-throughput sequencing of skipjack tuna samples.

Time Range

Covers a transitional period of ENSO phases, but specific dates are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 27 17:27:09; freshness should be verified

Geography

Central Pacific Ocean