Mesozooplankton wet, dry, carbon and nitrogen biomass and isotope data collected in the oceanic Gulf of Mexico on R/V Nancy Foster cruises NF1704 and NF1802 in May 2017 and May 2018

This dataset is from zooplankton net tows in the Gulf of Mexico on R/V Nancy Foster cruises in May 2017 and May 2018, which were part of a NOAA RESTORE project (aka: BLOOFINZ-GoM) led by Dr. John Lamkin to investigate the epipelagic marine nitrogen cycle, plankton dynamics, and impacts on growth and survival of larval Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABT). These data are meant to be used in inter-species, interregional comparisons to data from the BLOOFIN-IO study of larval Southern Bluefin Tuna in the Indian Ocean spawning region. This dataset contains mesozooplankton wet, dry, carbon, and nitrogen biomass.

本数据集采集自2017年5月与2018年5月在墨西哥湾开展的“南希·福斯特号”（R/V Nancy Foster）科考航次的浮游生物网拖取样作业。该数据集为约翰·兰金博士牵头的美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）RESTORE项目（又名BLOOFINZ-GoM）的组成部分，该项目旨在探究海洋上层（透光层）氮循环、浮游生物动态变化，及其对大西洋蓝鳍金枪鱼（Atlantic Bluefin Tuna，ABT）幼鱼生长与存活的影响。本数据集可用于与印度洋产卵场南方蓝鳍金枪鱼幼鱼研究项目BLOOFIN-IO所获数据开展跨物种、跨区域对比分析，涵盖中型浮游动物的湿重、干重、碳含量与氮含量生物量数据。