The dataset contains measurements of Chlorophyll-a (mg m-3), nitrate (μM) and suspended matter (“SM”, g m-3) concentrations, temperature (ºC) and mesozooplankton biovolume (mL 100m-3), collected between 2002 and 2007, in a network of sampling stations (“Station_ID”) distributed across the northeast continental shelf of the Gulf of Cádiz. The year and Julian day (number of days after 1 January) in which each sample was obtained are indicated, as well as their geolocation with latitude and longitude coordinates in degrees. Chlorophyll-a, suspended matter (SM), nitrate and temperature data were taken from the surface layer (<5m) of the water column. Oblique plankton hauls were conducted up to 100 meters using a Bongo net with a 40-cm mouth diameter and 200 mm mesh size, for mesozooplankton sampling.

[General Notes] The dataset is provided (“Dataset.txt”) within a compressed folder that also includes a single file in text format (“Readme.txt”) containing a detailed description of the data structure. Dataset.txt file has column titles as the first line. One column is written for each measured variable. Missing data are filled with NaN. Data files are in UTF8 encoding, plain text format with [space] used as the delimiter. The data are provided under an Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. However, if you use the data, so as to support the authors, please consider citing the above mentioned article where data collection and analytical techniques are given in detail. Here we only give a brief details and a guide to the contents of the data files.

Data adquisition was supported by projects “Recursos pesqueros del golfo de Cádiz” and “Fluctuaciones y potencialidad de especies pesqueras de plataforma en la región atlántica andaluza” (Junta de Andalucía).

This data set includes physical and biogeochemical data collected between 2002 and 2007 on the northeast continental shelf of the Gulf of Cádiz.

[Geographical coordinates of the sampling area] Coordinates.txt file provides the geographical coordinates of the sampling area.

Peer reviewed