This data contains monitoring data of the RV ALKOR cruise AL607 conducted in February 2024 (February 10th – February 16th) in the Western Baltic Sea by the University of Hamburg. Sampling activities conducted during this teaching cruise was part of the international sampling efforts to investigate the spawning activity of Western Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) coordinated by the Western Baltic cod Forum (WBCF). The data set includes cod single fish analysis data. All single fish measurements were made directly on board. Full wet weights of cod were measured and subsequently cod were gutted and liver weights, gonad weights and sexes, gutted wet weights (i.e., gutted wet mass), gonad stages and liver nematode infestations were recorded, and Otoliths were taken.
We collected, formatted and standardized publicly available data from publications and databases for 24 living carbon pools in the North Sea and calculated the carbon stock of these pools per m². The living groups include: Phytoplankton, Protozooplankton, Bacteria, Mesozooplankton, Zooplankton, Phytobenthos, Zoobenthos, Cod, Haddock, Saithe, Whiting, Norway pout, Herring, Sandeel, Sprat, Other fish, Grey Seal, Harbour Seal, Minke Whale, White beaked dolphin, Harbour porpoise, Bottlenose dolphin and White-sided dolphin. Estimates are based on the standing stock biomass of the studied organism groups and represent spatial and temporal averages. Data, data sources, assumptions and calculations are described in detail to ensure reproducibility. The data collection was carried out in the course of the project Anthropogenic impacts on particulate organic carbon cycling in the North Sea (APOC) funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
This data contains monitoring data of the RV ALKOR cruise AL606 conducted in January 2024 (January 22nd – January 30th) in the Western Baltic Sea by the University of Hamburg. The cruise was part of the 5-year monitoring programme Winter cod 2021-25 (Monitoring winter spawning activity of Western Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) (2021-25)) of the University of Hamburg aiming at investigating the early-winter spawning activity of Western Baltic cod to identify potential climate-induced shifts in spawning phenology. The data set includes cod single fish analysis data. All single fish measurements were made directly on board. Full wet weights of cod were measured and subsequently cod were gutted and liver weights, gonad weights and sexes, gutted wet weights (i.e., gutted wet mass), gonad stages and liver nematode infestations were recorded, and Otoliths were taken.