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Larval fishes were collected at each station using a Multiple Opening Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS, https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/instruments/instruments-sensors-samplers/mocness/) with a 4 square meter opening and 1 mm mesh nets (MOC4). To capture larval fishes and mesozooplankton on a fine horizontal spatial scale, we sequentially fired each MOCNESS net every ~125-500 m. Traveling at a speed of 2 meters per second each MOC4 net sampled ~500-2600 cubic meters. We fired a total of five nets per tow. One net was open from the surface to depth (net zero), and four nets sampled discrete depths. At every station, this fine-scale net sampling was repeated with two MOC4 tows at 15 m and 30 m depth (randomized order), thus eight replicate tows per depth. Once onboard, the nets were rinsed with seawater and the contents of each cod end immediately preserved in 95% ethanol.

16:T5f4,This section documents curation actions performed prior to publication review with the submitter, and additional information relevant to understanding and reusing this dataset. It distinguishes changes made to the submitted (meta)data from unresolved issues and/or enhancements that improve future reuse and interoperability. CURATION ACTIONS PERFORMED ON DATA 2018-11-28: Made the following modifications to the submitter-provided files using the JGOFS-GLOBEC data processing system: - added official cruise ID corresponding to the PI-provided cruise name. - modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions. - formatted dates to mm/dd/yyyy and times to hh:mm:ss. - replaced -999 with "nd" (meaning "no data"). - joined the station location data to the MOC data. - 05-Dec-2018: replaced v1 of dataset with v2, which has corrections made to volume filtered. 2026-10-13: Made the following changes to bring the data file format in line with current BCO-DMO publishing standards: - Imported "MOC4_joined.tsv" into BCO-DMO's Laminar data processing system. - Treated "nd" as a missing data value (Note: Missing data are empty/blank in the final CSV file, in accordance with CSV standards). - Saved the final file as "661268_v1_moc4_larval_fish_counts.csv". CURATION ACTIONS PERFORMED ON METADATA - BCO-DMO's standard metadata entry and text formatting steps were performed. See: https://www.bco-dmo.org/how-to/standard-curation-edits ISSUES POTENTIALLY IMPACTING REUSE - N/A17:T99a,Description from NSF award abstract: The spatial pattern of organisms within pelagic marine environments is of significant ecological importance, and this is particularly true for larval fishes. Patchy prey and predator environments should lead to variation in predator-prey interactions, and thus to variations in larval fish growth and survival. These have proven very difficult to resolve in nature, due in large part to the broad range of spatial scales involved and technological challenges with adequately sampling the various processes simultaneously. This study will use new technology (In Situ Ichthyoplankton Imaging System - ISIIS) to simultaneously measure the fine-scale distribution of larval fishes in relation to their prey, their planktonic predators, and the physical environment of the Straits of Florida. This will be combined with targeted fine-scale net sampling and analyses of individual recent daily larval growth. By sampling a series of water masses at very high resolution, this study will address specific hypotheses concerning: i) the drivers of aggregations and patchiness, and ii) the biological consequences of predator-prey interactions at fine scales. The primary intellectual merit of the study is the unprecedented examination of plankton processes at scales of relevance to biological interactions among larval fishes, their prey, and their predators. This field study will further our understanding of the predator-prey interactions contributing to spatially explicit larval growth and mortality patterns. The focus on subtropical planktonic food webs will enhance scientific knowledge of these understudied pelagic ecosystems and provide valuable data for comparative analyses with pelagic food web dynamics at higher latitudes. A deeper understanding of pelagic planktonic ecosystems over a range of spatial and temporal scales is increasingly important as the oceans undergo major environmental changes. Substantial increases in the relative dominance of gelatinous organisms, for example, have the potential to cause major shifts in pelagic food webs. A better understanding of the fine-scale interactions of such food webs will help society anticipate and respond to the consequences of such changes. Note (07 Oct 2014): Funding for this project transferred from award OCE-1333800 to OCE-1419987, coincident with the Principal Investigator's affiliation change from University of Miami to Oregon State University.6:["$","$L14",null,{"dataset":{"_id":"661268","description":"

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