Adult and offspring size in the ocean: a database of size metrics and conversion factors

Anna B. Neuheimer; Martin Hartvig; Jan Heuschele; Samuel Hylander; Thomas Kiørboe; Karin H. Olsson; Julie Sainmont; Ken H. Andersen

doi:10.1890/15-1261.1

Adult and offspring size in the ocean: a database of size metrics and conversion factors

Anna B. Neuheimer, Martin Hartvig, Jan Heuschele, Samuel Hylander, Thomas Kiørboe, Karin H. Olsson, Julie Sainmont, Ken H. Andersen

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Abstract

The purpose of this dataset was to compile adult and offspring size estimates for marine organisms. Adult and offspring size estimates of 408 species were compiled from the literature covering >17 orders of magnitude in body mass and including Cephalopoda (ink fish), Cnidaria ("jelly" fish), Crustaceans, Ctenophora (comb jellies), Elasmobranchii (cartilaginous fish), Mammalia (mammals), Sagittoidea (arrow worms) and Teleost (i.e., Actinopterygii, bony fish). Individual size estimates were converted to standardized size estimates (carbon weight, g) to allow for among-group comparisons. This required a number of size estimates to be converted and a compilation of conversion factors obtained from the literature are also presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1083
Number of pages	1
Journal	Ecology
Volume	97
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1890/15-1261.1
State	Published - 1 Apr 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

adult size
carbon weight
conversion factor
dry weight
length
mass
offspring size
volume
weight
wet weight

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