Diets of the Barents Sea cod (<i>Gadus morhua</i>) from the 1930s to 2018

Townhill, Bryony L.; Holt, Rebecca E.; Bogstad, Bjarte; Durant, Joël M.; Pinnegar, John K.; Dolgov, Andrey V.; Yaragina, Natalia A.; Johannesen, Edda; Ottersen, Geir

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1361-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1361-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1361-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

Data description paper

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29 Mar 2021

Data description paper |

| 29 Mar 2021

Diets of the Barents Sea cod (Gadus morhua) from the 1930s to 2018

Bryony L. Townhill, Rebecca E. Holt, Bjarte Bogstad, Joël M. Durant, John K. Pinnegar, Andrey V. Dolgov, Natalia A. Yaragina, Edda Johannesen, and Geir Ottersen

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1361-2021-supplement

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Barents Sea Cod Diet Data B. L. Townhill, R. E. Holt, B. Bogstad, J. M. Durant, J. K. Pinnegar, E. Johannesen, and G. Ottersen https://doi.org/10.21335/NMDC-2139169383

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A dataset on the diet of Atlantic cod in the Barents Sea from the 1930s to 2018 has been compiled to produce one of the largest fish diet datasets available globally. A top predator, cod plays a key role in the food web. The data from Norway, the United Kingdom and Russia include data from 2.5 million fish. Diets have changed considerably from the start of the dataset in the 1930s. This dataset helps us understand how the environment and ecosystems are responding to a changing climate.