Weight-to-weight conversion factors for benthic macrofauna: recent measurements from the Baltic and the North seas

• DOI: 10.5194/essd-14-1-2022
• Publication Date: 2022-01-04T08:57:59Z
• Authors: Mayya Gogina; Anja Zettler; Michael L. Zettler
• Keywords: Dry weight; Conversion factor; Publication

Abstract. The availability of standardised biomass data is essential for studying population dynamics, energy flows, fisheries and food web interactions. To make the estimates consistent, weight-to-weight conversion factors are often used, example to translate more widely available measurements wet weights into required dry ash-free weight metrics. However, many species groups applicable freely have until now remained very rough approximations with high degree taxonomic generalisation. close up this gap, here first time we publish most detailed statically robust list ratios (WW), (DW) (AFDW). dataset includes over 17 000 records single 497 taxa. Along aggregated calculations, enclosed reference information sampling dates geographical coordinates provides a broad opportunity reuse repurposing. It empowers future user do targeted sub-selections best combine them their own local data, instead only having value factor per region. can thereby be used quantify natural variability uncertainty. via an unrestricted repository from https://doi.org/10.12754/data-2021-0002-01 (Gogina et al., 2021).