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California Current Trophic Database (CCTD)
Citable as data publication
Bizzarro, J.; Dewitt, L.; Wells, B.; Curtis, A.; Santora, J.; Field, J.; NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center: United States; (2023): California Current Trophic Database (CCTD). Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/597

Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
The California Current Trophic Database (CCTD) consists of 8 tables (Data Sources, Data Collection, Predator Information, Prey Composition, Prey Size, Predator Taxonomy, Prey Taxonomy, Glossary) and contains diet composition data, including stomach and scat samples, obtained from 105,694 individual predators from 143 taxa collected throughout the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME). more

Predator taxa consist of squids (n=5), elasmobranchs (n=13), bony fishes (n=118), and marine mammals (n=7). Extensive time series are available for some predators (e.g., California Sea Lion, Pacific Hake, Chinook Salmon). The CCTD represents the largest compilation of raw trophic data within the CCLME, allowing for more refined analyses and modeling studies within this region. Our intention is to further augment and periodically update the dataset as additional historical or contemporary data become available to increase its utility and impact.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Fish, Biology > Mammals, Biology > Nekton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, California Current Large Marine Ecosystem, Food habits, Predators, Prey, INE, California Current, Actinopterygii, Cetacea, Decapodiformes, Elasmobranchii, Pinnipedia

Geographical coverage
INE, California Current [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
27 January 1967 - 17 August 2019

Taxonomic coverage
Actinopterygii [WoRMS]
Cetacea [WoRMS]
Decapodiformes [WoRMS]
Elasmobranchii [WoRMS]
Pinnipedia [WoRMS]

Parameters
Prey contents
Prey size

Contributors
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Fisheries Service; Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), moredata creator

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2023-03-17
Information last updated: 2023-03-28
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