An individual-based dataset of carbon and nitrogen isotopic data of Callinectes sapidus in invaded Mediterranean waters

The dataset includes 360 records with 236 carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures of Callinectes sapidus and 224 isotopic data of potential prey gathered from five countries and 12 locations between 2014 and 2019.

Identification

Alternate Identifier: 9cd2907f-8f44-4df6-9070-6b21e1991b94

Publication Date: 2021-07-26

Title: An individual-based dataset of carbon and nitrogen isotopic data of Callinectes sapidus in invaded Mediterranean waters

Abstract: The dataset includes 360 records with 236 carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures of Callinectes sapidus and 224 isotopic data of potential prey gathered from five countries and 12 locations between 2014 and 2019.

Dataset Language: eng

Dataset Creator: University of Salento - Giorgio Mancinelli (Associate professor)

Dataset Creator: National Research Council (CNR), Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET) - Cristina Di Muri (Research fellow)

Metadata Provider: National Research Council (CNR), Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET) - Cristina Di Muri (Research fellow)

Dataset Contact: University of Salento - Giorgio Mancinelli (Associate professor)

Dataset Contact: National Research Council (CNR), Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET) - Cristina Di Muri (Research fellow)

Keywords ()

Callinectes sapidus
Invasive species
Stable isotopes
Transitional waters
Trophic position
Isotopic niche

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: The dataset gathers isotopic signatures of different Mediterranean areas colonised by Callinectes sapidus including seven study sites in Italy, two study sites in Greece, and one study site in Croatia, Spain and Turkey. The westernmost records are located in Spain (39.00494; -0.148602), the northernmost in Croatia (43.027423; 17.436056), the easternmost in Turkey (40.157275; 25.96473) and the southernmost in Greece (38.961748; 20.815487).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: -0.9605909884

East Bounding Coordinate: 27.9378467798

North Bounding Coordinate: 44.308682575

South Bounding Coordinate: 37.1539315798

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date: 2014-01-01

End Date: 2017-12-31

Taxonomic Coverage

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name: Species

Taxonomic Rank Value: Callinectes sapidus

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name: Species

Taxonomic Rank Value: Alitta succinea

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name: Species

Taxonomic Rank Value: Phorcus turbinatus

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name: Species

Taxonomic Rank Value: Mytilus galloprovincialis

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name: Species

Taxonomic Rank Value: Arcuatula senhousia

License Information

Intellectual Rights: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Distribution

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.: DOI

URL: https://doi.org/10.48372/9cd2907f-8f44-4df6-9070-6b21e1991b94

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.: Info and download page on the LifeWatch Italy Data Portal

URL: https://dataportal.lifewatchitaly.eu/view/urn%3Auuid%3Ae869c2cc-2011-461d-99cc-8d6d642b1624

• Project

Title: LifeWatch ERIC Internal Joint Initiative: the validation case "Functional biogeography of invasive species: the case of two widely-distributed omnivorous crustaceans".

Abstract: The Internal Joint Initiative of LifeWatch ERIC has developed five validation cases on Non-native and Invasive Species (NIS) to address a variety of ecological questions. The validation case "Functional biogeography of invasive species" aims at finding bioclimatic drivers to assess the variation of the trophic position of invasive crustaceans in non-native food webs.

Personnel

Organization Name: University of Salento

Individual Name

Given Name: Giorgio

Surname: Mancinelli

Position Name: Associate professor

Personnel

Organization Name: National Research Council (CNR), Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET)

Individual Name

Given Name: Cristina

Surname: Di Muri

Position Name: Research fellow

Personnel

Organization Name: National Research Council (CNR), Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET)

Individual Name

Given Name: Ilaria

Surname: Rosati

Position Name: Data Manager

Personnel

Organization Name: LifeWatch ERIC

Individual Name

Given Name: Lucia

Surname: Vaira

Position Name: Metadata Catalogue Manager

• Method

Method Step

Description: The online platforms ISI Web of Science and Scopus were searched using multiple search criteria including the terms “Callinectes sapidus” and “stable isotopes” in conjunction with “non-indigenous”, “alien”, “invasive”, “Mediterranean Sea”, and “Black Sea”. The results were integrated with those obtained by querying Google Scholar using the same search criteria together with the corresponding terms in Spanish or Portuguese (e.g., “jaiba azul”, “cangrejo azul”, “siri azul”) in order to access additional literature published in languages other than English. Google Scholar search results were saved using the freeware Publish or Perish ver. 7.27.2849.

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Description

In the dataset were included only records with defined locations whose accuracy was checked using Google Earth, and geographic coordinates were converted to decimal degrees when not originally specified as such. The taxonomic check was performed using the World Register of Marine Species ( https://www.marinespecies.org/).

The trophic level of prey species was assigned based on their trophic habits as follow: bivalves trophic position = 2 (filter feeders); gastropod Phorcus turbinatus trophic position = 2 (herbivore); polychaete Alitta succinea trophic position = 2.78 (omnivore).

• Data Table

Name: callinectes_single_20210726_v1

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Externally Defined Format

Format Name: csv

Attribute List

Attribute

Name: catalogNumber

Label: Unique identifier

Definition: An identifier (preferably unique) for the record within the data set or collection.

Standard Unit: number

Attribute

Name: country

Label: Country

Definition: The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs.

Attribute

Name: locality

Label: Locality

Definition: The specific description of the place.

Attribute

Name: habitat

Label: Habitat type

Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.

Attribute

Name: eventDate

Label: Sampling date

Definition: The date-time or interval during which an Event occurred.

Standard Unit: nominalYear

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Name: decimalLatitude

Label: Latitude

Definition: The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in dwc:geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a dcterms:Location. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive.

Standard Unit: degree

Attribute

Name: decimalLongitude

Label: Longitude

Definition: The geographic longitude of the geographic center of a Location (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system WGS84). Positive values are east of the Prime Meridian, and negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive.

Standard Unit: degree

Attribute

Name: establishmentMeans

Label

Definition: Statement about whether an organism or organisms have been introduced to a given place and time through the direct or indirect activity of modern humans ( https://dwc.tdwg.org/em/#dwcem_e).

Attribute

Name: scientificName

Label: Taxon scientific name

Definition: The full scientific name, with authorship and date information if known. When forming part of an Identification, this should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined. This term should not contain identification qualifications, which should instead be supplied in the IdentificationQualifier term.

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Name: trophicRole

Label: Trophic role

Definition: Statement specifying whether the species is a predator or a prey.

Attribute

Name: carbon-13

Label: Carbon 13

Definition: A value of the isotope of the chemical element carbon, expressed in permil (‰).

Standard Unit: permil

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Name: nitrogen-15

Label: Nitrogen 15

Definition: A value of the isotope of the chemical element nitrogen, expressed in permil (‰).

Standard Unit: permil

Attribute

Name: trophicLevel

Label: Trophic level

Definition: Any of the feeding levels through which the passage of energy through an ecosystem proceeds; examples are photosynthetic plants, herbivorous animals, and microorganisms of decay.

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