description: A global database of marine zooplankton traits including 7 phyla and traits on morphology, biochemical composition, physiology, behavior, and life history.

webpage: https://github.com/Pelagic-Ecosystems/Zooplankton_trait_database

paperDOIcitation: 10.1002/lno.12478

contentURL: https://github.com/Pelagic-Ecosystems/Zooplankton_trait_database

datasetDOI_URL: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.8102913

dataStandard: Standardization of traits mainly based on the ecological trait-data standards (Schneider et al. 2019) and Darwin Core standards (Wieczorek et al. 2012). Standardization of taxonomy mainly based on WoRMS (https://www.marinespecies.org/).

standardizationScripts:

contactName: Patrick Pata

contactEmail: p.pata@oceans.ubc.ca

license: CC BY 4.0

traitList: body length, body weight, water content, carbon content, nitrogen content, phosphorus content, elemental ratios, protein content, lipid content, carbohydrate content, energy content, myelination, bioluminescence, respiration rate, ammonia excretion rate, phosphorus excretion rate, growth rate, clearance rate, ingestion rate, vertical distribution, reproduction mode, trophic group, feeding mode, diel vertical migration, habitat association, egg size, clutch size, fecundity, development duration, hibernation

higherGeography: Global

decimalLatitude:

decimalLongitude:

taxon: Marine zooplankton in phylum Annelida, Arthropoda, Chaetognatha, Chordata, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, and Mollusca

eventDate: about 1900 to current

taxaList: 4,122 marine zooplankton taxa in phylum Annelida, Arthropoda, Chaetognatha, Chordata, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, and Mollusca

usefulClasses: Aggregated and harmonized trait data from literature and other zooplankton databases.