Mytilus edulis and Magallana gigas growth rates from a three-month mesocosm experiment, Sylt, 2023

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This dataset contains individual-level growth rate measurements of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis and the Pacific oyster Magallana gigas, collected during a controlled mesocosm experiment in Sylt, Germany (coordinates are included in the dataset). Data were collected over a three-month period, from 29 March 2023 to 26 June 2023. Twelve mesocosms were used: six maintained at ambient temperature and six maintained at +3 °C above ambient. A randomized experimental design was used: six mesocosms contained only M. edulis, while the remaining six contained both species. Observations include shell length and daily shell-length growth rates, total wet weight (including shell) and daily growth rates based on weight. Each mussel was labeled and categorized by size class. Measurements were obtained using digital calipers (The Noble Finn, Model 150 mm) and laboratory balances (Type 00AC, Sartorius AG Göttingen, Germany), as well as handheld multiparameter instruments for water temperature. The dataset provides reproducible, traceable individual-level responses of M. edulis and M. gigas under controlled warming, supporting studies on physiological responses of coastal bivalves to temperature changes.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.992686
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.992686
Provenance
Creator Mehler, Knut ORCID logo; Steinmann, Anna ORCID logo; Rick, Johannes J ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference Federal Ministry of Education and Research https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 Crossref Funder ID 03F0913C https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=03F0913C DAM sustainMare - iSeal, AWI
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 14169 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (8.438 LON, 55.022 LAT)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2023-03-16T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2023-06-26T00:00:00Z