Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (LADCP) backscatter attached to the rosette sampler during the Malaspina Circumnavigation Expedition

As a proxy for zooplankton and micronekton biomass in the water column, acoustic backscatter intensity (dB), acquired using a Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (LADCP) down to ca. 4000 m depth along the Malaspina Expedition (CSD2008-00077). Datasets are from 7 different legs around the World (1-7): 1 Spain-Brazil, 2 Brazil-South Africa, 3 South Africa-West Australia, 4 West Australia-East Australia, 5 East Australia-Hawaii, 6 Hawaii-Panamá, 7 Panamá-Spain