Adult females of Temora stylifera and Acartia clausi, sorted from the mesozooplankton sample, incubated for 24h in natural surface seawater collected at the same sampling station, to assess fecal pellet production (pellets/female/day) and egg production (eggs/female/day). After 48h, calculated the hatching success of these eggs (% hatching success). Individual parameters converted into population parameters in situ, taking into account female abundance at the same station and defined as egg/m3 and nauplii/m3. The file ‘produzione copepodi_tutti’, contains mean and SD of the above parameters, for each of the sampled copepod species.

Adult females of Temora stylifera and Acartia clausi, sorted from the mesozooplankton sample, incubated for 24h in natural surface seawater collected at the same sampling station, to assess fecal pellet production (pellets/female/day) and egg production (eggs/female/day). After 48h, calculated the hatching success of these eggs (% hatching success). Individual parameters converted into population parameters in situ, taking into account female abundance at the same station and defined as egg/m3 and nauplii/m3. The file ‘produzione copepodi aggregata’, contains mean values calculated among all individuals of all species.