Ecological Archives E096-274-S2

P. S. Petraitis and S. R. Dudgeon. 2015. Variation in recruitment and the establishment of alternative community states. Ecology 96:3186–3196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-2107.1

Text file of 2008–2012 data that can be seamlessly appended to 1997–2007 data that can be found in Ecological Archives E090-039.
Ecological Archives E096-274-S2.

P. S. Petraitis
Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018, USA
E-mail: [email protected]

S. R. Dudgeon
Department of Biology
California State University
Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA
E-mail: [email protected]

S2_Recruit_08-12.txt (MD5: ca54ce64a12d913728391a7d304e69fb)

Data file contains recruitment data from 2008, 2011, and 2012 in a format that can be seamlessly appended to file Recruitment_data_97-07.txt in Ecological Archives E090-039-D1. There are no data for 2009 and 2010. Column labels and entries match. Column labeled Type gives data type: C = categorical; F = floating point.

Variable name

Variable definition

Units

Type

Range

Sum_check

Missing value codes

Year

Year in which sampling was done

N/A

C

N/A

N/A

N/A

Bay

Bay in which sampling was done

N/A

C

N/A

N/A

N/A

Site

Site at which sampling was done

N/A

C

N/A

N/A

N/A

Size

Diameter of clearing in meters

N/A

C

N/A

N/A

N/A

Fucoid_F

Number of fucoid zygotes and germlings on a total of five flats

Number per 1.25 cm²

F

0 - 175

-1166.7

-999.9

Fucoid_G

Number of fucoid zygotes and germlings in a total of five grooves

Number per 1.25 cm

F

0 - 890

7162.3

-999.9

Fucoid_T

Sum of Fucoid_F and Fucoid_G

Number per 1.25 cm² + number per 1.25 cm

F

0 - 1065

8995.3

-999.9

Barnacles

Number of S. balanoides cyprids and metamorphs per plate

Number per 39.6 cm²

F

0 - 567

9407.4

-999.9

M_300

Subsample of junvenile M. edulis trapped on 300um sieve

Number per 40 cm²

F

0 - 213

-399.7

-999.9

M_425

Subsample of juvenile M. edulis trapped on 425um sieve

Number per 40 cm²

F

0 - 139

138.2

-999.9

M_WT

Dry weight of mussel pad

Grams

F

1.3807 - 2.8054

-121864.5775

-999.9

F_start

Date fuciod tiles placed out (Month/Day/Year)

N/A

C

N/A

N/A

nd

F_end

Date fuciod tiles taken in (Month/Day/Year)

N/A

C

N/A

N/A

nd

B_start

Date barnacle plates placed out (Month/Day/Year)

N/A

C

N/A

N/A

nd

B_end

Date barnacle plates taken in (Month/Day/Year)

N/A

C

N/A

N/A

nd

M_start

Date mussel pads placed out (Month/Day/Year)

N/A

C

N/A

N/A

nd

M_end

Date mussel pads taken in (Month/Day/Year)

N/A

C

N/A

N/A

nd

Variable name	Variable definition	Units	Type	Range	Sum_check	Missing value codes
Year	Year in which sampling was done	N/A	C	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bay	Bay in which sampling was done	N/A	C	N/A	N/A	N/A
Site	Site at which sampling was done	N/A	C	N/A	N/A	N/A
Size	Diameter of clearing in meters	N/A	C	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fucoid_F	Number of fucoid zygotes and germlings on a total of five flats	Number per 1.25 cm²	F	0 - 175	-1166.7	-999.9
Fucoid_G	Number of fucoid zygotes and germlings in a total of five grooves	Number per 1.25 cm	F	0 - 890	7162.3	-999.9
Fucoid_T	Sum of Fucoid_F and Fucoid_G	Number per 1.25 cm² + number per 1.25 cm	F	0 - 1065	8995.3	-999.9
Barnacles	Number of S. balanoides cyprids and metamorphs per plate	Number per 39.6 cm²	F	0 - 567	9407.4	-999.9
M_300	Subsample of junvenile M. edulis trapped on 300um sieve	Number per 40 cm²	F	0 - 213	-399.7	-999.9
M_425	Subsample of juvenile M. edulis trapped on 425um sieve	Number per 40 cm²	F	0 - 139	138.2	-999.9
M_WT	Dry weight of mussel pad	Grams	F	1.3807 - 2.8054	-121864.5775	-999.9
F_start	Date fuciod tiles placed out (Month/Day/Year)	N/A	C	N/A	N/A	nd
F_end	Date fuciod tiles taken in (Month/Day/Year)	N/A	C	N/A	N/A	nd
B_start	Date barnacle plates placed out (Month/Day/Year)	N/A	C	N/A	N/A	nd
B_end	Date barnacle plates taken in (Month/Day/Year)	N/A	C	N/A	N/A	nd
M_start	Date mussel pads placed out (Month/Day/Year)	N/A	C	N/A	N/A	nd
M_end	Date mussel pads taken in (Month/Day/Year)	N/A	C	N/A	N/A	nd