HTL-MAR-Regional-SnailLength.cvs

Regional study of Melampus bidentatus lengths in northeast U.S. salt marshes.

Download: HTL-MAR-Regional-SnailLength.csv
Variables
Date
  • Label: Date
  • Definition: Date of sampling
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: YYYY-MM-DD
  • Missing values: None specified
Site
  • Label: Site
  • Definition: Research location
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • ME = Wells Harbor
    • GB = Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
    • PIE = West Creek
    • NS = Musquaschut Brook
    • SIP = Little Sippewissett
    • MEBI = Barn Island
    • NB = Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
    • NYC = Pelham Bay
  • Missing values: None specified
Habitat
  • Label: Habitat
  • Definition: Habitat from which data were collected
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • SP = Spartina patens dominated habitat
    • SSA = short-form Spartina alterniflora
    • TSA = tall-form Spartina alterniflora
    • TSP = Spartina patens transitioning to short-form Spartina alterniflora
  • Missing values: None specified
Quadrat
  • Label: Quadrat
  • Definition: Quadrat replicate
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
SnailID
  • Label: Snail ID
  • Definition: Snail replicate within a quadrat
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
ShellHeight
  • Label: ShellHeight
  • Definition: Length of snail from spire to tip of lip in mm
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: millimeter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Data Source Details

Header lines: 

1

Orientation: 

Column

Field delimiter: 

,

Record delimiter: 

\r\n

Number of records: 

6398