# Metadata for Orth et al. 2020

## Authors: Jon Lefcheck
## Last updated: 12 June 2020

#### Seagrass Area by Bay: "sav_fig1a.csv"
-Year: year of survey
-Bay: coastal lagoon where seagrass was mapped
-Cover.ha: cover of seagrass in hectares (ha)

#### Seeded Area by Bay: "sav_fig1b.csv"
-Year: year of survey
-Bay: coastal lagoon where seeds were dispersed
-Seeded.area.ha: the area seeded in hectares (ha)

#### Seedling survival: "sav_fig1c.csv"
-Year: year of survey
-Percent.survival: the porportion (0-100%) of total seeds dispersed that germinated, survived, and grew to seedlings

### Faunal biomass 2001-2003, 2010-2013: "bugs_suction_fig5c.csv"
### Epifaunal invertebrates collected by a suction sampler
-Year: year sample was taken
-Month: month sample was taken
-Sample: sample number (1-16)
-Species: genus and species of epifauna collected
-Biomass.mg.AFDW: estimated biomass in mg ash-free dry weight (AFDW) based on equations in Edgar (1990)

### Faunal biomass 2016-2019: "bugs_bags_fig5c.csv"
### Epifaunal invertebrates collected by mesh bags
-Year: year sample was taken
-Month: month sample was taken
-Sample: sample number (1-16)
-Species: genus and species of epifauna collected
-Biomass.mg.AFDW: estimated biomass in mg ash-free dry weight (AFDW) based on equations in Edgar (1990)

### Fish biomass 2012-2019: "fishes_fig5d.csv"
### Fish collected by 2-minute trawl survey
-Year: year sample was taken
-Month: month sample was taken
-Trawl: trawl number (1-6)
-Trawl.length.m: linear distance of trawl from start to endpoint in meters
-Species: genus and species of fish collected
-Abundance: number of individuals collected per trawl
-Mean.size: average size of up to the first 10 individuals collected (not always collected)
-Biomass.g: estimated biomass in g based on length-weight regressions

### Scallop summary data from 2015-2019: "scallops_fig6.csv"
### Scallops density and size from annual surveys
-Year: year sample was taken
-Bay: coastal lagoon where seagrass was mapped
-Mean.abundance: average density of adult scallops per m^2
-Std.error.abundance: standard error of density of adult scallops per m^2
-Mean.size.cm: average size in cm of adult scallops per m^2 (when present)
-Std.error.size.cm: standard error of size of adult scallops per m^2