| Name | Column Label | Definition | Type of Value | Measurement Type | Measurement Domain | Missing Value Code | Accuracy Report | Accuracy Assessment | Coverage | Method |
| Site |
| Experimental study site/estuary within each region; Two sites per region |
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| Cage # |
| ID number of caging enclosure |
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| Def | Number assigned based on relative positioning to other cages |
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| Treatment |
| Experimental treatment |
| nominal |
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| Subcage/phantom |
| Indicates whether recovered clam came from a subcaged or phantom caged location |
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| On/off reef |
| Whether clams were planted on or off the reef (for untagged live clams, on/off reef will be unknown) |
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| Position |
| Position at which individual clam was assigned within the cage |
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| Def | Facing marsh, position A was the left-most corner of the cage. Other positions were assigned alphabetically in a clockwise order. |
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| Tag # |
| Tag ID on clam |
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| Def | Def (color indicated by letter before number). Clams recovered without tags are listed as "no tag". Initial length, position, and on/off reef will be unknown for untagged clams. Tag number of clams processed for CI are color-coded blue. Many of the tag numbers of the off-reef clams planted at ACE, as recorded during installation, were unreadable due to damage to datasheet (unreadable tags indicated by question marks). |
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| Initial length (mm) |
| Initial shell length of clam |
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| Unit | millimeter |
| Type | natural |
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| Final length (mm) |
| Final shell length (after recovery) of clam |
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| Unit | millimeter |
| Type | natural |
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| Shell mass (g) |
| Mass of both valves, tissue and tag removed, dried with paper towel |
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| Tin wt (g) |
| Mass of empty tin used for measuring the wet and dry tissue mass of clam |
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| Wet + tin (g) |
| Mass of wet tissue and tin |
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| Dry + tin (g) |
| Mass of tissue and tin after drying for 24 hours at 70 degrees C |
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| Wet tissue mass (g) |
| Mass of wet tissue alone |
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| Dry tissue mass (g) |
| Mass of dry tissue alone |
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