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 |
| nominal |
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 the focal cluster was placed in a subcage or phantom cage location |
| nominal |
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Position |
| Position at which individual clam was assigned within the cage |
| nominal |
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 of focal cluster |
| nominal |
Def | Randomly assigned tag ID; ID consists of color and number |
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Initial/final |
| Whether this measurement was taken at the beginning or end of experiment |
| nominal |
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Live/gaper |
| Whether oyster was alive or a gaper (dead oysters with only one valve should not have been measured) |
| nominal |
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Shell length (mm) |
| Length of bottom valve of oyster (only adults >25mm were measured) |
| ratio |
Unit | millimeter |
Type | natural |
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