This McFarland_PLOSOne_2020_readme.txt file was generated on 2020-06-12 by Katherine McFarland and edited by Sarah J. Wright, data curator

GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of dataset: 
Data from: Are bivalves susceptible to domestication selection? Using starvation tolerance to test for potential trait changes in eastern oyster larvae.

Authors and Contact Information: 
Katherine McFarland (mcfarland.316@gmail.com), Louis V. Plough (lplough@umces.edu), Michelle Nguyen (nguyemi3@oregonstate.edu), and Matthew Hare (mph75@cornell.edu)

Conditions of re-use: 
These data are being shared under a CC-BY (Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Content can be freely adapted or shared, but appropriate attribution must be given and no additional restrictions may be applied to the dataset.

Please cite this dataset as: 
Katherine McFarland, Louis V. Plough, Michelle Nguyen, Matthew Hare. (2020) Data from: Are bivalves susceptible to domestication selection? Using starvation tolerance to test for potential trait changes in eastern oyster larvae. Cornell University eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/hbtc-1433

Related Publications: 
McFarland K, Plough LV, Nguyen M, Hare MP (2020) Are bivalves susceptible to domestication selection? Using starvation tolerance to test for potential trait changes in eastern oyster larvae. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0230222. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230222

Funding Source: 
The Atkinson's Center for a Sustainable, the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates fund, and the Deerbrook Charitable Trust  Future

Geographic range of data collections: The Chesapeake Bay, Cambridge, MD, USA

Temporal range of data collection: 2017-06-26 through 2017-07-27

DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

Files in dataset:
McFarland_PLOSOne_2020_WaterChem.csv - Results of the dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen analysis of the water
McFarland_PLOSOne_2020_SurvLength.csv - Larval survival (%) and Length data represents the mean length of 50 - 100 individuals measured from each replicate
McFarland_PLOSOne_2020_Respiration.csv - Respiration rates for each replicate
McFarland_PLOSOne_2020_IndLength.csv - Individual length measurements of larvae (N=50 / cohort/day)

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: McFarland_PLOSOne_2020_WaterChem.csv

Water Chemistry source and treatment abbreviations
WaterSource - Treatment.ID - Description of the water source
River - river - Water collected from Choptank River from the HPL docks 
Choptank River - river - Water collected from Choptank River from the HPL docks 
cfs - cfs - Cartridge Filtration System 
cfs - cfs - Cartridge Filtration System 
Carbon - carbon - Cartridge Filtration System + a Carbon Filter
Carbon - carbon - Cartridge Filtration System + a Carbon Filter
AQF1Fast_Starved - starved - Water collected from AQF1.Fast.Starved replicate A during a water change 
AquFast_Starved - starved - Water collected from AQF1.Fast.Starved replicate B during a water change 
WildFast_Starved - starved - Water collected from Wild.Fast.Starved replicate C during a water change 
WildFast_Starved - starved - Water collected from Wild.Fast.Starved replicate D during a water change 
AQF1Fast_Fed - fed - Water collected from AQF1.Fast.Fed replicate A during a water change 
AQF1Fast_Fed - fed - Water collected from AQF1.Fast.Fed replicate D during a water change 
WildFast_Fed - fed - Water collected from Wild.Fast.Fed replicate A during a water change 
WildFast_Fed - fed - Water collected from Wild.Fast.Fed replicate B during a water change 

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: McFarland_PLOSOne_2020_Respiration.csv and McFarland_PLOSOne_2020_SurvLength.csv

Variable List
Line code differentiating between Wild and AQF1 larvae:
AQF1 - 1
Wild - 2

Treatment code differentiating between Starved and Fed treatments:
Fed - 1
Starved - 2

Early Growth code differentiating between Sfast and Slow early larval growth cohorts:
Fast - 1
Slow - 2

Group code identifying each line/early-growth chort/treatment as an individual group:
AQF1.Fast.Starved - 1
AQF1.Slow.Starved - 2
Wild.Fast.Starved - 3
Wild.Slow.Starved - 4
AQF1.Fast.Fed - 5
AQF1.Slow.Fed - 6
Wild.Fast.Fed - 7
Wild.Slow.Fed - 8

Length data represents the mean length of 50 individuals measured from each replicate.

Survival data represent the count of live larvae during each water change divided by the orgininal number of larvae for each bucket over time.