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File List Recruitment_data_97-07.txt -- recruitment data from experimental plots on sheltered intertidal shores in the Gulf of Maine 1997–2007. ASCII text, tab delimited. No compression scheme was used. Description Experimental clearings in macroalgal (<em>Ascophyllum nodosum</em>) stands were made at 12 sites in 1996 to determine if mussel beds and macroalgal stands on sheltered intertidal shores of New England represent alternative community states. Sites were located on Swan’s Island, Maine, USA. At each site an uncleared control plot and four sizes of circular clearings, which mimicked ice scour events, were established. The purpose of this data set is to provide access to recruitment data collected in the experimental plots from 1997 to 2007. <i>Key words: alternative stable states; barnacles; community ecology; Gulf of Maine; LTREB data; mussels; recruitment; rocky intertidal shores; seaweed.</i>

文件列表 Recruitment_data_97-07.txt —— 1997—2007年缅因湾遮蔽岩质潮间带实验样地的种群补充数据。该文件为ASCII文本格式，采用制表符分隔，未采用任何压缩方案。

数据集说明：1996年，研究人员于美国缅因州天鹅岛（Swan’s Island）的12个样地中，对大型藻类（泡叶藻，Ascophyllum nodosum）群落设置实验性清除样方，旨在验证新英格兰遮蔽潮间带的贻贝床与大型藻类群落是否为交替稳定的群落状态。每个样地均设置未清除的对照样方，以及四种不同规格的圆形清除样方，以模拟冰蚀事件。本数据集旨在公开1997至2007年于上述实验样地中采集的种群补充数据。

关键词：交替稳定态；藤壶；群落生态学；缅因湾；长期生态研究（LTREB）数据；贻贝；种群补充；岩质潮间带海岸；海藻。