Meta-analysis of macroinfauna development in constructed salt marshes

This dataset contains the values of the total density of macroinfauna from studies of constructed salt marshes from California, Mississippi, Texas and North Carolina from 1976 to 2014. Data from 11 publications that report density and error from paired constructed marshes and reference marshes at 17 sites were reviewed, and density was standardized to number per m2. These data were used in a meta-analysis to model the development of macroinfauna development. This dataset supports the publication: Fleeger, J. W., Johnson, D. S., Zengel, S., Mendelssohn, I. A., Deis, D. R., Graham, S. A., … Pant, M. (2020). Macroinfauna responses and recovery trajectories after an oil spill differ from those following saltmarsh restoration. Marine Environmental Research, 155, 104881. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104881