Life-cycle mediated effects of urbanization on parasite communities in the estuarine fish, Fundulus heteroclitus

Purpose : This document describes the file contents and variable coding for 6 csv files associated with PONE-D-19-21171.
File Name : biological.csvFile Description : This file contains parasite abundances, host information, and collection information.File Variables : site, season, length, weight, sex, swing, gyro, erga, argu, myzo, lasio, contra, glossoVariable description : site = location of fish collectionseason = the collection time of the fishlength = length (cm) of the fishweight = weight (g) of the fishsex = biological sex of the fishswing = raw abundance of Swingleus ancistrusgyro = raw abundance of Fundulotrema prolongiserga = raw abundance of Ergasilus funduliargu = raw abundance of Argulus fundulimyzo = raw abundance of Myzobdella lugubrislasio = raw abundance of Lasiotocus minutuscontra = raw abundance of Contracaecum sp.glosso = raw abundance of Glossocercus caribaensis
File Name : sediment_metals_ppm.csvFile description : This file contains ICP-MS concentration information (ppm) for metals in sediment.File variables : site, replicate, sediment....Variable decription:site = location of sediment collectionreplicate = replicate for ICP - MS readingsediment.... = sediment concentrations of metals (ppm). Metals are described by two-letter element symbols
File Name : water_metals_ppm.csvFile description : This file contains ICP-MS concentrations (ppm) for metals in estuarine water.File variables: site, season, replicate, .....site = location of water sample collectionseason = the collection time of water samplereplicate = replicate for ICP - MS reading.... = water concentrations of metals (ppm). Metals are described by two-letter element symbols.
File Name : nutrients.csvFile Description : This file contains ICP-MS concentrations (ppm) for nutrients in estuarine waterFIle variables: site, season, replicate, TN, TPVariable description:site = location of water sample collectionseason = the collection time of water samplereplicate = replicate for ICP - MS readingTN = total nitrogenTP = total phosphorus
File Name : chla.csvFile description : This file contains chla absorbance valuesFIle variables: site, season, replicate, chlasite = location of water sample collectionseason = collection time of water samplereplicate = replicate for fluorometry readingchla = chlorophyll a
File Name : YSI.csvFile description : This file contains average abiotic water measurementsFile variables : site, season, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygenFile Description:site = location of sample collectionseason = collection time of sampletemperature = average temperature in celsiussalinity = salinity in pptdissolved oxygen = dissolved oxygen mg/L