Evaluating impacts of non-native submerged aquatic vegetation on native nekton

These data accompany the publication of the same name. We performed a quantitative meta-analysis to quantify impacts of non-native submerged aquatic vegetation on native crabs, fishes, and shrimps in coastal, estuarine, and marine systems. We found that nekton abundance, species richness, and biomass were the most assessed metrics of nekton performance. We extracted data from 35 studies and evaluated 11 response metrics related to inter-specific facilitation, restricting our analysis to studies that compared at least one of these metrics in nekton from co-occurring native and non-native SAV habitats in marine, coastal, or estuarine systems.