This readme.txt file was generated on 20210523 by Kirill Shchapov ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset Full-year data on crustacean zooplankton and environmental parameters of Lake Superior nearshore regions 2. Author Information Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Kirill Shchapov Institution: York University, Ontario, Canada Email: shcha001@d.umn.edu/shapov89@gmail.com ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-0927 Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Ted Ozersky Institution: Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth Address: 2205 E 5th St, Duluth, MN 55812 Email: tozersky@d.umn.edu ORCID: 3. Date of data collection: 20170206 - 20180515 4. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): Data were collected from 5 locations in the nearshore region of Lake Superior. See site locations file. 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: This work was funded by federal funds under award NA14OAR4170080 from Minnesota Sea Grant, National Sea Grant College Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC0 1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Material may be reused with appropriate attribution. 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Shchapov, K and Ozersky T. 2023. Opening the black box of winter: full-year dynamics of crustacean zooplankton along a nearshore depth gradient in a large lake. Limnology and Oceanography. 68(7): 1438-1451. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12355 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: none 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: none 5. Was data derived from another source? If yes, list source(s): no 6. Recommended citation for the data: Shchapov, Kirill; Ozersky, Ted. (2023). Full-year data on crustacean zooplankton and environmental parameters of Lake Superior nearshore regions. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, https://doi.org/10.13020/852y-7p95. --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. Filename: zooplankton.csv Short description: Zooplankton species densities (individuals per liter) across all stations throughout the year. B. Filename: sites.csv Short description: Sampling site locations. C. Filename: YSI_data.csv Short description: YSI sonde profiles. 2. Relationship between files: The main data set is "zooplankton.csv." Each lake's geographical locations "sites.csv." Water column temperature, dissolved oxygen, total dissolved solids, fluorescent dissolved organic matter, and conductivity profiles recorded by YSI EXO2 multiparameter sonde showed in "YSI_data.csv" file. 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: yes 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: See "Methods.pdf" file. 2. Methods for processing the data: See "Methods.pdf" file. 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: We used the R (version 3.6.2) software environment for statistical analyses of our data. 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: none 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: none 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Kirill Shchapov and Ted Ozersky. ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: "zooplankton.csv" ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 50 2. Number of cases/rows: 53 3. Missing data codes: none 4. Variable List A. Name: station Description: Indicates sampled lakes name. B. Name: Date Description: Sample collecting date for each station DD-Month-YYYY C. Name: Nauplii -> Chydorus.sphaericus.with.eggs row (all found species names) Description: Number of zooplankton species (individuals per liter units) found in the sample for each station. ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: "sites.csv" ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 4 2. Number of cases/rows: 6 3. Missing data codes: none 4. Variable List A. Name: lake Description: Indicates each sampled station name. B. Name: state Description: State in which lake/station is located. C. Name: latitude Description: Latitude of each sampling site. D. Name: longitude Description: Longitude of each sampling site. ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: "YSI_data.csv" ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 8 2. Number of cases/rows: 32978 3. Missing data codes: none 4. Variable List A. Name: station Description: Indicates each sampled lake name. B. Name: Date Description: Sample collecting date for each station MM/DD/YYYY C. Name: Depth_m Description: Depth of each measurements by YSI sonde. D. Name: fDOM_RFU Description: Water column fluorescent dissolved organic matter profile in relative fluorescence units. E. Name: ODO_mg_per_L Description: Water column oxygen profile in milligram per liter units. F. Name: Temp_C Description: Water column temperature profile in Celsius units. G. Name: Cond_µS_per_cm Description: Water column conductivity profile in microsiemens per centimeter. H. Name: TDS_mg_per_L Description: Water column total dissolved solids profile in milligram per liter units.