Canadian freshwater mussels and their host associations
Data files
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Correlation_Studies_Hosts.csv
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Correlation_Studies_Hosts.R
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Mussel_Host_Interaction_Data.csv
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README.md
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Abstract
Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nk98sf86h
Description of the data and file structure
Dataset contains the known or suspected hosts of Canada's freshwater mussel species (Unionidae, Margaritiferidae) collected from the Illinois Natural History Survey's Mussel Host Database and via literature review. Evidence types were assigned to each interaction in accorance with previously published literature.
Files and variables
File: Correlation_Studies_Hosts.R
Description: Code used to test correlation between the number of documented hosts for a given mussel species and the number of studies that have explored those relationships
File: Correlation_Studies_Hosts.csv
Description: number of documented hosts for a given mussel species and the number of studies that have explored those relationships
Variables
- Mussel Species: Mussel common name
- Total Studies: Total number of studies that have explored host relationships for the corresponding mussel species
- Total Hosts: number of documented hosts for the corresponding mussel species
File: Mussel_Host_Interaction_Data.csv
Description: List of the known and suspected mussel-host interactions for all 55 species of Canadian freshwater mussels and their corresponding evidence types.
Variables
- Mussel Common: Mussel common name.
- Host Common: Host common name.
- Host Sp.: Host scientific name.
- ET: Corresponding evidence type for mussel-host interaction.
NS: Not Specified Evidence type not provided NI: Natural Infestation Glochidia infestation observed on fish or amphibian under natural conditions LI: Laboratory Infestation Glochidia infestation on fish or amphibian induced under experimental conditions LT: Laboratory Transformation Complete metamorphosis into juvenile stage observed under experimental conditions NT: Natural Transformation Complete metamorphosis into juvenile stage observed OR advanced encapsulation (e.g., internal organ development) identified on fish or amphibians under natural conditions RC: Range Correlation Suspected larval-host association based on modeled or known range overlap ZT: Zero Transformation Fish or amphibian determined to be an unsuitable host due to unsuccessful attachment or encapsulation - Host Canadian: Host species occurs in Canada (1). Host species does not occur in Canada (0).
- Locality: Locality where mussels used in the study were observed or collected.
- Country: Country where the mussels used in the study were collected
- Previously in Database: The specific interaction already listed in the Illinois Natural History Survey's Mussel Host Database (Y); The specific interaction was located by this review (N).
- Citation: Source from which the data was extracted.
Code/software
R version 4.4.0. All code can be run using base R.