Variables contained in Diet-shift data.xls DATASET: internal data set identifier EXPERIMENT: data set identifier used in publication SERIAL: internal sample identifier YEAR: year in which experiment was begun SOURCE: location of adults that produced eggs. FAML refers to the University of Texas Marine Science Institute Fisheries and Mariculture Laboratory in Port Aransas Texas. FB refers to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Marine Development Center in the Flour Bluff area of Corpus Christi, Texas. CODE: internal record identifier SPAWNDATE: date of spawn (evening before eggs were collected from tank) FARUNDATE: "fatty acid run date" date when egg composition analysis was completed TANK: tank identifier SPAWN_NUM: serial number of the sampled spawn after the diet shift DAYSSINCE: number of days since the diet shift ARA_EGG_MG: concentration of arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) in sample of eggs in mg g-1 dry weight ARA_EGG_PCT: concentration of arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) in sample of eggs as a percentage of total extracted fatty acids