Data belonging to the following publication: Marine stepping-stones: Connectivity of Mytilus edulis populations between offshore energy installations AUTHORS Coolen, Joop W.P., Wageningen University & Research, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8127-6097 Boon, Arjen R., Deltares Crooijmans, Richard, Wageningen University & Research van Pelt, Hilde, Wageningen University & Research Kleissen, Frank, Deltares Gerla, Daan, Wageningen University & Research Beermann, Jan, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Birchenough, Silvana N.R., Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Becking, Lisa E., Wageningen University & Research Luttikhuizen, Pieternella C., Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research JOURNAL Molecular Ecology EXPLANATION OF DATASET The data are formatted in csv files contained in two zip files: Coolen_et_al_Mytilus_spp_data.zip Particle tracking.zip EXPLANATION PER ZIP FILE Coolen_et_al_Mytilus_spp_data.zip contains the following: Coolen_et_al_Mytilus_spp_genotyping_data.csv; Which contains the genotyping results based on microsatellite data. 300_Ima2p_infiles; a folder containing all 300 Ima2p input files as csv and a single file containing list of file names as csv 300_Ima2p_outfiles; a folder containing all 300 Ima2p output files as csv Particle tracking.zip contains the following: 2004 nieuw; a folder containing all particle tracking model results from the year 2004 as 25 csv files. File name relates to locations where particicles originate from. The order of particle receiving locations in the file (columns) is as follows: HORN; BKUM; HARW; F31A; EURW; K10B; CALA; BG1x; PAAL; BLYT; EUR7; WZB; WZA; BRES; Q13A; G14A; K9A; L10G; L15A; BVW; D15A; FINO; SCHV; HELG; SYLT. 2005 nieuw; a folder containing all particle tracking model results from the year 2005 as 25 csv files. Otherwise identical to the 2004 nieuw folder above. LOCATION INFORMATION Location names and file names with location reference all refer to the following locations: From left to right: Abbreviated name of sample, full name of sample; sampling date, structure type, sample size (number of specimens genotyped), sampling depth (m), position in decimal degrees WGS1984 (Lat. & Lon.) and distance to the nearest coastline (km). Name Full name Date Structure Size Depth Lat. Lon. Dist. BG1x BG 1 11 March 2015 Buoy 44 0 53.8833 3.4983 116 BKUM Borkum Riffgat 29 June 2014 Wind farm 25 4 53.6900 6.4800 14 BLYT Blythe 14 November 2014 Pier 48 0 55.1258 -1.4983 0 BRES Breskens 20 August 2014 Breakwater 48 0 51.4068 3.5121 0 BVW BV W 30 September 2014 Buoy 48 0 52.6007 3.5170 74 CALA Calais 20 August 2014 Pier 24 0 50.9661 1.8433 0 D15A D15-A 3 October 2015 O&G platform 48 7 54.3247 2.9346 181 EUR7 EURO 7 15 September 2014 Buoy 48 0 51.9900 3.5031 32 EURW Euro W 24 July 2014 Buoy 48 0 51.9095 2.7232 70 F31A F3-1A 1 September 2014 O&G platform 47 5 54.8520 4.6949 166 FINO FINO 3 23 September 2015 Research platform 28 4 55.1950 7.1583 71 G14A G14-A 16 July 2014 O&G platform 48 13 54.2241 5.4986 85 HARW Harwich 15 November 2015 Pebble beach 42 0 51.9348 1.2813 0 HELG Helgoland 15 January 2016 Harbour 48 0 54.1760 7.8945 47 HORN Horns Rev 10 June 2015 Wind farm 67 0 55.4789 7.8110 19 K10B K10-B 1 October 2014 O&G platform 48 27 53.3626 3.2539 104 K9A K9-A 27 August 2014 O&G platform 48 0 53.5202 3.9925 66 L10G L10-G 08 June 2014 O&G platform 48 10 53.4904 4.1952 53 L15A L15-A 5 June 2014 O&G platform 48 6 53.3295 4.8302 11 LIMF Limfjorden 16 June 2014 Longlines 48 2 56.7830 8.9110 0 LISB Lisbon 14 February 2015 Harbour 37 0 38.7635 -9.0926 0 PAAL Texel 29 June 2014 Breakwater 48 0 53.0118 4.7083 0 Q13A Q13-A 28 May 2014 O&G platform 48 0 to 7 52.1911 4.1361 13 SCHV Scheveningen 8 July 2014 Breakwater 48 0 52.0987 4.2582 0 SYLT Sylt 3 June 2014 Breakwater 48 0 55.0216 8.4403 0 WZA Wadden Sea A 30 April 2014 Intertidal mussel bed 24 0 53.4521 6.3042 0 WZB Wadden Sea B 6 May 2014 Subtidal mussel bed 24 2 53.4600 6.3583 0