This Toscano_Rudolf_longterm_zooplankton_readme.txt file was generated on 2021-02-06 by Benjamin J. Toscano. GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title of Dataset: Developmental change in predators drives different community configurations (Toscano_Rudolf_longterm_zooplankton) 2. Author Information A. Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Benjamin J. Toscano Institution: Department of Biology, Trinity College Address: 300 Summit St, Hartford, CT 06106 Email: benjamin.toscano@trincoll.edu B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Volker H.W. Rudolf Institution: BioSciences, Rice University Address: 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005 Email: volker.rudolf@rice.edu C. Alternate Contact Information Name: Institution: Address: Email: 3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) : 2016-07-11 - 2017-10-11; This range includes all experiments. Different experiments have different start and end dates. 4. Geographic location of data collection : Experiments were run in the Rudolf lab at Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, Texas 77005, USA. Organisms were collected from freshwater ponds in Sam Houston National Forest and Huntsville, TX. 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: This work was supported by an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship to B.J.T. and an NSF grant to V.H.W.R. (DEB-1256860). SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Toscano, B. J. and V. H. W. Rudolf. 2021. Developmental change in predators drives different community configurations. American Naturalist (in press). 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: 5. Was data derived from another source? yes/no A. If yes, list source(s): 6. Recommended citation for this dataset: Toscano, B. J. and V. H. W. Rudolf. 2021. Data from: Developmental change in predators drives different community configurations. American Naturalist, Dryad Digital Repository, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.d7wm37q0v. DATA & FILE OVERVIEW 1. File List: copepods_primary_invasion_experiment.csv - Time-series data of copepods for the primary invasion experiment. daphnia_primary_invasion_experiment.csv - Time-series data of Daphnia for the primary invasion experiment (rows are for individual Daphnia). copepods_supplementary_invasion_experiment.csv - Time-series data of copepods for the supplementary invasion experiment. daphnia_supplementary_invasion_experiment.csv - Time-series data of Daphnia for the supplementary invasion experiment (rows are for individual Daphnia). juvenile_copepod_rearing_experiment.csv - Data from juvenile copepod rearing experiment used to test for food-dependent maturation. 2. Relationship between files, if important: 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? yes/no A. If yes, name of file(s) that was updated: i. Why was the file updated? ii. When was the file updated? METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Experimental design and protocols used in data collection can be found in: Toscano, B. J. and V. H. W. Rudolf. 2021. Developmental change in predators drives different community configurations. American Naturalist (in press). 2. Methods for processing the data: Submitted data are the raw/collected data. 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: All experiments were conducted in a temperature-controlled room (set at 22° C) under a 12:12 dark-light cycle. 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Benjamin Toscano (author) Lauren Eveland (lab technician) Misha Mehra (undergraduate research assistant) Julian Wilson (undergraduate research assistant) Sasha Figel (undergraduate research assistant) Volker Rudolf (author) DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [copepods_primary_invasion_experiment.csv] 1. Number of variables: 10 2. Number of cases/rows: 260 3. Variable List: "sampling date", the copepod sampling date "time", this is a common time variable to use across copepod and Daphnia data sets for the primary invasion experiment "sampling event", this is an ordinal variable for sampling event "tank", this variable indicates the microcosm tank (n = 16) "treatment", this variable indicates the predator invasion density experimental treatment (control, low, high) "block", this variable indicates the spatial (experimental) block (one or two) "adults wo eggs", number of adult copepods without eggs (550 mL sample) "adults w eggs", number of adult copepods with eggs (550 mL sample) "copepodites", number of copepodites per sample (150 mL sample) "nauplii", number of nauplii per sample (150 mL sample) 4. Missing data codes: n "NA" is used for missing data. 5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [daphnia_primary_invasion_experiment.csv] 1. Number of variables: 14 2. Number of cases/rows: 18,006 3. Variable List: "sampling date", the Daphnia sampling date "time", this is a common time variable to use across copepod and Daphnia data sets for the primary invasion experiment "sampling event", this is an ordinal variable for sampling event "tank", this variable indicates the microcosm tank (n = 16) "treatment", this variable indicates the predator invasion density experimental treatment (control, low, high) "block", this variable indicates the spatial (experimental) block (one or two) "individual", Daphnia individual # per sample "length", length of each individual Daphnia in microscope units with 1.25 objective, multiply *(3/2.5) to get length in mm "reproductive?", is this individual reproductive (1 - carrying offspring) or not reproductive (0 - not carrying offspring) "internal eggs", number of internal eggs that each reproductive individual is carrying "neonates", number of neonates that each reproductive individual is carrying "restings eggs", number of resting eggs that each reproductive individual is carrying "notes", notes from recorder, colors refer to egg color "recorder", initials of person who collected data 4. Missing data codes: n "NA" is used for missing data. 5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [copepods_supplementary_invasion_experiment.csv] 1. Number of variables: 8 2. Number of cases/rows: 288 3. Variable List: "time", this is a common time variable to use across copepod and Daphnia data sets for the supplementary invasion experiment "tank", this variable indicates the microcosm tank (n = 10) "treatment", this variable indicates the predator invasion density experimental treatment (low, high) "algae", algae cell count "adults wo eggs", number of adult copepods without eggs (550 mL sample) "adults w eggs", number of adult copepods with eggs (550 mL sample) "copepodites", number of copepodites per sample (150 mL sample) "nauplii", number of nauplii per sample (150 mL sample) 4. Missing data codes: n "NA" is used for missing data. 5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [daphnia_supplementary_invasion_experiment.csv] 1. Number of variables: 10 2. Number of cases/rows: 11,642 3. Variable List: "time", this is a common time variable to use across copepod and Daphnia data sets for the supplementary invasion experiment "tank", this variable indicates the microcosm tank (n = 10) "treatment", this variable indicates the predator invasion density experimental treatment (control, low, high) "individual", Daphnia individual # per sample "length", length of each individual Daphnia in microscope units with 1.25 objective, multiply *(3/2.5) to get length in mm "reproductive?", is this individual reproductive (1 - carrying offspring) or not reproductive (0 - not carrying offspring) "internal eggs", number of internal eggs that each reproductive individual is carrying "neonates", number of neonates that each reproductive individual is carrying "restings eggs", number of resting eggs that each reproductive individual is carrying "notes", notes from recorder, colors refer to egg color 4. Missing data codes: n "NA" is used for missing data. 5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [juvenile_copepod_rearing_experiment.csv] 1. Number of variables: 7 2. Number of cases/rows: 80 3. Variable List: "date", sampling date "tank", this variable indicates the microcosm tank (n = 16) "treatment", experimental treatment (different algae cell densities) "treatment name", treatment names "nauplii", nauplii per sample "copepodites", copepodites per sample "total", nauplii + copepodites per sample 4. Missing data codes: n "NA" is used for missing data. 5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: