This DATSETNAMEreadme.txt file was generated on 2021-07-21 by Meredith Holgerson GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Manuscript Title: Integrating ecosystem metabolism and consumer allochthony reveals nonlinear drivers in lake organic matter processing 2. Author Information A. Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Meredith Holgerson Institution: Cornell University Email: meredith.holgerson@cornell.edu 3. Date compilation from the literature: compiled November 2019 DATA & FILE OVERVIEW 1. File List: (1) Allochthony dataset, (2) Metabolism dataset 2. Relationship between files: Both files were used in analysis METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION 1. Description of methods used for data compilation: Please see associated manuscript 2. Methods for processing the data: Please see associated manuscript DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Allochthony dataset citation: Authors and date of manuscript from where the data were extracted lake: Lake name latitude: Site latitude longitude: Site longitude biome: Terrestrial ecoregion from TNC taxa_fine: zooplankton taxonomic category provided by authors taxa_course: zooplankton category we analyzed (mixed zooplankton, cladoceran, copepod) zoop_alloch: zooplankton allochthony (%) study_type: natural abundance or isotope tracer isotopes_analyzed: isotopes analyzed (C = carbon, H = hydrogen, N = nitrogen) sa_km2: surface area (km2) depth_max: maximum depth (m) depth_mean: mean depth (m) doc: dissolved organic carbon (mg/L) chla: chlorophyll a (ug/L) tn: total nitrogen (ug/L) tp: total phosphorus (ug/L) sample_year: sample year sample_season: sample season comments: any additional information, such as environmental data from a secondary study DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Metabolism dataset citation: Authors and date of manuscript from where the data were extracted lake: Lake name latitude: Site latitude longitude: Site longitude biome: Terrestrial ecoregion from TNC method: Method for calculating metabolism, as provided in the paper where data were extracted from days_measured: Number of sampling days for metabolism calculations NEP_gO2m2day: Net Ecosystem Metabolism (g O2 / m2 / day) GPP_gO2m2day: Gross Primary Production (g O2 / m2 / day) ER_gO2m2day: Ecosystem Respiration (g O2 / m2 / day) sa_km2: Surface area (km2) depth_max: Maximum depth (m) depth_mean: Mean depth (m) restime_yr: Lake residence time (years) doc: dissolved organic carbon (mg/L) chla: chlorophyll a (ug/L) tn: total nitrogen (ug/L) tp: total phosphorus (ug/L) comments: any additional information, such as environmental data from a secondary study