Oyster size and weight measurements used for the development of weight-to-weight transformation factors and weight estimation models

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The dataset includes oyster size and weight measurements used for calculating weight-to-weight transformation factors for oyster total, shell and soft tissue wet weight to dry weight (n = 30), developing a set of allometric and random forest models to estimate oyster total (n = 1241), shell (n = 240) and soft tissue (n = 120) wet weights. For the random forest models, the additional variables location and type (if oysters were single or clustered) were also considered. The size variables were shell Height (H, umbo hinge to longest edge), Length (L, longest distance across the valve) and Width (Wi, maximum distance between external surfaces of the umbo), these were all measured in mm to the closest 0.01 mm using a digital caliper. Oysters were collected and measured at the Nature conservation area Helgoländer Felssockel, Natura 2000 site Borkum Reef Ground, and offshore wind farm Meerwind Süd I Ost.The allometric models and transformation factors allow for the reuse of data, as well as estimation of further ecological parameters and indices. Furthermore, these models and transformations could greatly enhance the outcome of monitoring efforts by restoration programs.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.949238
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3912
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3426
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.949238
Provenance
Creator Pineda-Metz, Santiago E A ORCID logo; Merk, Verena; Pogoda, Bernadette (ORCID: 0000-0003-3997-426X)
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2022
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 29171 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (6.279W, 53.917S, 7.830E, 54.213N); Borkum Reef Ground; Helgoland
Temporal Coverage Begin 2021-04-20T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z