Data Files

Updated 6 February 2009

 

  

1.      BABIES.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU students Chris and Craig Shadrix) - data on neonates of diamondback water snakes (Nerodia rhombifer) obtained from females collected near Lonoke, AR.  Variables are: mother = ID of mother, SVL = snout-vent length (mm), wgt = weight (g), sex = sex (1=male; 2=female), TL = tail length (mm).  N = 486

 

2.      CALIBRAT.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU student Nathan Mills) - calibration data for temperature-sensitive transmitters.  Variables are: freq = frequency (MHz), temp = temperature (C), PI = pulse interval (msec). N = 21

 

3.      CAVESALYS.SYD – photo (contributed by HU anatomist Don Sanders and HU ecologist Mike Plummer) – morphological data on cave salamanders (Eurycea lucifuga) from Arkansas and Kentucky.  Variables are: loc$ = locality, month$ = month, month = month, sex$ = sex, SVL = snout-vent length (mm), mature$ = is the animal mature? N = 220

 

4.      CLUTCH.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU students Don Sanders and David Farrar) - data on clutches and young of green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus) obtained from females collected near Bald Knob, AR. Variables are:  yr = year, snakno = snake ID, SVL = snout-vent length (mm), powgt = post-ovipository weight (g), clutsize = clutch size, clutwgt = weight of clutch (g), mewid = mean egg width (mm), melen = mean egg length (mm), mewgt = mean egg weight (g), mhsvl =mean hatchling svl (mm), mhwgt = mean hatchling weight (g).  N = 97

 

5.      DIETSTRESS.SYD (Hampton and Havel 2006) – data on weight gain in mice fed different diets and maintained under different levels of stress.  Variables are: wgtgain (weight gain in g), diet (control, junk food), and stress (high, low). N = 32

 

6.      DLWMEANS.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer, SREL ecologist Justin Congdon, and FHU ecologist Brian Butterfield) - data on mean metabolic rates of free-ranging racers (Coluber constrictor) in a population studied at the Savannah River Ecology Lab near Aiken, SC. Variables are num = snake ID, bm = body mass (g), days = number of days monitored, bmch = % body mass change per day, h20in = water influx (ml/d), h20out = water efflux (ml/d), fmr = field metabolic rate (mlCO2/gh), mr = movement rate (m/d), tb = body temperature (C), sex = sex (1=male; 2=female), earlytb = early season body temp (C), latetb = late season body temp (C), earlyfmr = early season field metabolic rate (mlCO2/gh), latefmr = late season field metabolic rate (mlCO2/gh).  N = 8

 

7.      DRAMP.SYD – photo (contributed by HU geneticist Rebekah Rampey) - data on comparative levels of IAA-amino acid conjugates and IAA in wild-type Arabidopsis plants compared to the triple mutant that is defective in three enzymes that hydrolyze the conjugates to release the IAA.  Variables are: treatment (dry seeds, 2d imibition, 4d germination), plant  (Ws = wild type; ilr/ill/iar = triple hydrolase mutant), IAA (pg/mg) and four IAA conjugates: IAAsp, IAGlu, IAAla, and IALeu (pg/mg).

 

8.      EFF.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU students Hoyt Slade and Will Arnold) - data on digestion in Mediterranean geckos (Hemidactylus turcicus) collected near Baton Rouge, LA.  Variables are: no = gecko ID, SVL = snout-vent length (mm), bodwmass = wet mass of gecko body (g), cwetmass = wet mass of crickets (g), cdrymass = dry mass of crickets (g), crickcal = calories in crickets, fecmass = dry mass of feces (g), feccal = calories in feces, umass = dry mass of urinary wastes (g), ucal = calories in urinary wastes, digeff = digestive efficiency, assimeff = assimilation efficiency.  N = 13

 

9.      EGGSIZE.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU student Don Sanders) - data on eggs and hatchlings of  green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus) obtained from females collected near Bald Knob, AR.  Variables are: year = year, snakeno = snake ID, svl = snout-vent length (mm), powgt = post-ovipository weight (g), eggno = egg no., ewid = egg width (mm), elen = egg length (mm), ewgt = egg weight (g), pip = days to pipping, hatch = days to hatching, hsvl = hatchling snout-vent length (mm), hwgt = hatchling weight (g), sex = sex (1=male, 2=female).  N = 608

 

10.  GCTHERMAL.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU student Trish Crabill) – data on environmental and body temperatures of softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) in Gin Creek.  Variables are: date (numeric), time (numeric), monthday (day of month), time24hr (24 hour time), body temperature of turtle no. 630 (C), body temperature of turtle no. 170 (C), temperature of an exposed terrestrial turtle model (C), water temperature (C).  N = 28368

 

11.  GINMOVE.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU students Steve Allen and Nathan Mills) - data extracted from a larger file (2017 cases) on a population of spiny softshell turtles (Trionyx spiniferus) inhabiting Gin Creek in Searcy, AR.  Variables are: no = turtle ID, sex$ = sex, date = date, time = time, tb = body temperature (C), tamb = ambient temperature (C), tair = air temperature (C), twat = water temperature (C), wlev = water level, clar$ = water clarity, sky = sky, wind = wind, hab$ = habitat, beh = behavior, loc = location (m), loc2 = location one day later (m), dist = distance moved.  N = 973

 

12.  HOGNOSE.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU student Nathan Mills) - data extracted from a larger file (1974 cases) on radiotracked hognose snakes (Heterodon platirhinos) recorded near Riverside Park north of Searcy, AR.  Variables are: yr = year, date = date, no = snake ID, sex$ = sex, rc = recapture status, xloc = x-axis location, yloc = y-axis location, hab1$ = habitat1, hab2$ = habitat2, grdcov$ = groundcover, act$ = activity, beh$ = behavior, dist = distance moved (m), tb = body temperature, tair = air temperature, status$ = resident status.  N = 783

 

13.  LONOKE.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU student Jo Goy) - data on diet of diamondback water snakes (Nerodia rhombifer) collected in a fish hatchery near Lonoke, AR.  Variables are: pondnum = pond number, sex = sex (males=1, females=2), svl = snout-vent length (cm), wgt = body weight (g), pndtype = pond type (c=catfish; m=minnow) , yr = year, date = date (md).  N = 274

 

14.  LORIDATA.SYD – photo (contributed by HU geneticist Rebekah Rampey and HU student Lori Wheeler) – data on wild type and mutant Arabidopsis hypocotyl lengths grown on three different media.  Variables are: Treatment$ (PNS control, artificial auxin 2um2,4-DB, and natural auxin 10 um IBA), Type$ (Columbia wild type, HR28 mutant), hypocotyl length (mm). N = 110

 

 

Diet

Soy protein

Isoflavone (ppm)

Oil source

5K96

no

0

corn

AIN-93G Cas

no

0

soy

AIN-93G SPI

yes

250-300

soy

P 5001

yes

>366

corn

15.  MOUSEDIET.SYD – photo (contributed by HU toxicologist Steve Cooper) - Data on the effect of dietary soy on the toxicity of nonylphenol (causes PKD) in laboratory mice.  Variables are ID = ID of mouse, cage = ID of mouse housing, treat = treatment, diet = diet fed to mouse, NPdose = amount of nonylphenol fed to mouse, bodwgt = weight of mouse (g), kidwgt = weight of kidney (mg), livwgt = weight of liver (mg).  N = 143

 

16.  RANDOM.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU student Randy Ransom) - data extracted from a larger file (2701 cases) on a population of green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus) near Denmark, AR.  Variables are: date = date, rc = recapture status, num = snake ID, sex = sex (1=male, 2=female), svl = snout-vent length (mm), wgt = weight (g), loc = capture location (m), tb = body temperature (C), die = death, OE$ = oviducal eggs, reprod$ = reproductive condition, comments$ = comments.  N = 848

 

17.  RHOMBIF.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU students Chris and Craig Shadrix) - data on broods of diamondback water snakes (Nerodia rhombifer) obtained from females collected near Lonoke, AR.  Variables are: snakeno = snake number, svl = snout-vent length (cm), powgt = postpartum weight (g), birthdat = date of birth, broodno = number of neonates in brood, brdtotma = mass of brood (g), brdxsvl = mean svl of neonates in brood, brdxmass = mean mass of neonates in brood (g), brdsexra = sex ratio of neonates in brood.  N = 21

 

18.  SHRIMP.SYD – photo (contributed by HU marine biologist Joseph Goy) - Reproductive data on stenopodid shrimp collected at various localities in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.  Variables are ocean$ = ocean, femlen = female carapace length (mm), femwgt = female body weight (mg), eggno = number of eggs, broodvol = volume of egg mass (mm3), broodwgt = weight of egg mass (mg).  N= 68

 

19.  SNS2.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologists Mike Plummer and Nathan Mills and HU student Trixie Lee) – data on body mass of hatchling softshell turtles raised either with a sand substrate or without a sand substrate.  Variables are: week = week since treatments began, treat$ = sand, no sand, turtno$ = turtle ID, wgt = body mass (g)

 

20.  TREAT.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer and HU students Craig Shadrix and Becky Cox) - data on eggs and hatchlings of softshell turtles (Apalone mutica) collected in the White River near Georgetown, AR.  Variables are: day = collection date (Julian), clutno = clutch ID, eggno = egg number, eggwgt = egg weight (g), class = age class of egg when collected, treat = treatment (C), pip = Julian date of pipping, hat = Julian date of hatching, pl = plastron length of hatchling (mm), hmass = hatchling mass (g), cl = carapace length of hatchling (mm), incub = length of incubation (d).  N = 245

 

21.  USOPHEO.SYD – photo (contributed by HU ecologist Mike Plummer) - data on adult body size of green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus) throughout its geographic range in the US.  Variables are: LOC = geographic locality, SEX = sex, SVL = snout-vent length (mm).  N = 649