DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4675100
title: NOAA RESTORE Science Program: Shellfish Portfolio Assessment Tool: Expert judgment of oyster resources for ecosystem services, 2018-07-01 to 2018-11-30

description: Dataset consists of observations of subject matter expert responses regarding levels of five ecosystem services provided by three distinct oyster resources under twelve distinct scenarios according to varying environmental conditions in U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coast locations.


The purpose of the dataset is to provide useful comparisons across oyster resources of both expected ecosystem service delivery levels and the amount of variation in those levels. These estimates bridge an information gap regarding relative performance of diverse oyster resources along multiple dimensions and should serve as a useful guide for resource managers facing competing interests.


The project is an interdisciplinary effort to better understand ecosystem services provided by diverse oyster resources.  It is a partnership between Mississippi State University, Auburn University, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.


See Petrolia et al. (2020).
description: The data in this accession were funded by the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) RESTORE Science Program under award NA17NOS4510090 to Mississippi State University.

This work was also supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station via Multistate Project W-4133 "Costs and Benefits of Natural Resources on Public and Private Lands: Management, Economic Valuation, and Integrated Decision-Making", (Hatch Project MIS-033140).

Total File Size:			279 KB total (unzipped), 3 files in 1 folder, 219 KB (zipped)
Data File Format(s):		Comma-separated value (.CSV)
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Data File:  
•	Ecosystem_Service_Expert_Responses.csv
Documentation Files:
•	BrowseGraphic.JPG
•	DataDocumentation.PDF
Table 1: Data Dictionary 
Note: Summary statistics by ecosystem service, oyster resource, elicitation subsample, and environmental scenario.  Scenario key:  
•	1st letter indicates nutrients-oxygen regime:  mesotrophic-normoxic (M) or eutrophic-hypoxic (E); 
•	2nd letter indicates sedimentation regime:  normal (N) or high (H); 
•	3rd letter indicates salinity regime:  low (L), medium (M), or high(H).
Column	Variable	Definition	Units	Range
1	Service	Ecosystem service indicated (see Petrolia et al. 2020)	N/A (descriptive)	Oysters, Nitrogen, Erosion, Blue Crab, Redfish
2	Resource	Oyster Resource indicated (see Petrolia et al. 2020)	N/A (descriptive)	Traditional, Off-Bottom, Restored
3	Subsample	Subsample indicated (see Petrolia et al. 2020)	N/A (descriptive)	All, Isolated, Discussion, Gulf, Atlantic
4	Scenario	Scenario indicated (see Petrolia et al. 2020)	N/A (descriptive)	MNL, MNM, MNH, MHL, MHM, MHH, ENL, ENM, ENH, EHL, EHM, EHH
5	N	Number of observations	number of respondents	[3,38]
6	Mean	Mean ecosystem service level reported	varies by service (see Petrolia et al. 2020)	[-0.11,712.5]
7	StdDev	Standard deviation of ecosystem service levels reported	varies by service (see Petrolia et al. 2020)	[0,1654]
8	Wtd_Mean	Familiarity-weighted mean ecosystem service level reported	varies by service (see Petrolia et al. 2020)	[-0.14,782]
9	Median	Median ecosystem service level reported	varies by service (see Petrolia et al. 2020)	[0,300]
10	Min	Minimum ecosystem service level reported	varies by service (see Petrolia et al. 2020)	[-5,20]
11	Max	Maximum ecosystem service level reported	varies by service (see Petrolia et al. 2020)	[0,5000]