Seagrass Seed Ball Germination and Integrity Data from Laboratory Experiment

Benjamin Jones's dataset contains laboratory experimental data for assessing the performance of different seagrass seed ball formulations during early germination and seedling development. The data includes repeated observations over time for treatments comparing naked seeds, buried fireclay balls, and multiple seed ball formulations. The dataset is 169.8 KB and was last updated on 2026-05-19.

Use Cases

• Modeling the probability of seed emergence based on treatment identity and time.
• Analyzing leaf production and shoot length conditional on seedling emergence.
• Assessing structural degradation over time using seed ball integrity scores.
• Comparing the performance of different seed ball material ratios and drying treatments.

Strengths

• Includes repeated temporal observations for each experimental unit, enabling longitudinal analysis.
• Provides a derived time-since-start variable and a defined 1-5 scoring system for seed ball integrity.
• Dataset is accompanied by an R script that reproduces the main analyses and figures.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a controlled laboratory experiment, which may not reflect field conditions.

Provenance

Source

Benjamin Jones via figshare.

Collection Method

Data collected from a controlled laboratory experiment comparing seed ball formulations.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 18:17:56; freshness should be verified.