Readme for divloci_2013-07-05.csv

This CSV (comma-separated) file contains microsatellite diversity data from marine fishes that was compiled from published papers, theses, and white papers. See our published paper for the criteria we used to select data.

Column name:
taxon: Taxon (genus or family) to which this entry was assigned
spp: Scientific name
FBname: Common name (from Fishbase)
Family: family
Genus: genus
Species: species
Source: source (citation) for this line of data
PrimerNote: 1 if from a primer note, 0 if not
Country: country from which this sample was taken
Site: site name
stock_srdb: name of the fisheries stock from which this sample was taken, if available (matches RAM Legacy Database v1.0, see Ricard D, Minto C, Jensen OP, Baum JK (2012) Examining the knowledge base and status of commercially exploited marine species with the RAM Legacy Stock Assessment Database. Fish and Fisheries 13, 380-398. doi:10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00435.x).
overfishedstock: TRUE if this sample was from a fisheries stock known to be overfished, FALSE otherwise
YearAve: average year in which these samples were taken
MarkerName: name of the microsatellite marker
CrossSpp: 1 if this was a cross-species marker, 0 if not
n: number of fish sampled
He: expected heterozygosity
A: allelic richness
A50: allelic richness corrected with Ewen's sampling formula to n=50
MaxLengthTL: maximum length for this species (from Fishbase)
fao: FAO Statistical Area from which this sample was taken
lat: latitude (°N)
lavecatch: log of average annual global catch from 1950-2006 (calculated from data at http://www.fao.org/fishery/figis)