README for data supporting the following publicaton: Klemme, I., Debes, P.V., Primmer, C.R., Härkönen, L.S., Erkinaro, J., Hyvärinen, P. A. & Karvonen 2022. Host developmental stage effects on parasite resistance and tolerance. American Naturalist. Authors and contact information: Ines Klemme, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, ines.klemme@jyu.fi Paul V. Debes, Hólar University, Iceland, paul.debes@dal.ca Craig R. Primmer, University of Helsinki, Finland, craig.primmer@helsinki.fi Laura S. Härkönen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), laura.harkonen@luke.fi Jaakko Erkinaro, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), jaakko.erkinaro@luke.fi Pekka Hyvärinen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), pekka.hyvarinen@luke.fi Anssi Karvonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, anssi.karvonen@jyu.fi Study summary: This study links resistance and tolerance to parasites with host development in Atlantic salmon and uncovers pitfalls in tolerance estimations. Authors responsible for collecting data: Ines Klemme, Craig R. Primmer, Laura S. Härkönen, Pekka Hyvärinen, Anssi Karvonen Author responsible for writing code: Paul V. Debes data file: 'data.csv' variables: PIT Unique fish identifier for the passive integrated transponder (PIT) of the experimental fish Dam Unique fish identifier of the dam (mother) of the fish Sire Unique fish identifier of the sire (father) of the fish Cross One of four identifiers for cross of the fish in respect to two parental population origins of either OULU (OUL) or TORNIO (TOR) given as: female parent population "_" male parent population Sex One of two identifiers for either female (Female) or male (Male) sex of the fish LStage One of two identifiers for inferred life stage in relation to sea migration, the fish being either a migrant (Smolt) or a resident (Parr) silvery Binary, fish skin coloration categorised as either silver (1) or not silver (0) downstream_mov Average recorded downstream activity for the fish in completed stream rounds per hour Stream One of sixteen unique stream identifiers for the experimental replicates InfTreatment One of two treatments of either having been experimentally exposed to a parasite ("infected") or sham-exposed ("control") sum_para_count Sum of parasite counts across both eyes para_count_R Parasite count in the right eye para_count_L Parasite count in the left eye avrg_cat_perc Average percentage of cataract coverage across both eyes cat_perc_R Estimated percentage of cataract coverage in the right eye cat_perc_L Estimated percentage of cataract coverage in the left eye avrg_lens_vol Average eye lens volume in mm3 across both eyes lens_vol_R Calculated eye lens volume in mm3 (based on the measured diameter) of the right eye lens_vol_L Calculated eye lens volume in mm3 (based on the measured diameter) of the left eye length_Jul Measured body length in mm during a period in July length_Sept Measured body length in mm during a period in September mass_Jul Measured body mass in g during a period in July mass_Sept Measured body mass in g during a period in September