# Index to data sets

Sections in which the specified data sets are analysed; bold indicates location of an introduction to the dataset and a source reference. The list is ordered by first appearance and the heading gives the data directory. 

- **\Ekofisk macrofauna**
   - Ekofisk oilfield monitoring (N Sea), soft-sediment macrofauna counts & contaminant variables:
      -	Sections: [**1**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/1-opening-editing-and-saving-data-file-edit), [4](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/4-pre-treatment-options), [5](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/5-resemblance-similarities-dissimilarities-and-distances), [8](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/8-multi-dimensional-scaling-non-metric-nmds-metric-mmds-combined-mds), [9](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/9-analysis-of-similarity-tests-unordered-and-ordered-anosim), [10](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/10-wizards-and-species-analyses-basic-mva-coherence-plots-matrix-display-simper), [14](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/14-further-matching-of-multivariate-patterns-relate-2stage-best-mvdisp) <br>
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-  **\Tasmania meiofauna**   
   - Tasmanian soldier crab disturbance study (Australia), sandflat nematode & copepod abundance:
     - Sections: [**1**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/1-opening-editing-and-saving-data-file-edit), [3](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/3-highlighting-and-selection-select), [9](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/9-analysis-of-similarity-tests-unordered-and-ordered-anosim), [10](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/10-wizards-and-species-analyses-basic-mva-coherence-plots-matrix-display-simper), [11](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/11-general-data-manipulation-tools-further-pre-treatment) <br>
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-   **\WA fish diets**      
     - W Australian coastal fish, dietary data, gut composition of prey categories:
       -	Sections: [**3**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/3-highlighting-and-selection-select), [4](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/4-pre-treatment-options), [8](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/8-multi-dimensional-scaling-non-metric-nmds-metric-mmds-combined-mds), [9](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/9-analysis-of-similarity-tests-unordered-and-ordered-anosim), [17](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/17-bootstrap-regions-for-group-means-bootstrap-averages)<br>
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-   **\Fal benthic fauna**   
    -  Fal estuary mudflats (SW England), copepod, nematode & macrofauna abundance (and metal levels):
       -	Sections: [**4**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/4-pre-treatment-options), [10](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/10-wizards-and-species-analyses-basic-mva-coherence-plots-matrix-display-simper), [17](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/17-bootstrap-regions-for-group-means-bootstrap-averages)  <br>
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-   **\N Sea biomarkers**
     - Biomarkers in flounder tissues (Southern N Sea), biochemical & histological variables:
       -	Sections: [**4**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/4-pre-treatment-options),  [5](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/5-resemblance-similarities-dissimilarities-and-distances), [9](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/9-analysis-of-similarity-tests-unordered-and-ordered-anosim), [10](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/10-wizards-and-species-analyses-basic-mva-coherence-plots-matrix-display-simper), [12](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/12-analysing-environmental-variables-draftsman-plot-pca)  <br>
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-   **\Denmark PSA**
     - Danish sediments, particle size distributions:
       -	Sections: [**4**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/4-pre-treatment-options), [9](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/9-analysis-of-similarity-tests-unordered-and-ordered-anosim)  <br>
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-  **\Tikus corals** 
    - Tikus Island, Thousand Islands (Indonesia) over coral bleaching event, coral % area cover:
	  - Sections: [**5**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/5-resemblance-similarities-dissimilarities-and-distances), [16](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/16-diversity-curves-geometric-class-dominance-and-species-accumulation-plots), [17](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/17-bootstrap-regions-for-group-means-bootstrap-averages)  <br>
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-   **\Plymouth PSA**
     - Plymouth water samples, particle size distributions:
       - Section: [**5**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/5-resemblance-similarities-dissimilarities-and-distances)  <br>
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   - **\Europe groundfish**
     - Groundfish trawl surveys (NW European shelf waters), fish abundance:
       - Sections: [**5**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/5-resemblance-similarities-dissimilarities-and-distances), [6](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/6-clustering-methods-cluster-simprof-unctree-krcluster), [7]((https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/7-managing-the-workspace-and-plotting-window-file-view-multi-plot-plots)), [11](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/11-general-data-manipulation-tools-further-pre-treatment), [16](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/16-diversity-curves-geometric-class-dominance-and-species-accumulation-plots)    <br>
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- **\Exe nematodes**
    - Exe estuary intertidal (SW England), nematode abundance & natural environmental data:
      -	Sections: [**6**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/6-clustering-methods-cluster-simprof-unctree-krcluster), [8](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/8-multi-dimensional-scaling-non-metric-nmds-metric-mmds-combined-mds), [9](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/9-analysis-of-similarity-tests-unordered-and-ordered-anosim), [10](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/10-wizards-and-species-analyses-basic-mva-coherence-plots-matrix-display-simper), [14](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/14-further-matching-of-multivariate-patterns-relate-2stage-best-mvdisp)  <br>
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- **\BC zooplankton** 
    - Bristol Channel plankton net hauls (W England), zooplankton abundance:
      -	Sections: [**6**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/6-clustering-methods-cluster-simprof-unctree-krcluster), [7](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/7-managing-the-workspace-and-plotting-window-file-view-multi-plot-plots), [8](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/8-multi-dimensional-scaling-non-metric-nmds-metric-mmds-combined-mds), [10](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/10-wizards-and-species-analyses-basic-mva-coherence-plots-matrix-display-simper) <br>
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- **\Morlaix macrofauna**
    - Morlaix Bay, Amoco-Cadiz oil-spill (N coast of France), time series of macrofauna abundance:
	  -	Sections: [**8**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/8-multi-dimensional-scaling-non-metric-nmds-metric-mmds-combined-mds), [10](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/10-wizards-and-species-analyses-basic-mva-coherence-plots-matrix-display-simper), [14](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/14-further-matching-of-multivariate-patterns-relate-2stage-best-mvdisp) <br>
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- **\Tees macro benthos**
    - Tees Bay (NE England), time series of macrobenthic abundance in coastal sediments:
	   -	Sections: [**8**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/8-multi-dimensional-scaling-non-metric-nmds-metric-mmds-combined-mds), [9](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/9-analysis-of-similarity-tests-unordered-and-ordered-anosim), [14](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/14-further-matching-of-multivariate-patterns-relate-2stage-best-mvdisp) <br>
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- **\World cities**
    - Great-circle distances between world cities:
	   -	Section: [**8**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/8-multi-dimensional-scaling-non-metric-nmds-metric-mmds-combined-mds) <br>
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- **\Phuket corals**
    -  Ko Phuket reefs under disturbance (Thailand), spatio-temporal series of coral transect cover:
	   -	Sections: [**8**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/8-multi-dimensional-scaling-non-metric-nmds-metric-mmds-combined-mds), [9](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/9-analysis-of-similarity-tests-unordered-and-ordered-anosim), [14](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/14-further-matching-of-multivariate-patterns-relate-2stage-best-mvdisp)  <br>
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- **\Messolongi diatoms**
     - Messolongi lagoon system (E Central Greece), diatom abundance & water-column environmental data:
	    - 	Sections: [8](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/8-multi-dimensional-scaling-non-metric-nmds-metric-mmds-combined-mds), [**13**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/13-linking-assemblage-to-environment-best-bio-env-linktree) <br>
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- **\Calafuria algae**
    - Calafuria colonisation experiments on subtidal rock (Ligurian Sea, N Italy), macroalgae cover:
	   -	Sections: [**9**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/9-analysis-of-similarity-tests-unordered-and-ordered-anosim), [14](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/14-further-matching-of-multivariate-patterns-relate-2stage-best-mvdisp) <br>
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- **\Wrasse diets**
    - King Wrasse diets (W Australia), gut prey composition by volume, over fish size, location and season:
	   -	Sections: [**9**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/9-analysis-of-similarity-tests-unordered-and-ordered-anosim), [10](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/10-wizards-and-species-analyses-basic-mva-coherence-plots-matrix-display-simper) <br>
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-  **\NZ holdfast fauna**
    - Holdfast fauna (northern New Zealand), macrofaunal abundance at nested spatial scales:
	   - 	Sections: [**9**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/9-analysis-of-similarity-tests-unordered-and-ordered-anosim) <br>
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-  **\Frierfjord macrofauna**
    - Frierfjord/Langesundfjord (Oslofjord, Norway), subtidal soft-sediment macrofaunal abundance:
	    - 	Sections: [**10**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/10-wizards-and-species-analyses-basic-mva-coherence-plots-matrix-display-simper) <br>
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-  **\Linnhe macrofauna**
    - Loch Linnhe pulp-mill  effluent monitoring (Scotland), macrofauna abundance & biomass:
	    - 	Sections: [**10**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/10-wizards-and-species-analyses-basic-mva-coherence-plots-matrix-display-simper)​, [16](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/16-diversity-curves-geometric-class-dominance-and-species-accumulation-plots)  <br>
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- **\Clyde macrofauna**
    - Clyde sludge dumpground monitoring (Scotland), macrofauna abundance/biomass & contaminant variables: 
       - 	Sections: [**11**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/11-general-data-manipulation-tools-further-pre-treatment), [12](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/12-analysing-environmental-variables-draftsman-plot-pca), [14](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/14-further-matching-of-multivariate-patterns-relate-2stage-best-mvdisp), [15](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/15-biodiversity-measures-and-tests-diverse-taxdtest), [16](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/16-diversity-curves-geometric-class-dominance-and-species-accumulation-plots)  <br>
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- **\Sea-loch macrofauna**
    - Sea-lochs Loch Etive & Loch Creran (Scotland), soft-sediment macrofauna sampled over circles & transect:
	   - 	Sections: [**14**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/14-further-matching-of-multivariate-patterns-relate-2stage-best-mvdisp), [16](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/16-diversity-curves-geometric-class-dominance-and-species-accumulation-plots) <br>
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- **\Leschenault fish**
    - Leschenault estuary (W Australia), seine net samples of fish communities regionally and seasonally:
	    - 	Section: [**14**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/14-further-matching-of-multivariate-patterns-relate-2stage-best-mvdisp)<br>
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-  **\Solberg copepods**
    - Solbergstrand mesocosm, nutrient-enrichment experiments (Norway), copepod abundance:
	   - 	Section: [**14**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/14-further-matching-of-multivariate-patterns-relate-2stage-best-mvdisp) <br>
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-  **\Bermuda benthos**
    - Bermuda, Hamilton Harbour, sub-tropical macrofauna abundance:
	   -  Section: [**15**](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/15-biodiversity-measures-and-tests-diverse-taxdtest)