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&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;50 small seagrass plots (0.25m2, all comprised of one species,&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Thalassia testudinum&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;) were established at 13 shallow sites in the Western Atlantic. Each plot was assigned to one of ten treatments comprising a factorial manipulation of caging, nutrient supply, and canopy clipping: (1) control (2) partial cage (3) full cage (4) added nutrients (5) added nutrients + partial cage (6) added nutrients + full cage (7) full cage + half canopy clip (8) full cage + full canopy clip (9) full cage + added nutrients + half canopy clip (10) full cage + added nutrients + full canopy clip. Leaf morphometrics (only leaf width) was measured at two time points (once at the end of summer 2018 and again at the end of winter 2019). The dataset reports average leaf width as measured across all leaves from 4-6 harvested seagrass shoots from each plot.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Site location details&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;ANDR:&amp;amp;nbsp;Andros, Bahamas (24°53'54.3&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;77°54'25.2&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;BERM:&amp;amp;nbsp;Bailey's Bay, Bermuda (32°15'49.9&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;64°49'50.5&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;BOCA:&amp;amp;nbsp;Bocas Del Toro, Panama (9°21'05.8&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;82°15'27.8&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;BONA:&amp;amp;nbsp;Lac Bay, Bonaire (12°06'44.3&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;68°13'42.0&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;CARR:&amp;amp;nbsp;Carrie Bow Cay, Belize (16°49'24.8&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;88°06'16.2&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;CAYM:&amp;amp;nbsp;Little Cayman, Cayman Islands (19°40'14.6&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;80°03'21.3&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;CORP:&amp;amp;nbsp;Corpus Christi, TX (27°55'47.9&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;97°02'05.2&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;CRYS:&amp;amp;nbsp;Crystal River, FL (28°42'50.4&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;82°49'08.4&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;ELEU:&amp;amp;nbsp;Eleuthera, Bahamas (25°27'53.5&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;76°37'35.8&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;GALV: Galveston, TX (29°02'41.8&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;95°10'15.7&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;JOES:&amp;amp;nbsp;St. Joe's Bay, FL (29°42'05.0&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;85°19'34.6&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;NAPL: Naples, FL (26°29'48.6&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;82°09'40.0&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;PUER: Puerto Morelos, Mexico (20°52'04.5&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;86°51'35.4&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</gco:CharacterString>
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&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;CRYS:&amp;amp;nbsp;Crystal River, FL (28°42'50.4&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;82°49'08.4&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;ELEU:&amp;amp;nbsp;Eleuthera, Bahamas (25°27'53.5&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;76°37'35.8&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;GALV: Galveston, TX (29°02'41.8&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;95°10'15.7&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

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&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;NAPL: Naples, FL (26°29'48.6&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;82°09'40.0&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;PUER: Puerto Morelos, Mexico (20°52'04.5&amp;quot; N,&amp;amp;nbsp;86°51'35.4&amp;quot; W)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</gco:CharacterString>
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- Loaded Leaf_width.xlsx (sheet 1, xlsx format, floating point error adjustment applied, formatting preserved, missing values &amp;quot;&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;nd&amp;quot; set), named table 917968_v1_TEN_Leaf_morphometrics
- Renamed columns: &amp;quot;latitude (D,M,S)&amp;quot; to latitude, &amp;quot;longitude (D,M,S)&amp;quot; to longitude, &amp;quot;leaf.width (mm)&amp;quot; to leaf_width
- Converted latitude from degrees-minutes-seconds string format (with N directional) to decimal degrees, output column latitude_decimal_degrees
- Converted longitude from degrees-minutes-seconds string format (with W directional) to decimal degrees, output column longitude_decimal_degrees
- Reordered columns to: site, latitude, longitude, latitude_decimal_degrees, longitude_decimal_degrees, season, plot, clipping, nutrients, cage, leaf_width
- Split season column on space delimiter into season and year columns, deleted original season input column
- Reordered columns to: site, latitude, longitude, latitude_decimal_degrees, longitude_decimal_degrees, season, year, plot, clipping, nutrients, cage, leaf_width
- Set column types: cage, clipping, latitude, nutrients, longitude, season, site as string; latitude_decimal_degrees, leaf_width, longitude_decimal_degrees as number; plot, year as integer
- Rounded leaf_width to 1 decimal place, preserving trailing zeros
- Rounded latitude_decimal_degrees and longitude_decimal_degrees to 6 decimal places, preserving trailing zeros
- Deleted original latitude and longitude (D,M,S) string columns
- Renamed latitude_decimal_degrees to latitude and longitude_decimal_degrees to longitude
- Data file saved as 917968_v1_TEN_Leaf_morphometrics.csv


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- Standard FAIR metadata curation principles have been applied to the metadata associated with this dataset where possible.

Known Issues [Potentially Impacting Reuse]
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