| Iodine incubation data collected from RRS Discovery cruise AMT-30 during February 23 - March 27th, 2023 | the estimated ligjht percent at the depth of sample relative to the surface
| light_percent |
| Rotation order parameters in each trial of Antarctic krill in lab experiments at Palmer Station, Antarctica in November 2022. | light level in the tank, total dark and bright (0.1 and 9.5 micromol/m2/s, respectively, based on photon fluxes in 400-700 nm wavelength range)
| light |
| Year-round variation in relative light intensity reaching the benthos on four coraline rocky reed sites in Sitka Sound, AK from 2017 to 2020 | Instantaneous light intensity
| I_lumft2 |
| Temperature and light intensity measured at each transplant site during a reciprocal transplant experiment conducted at three sites in Turneffe Atoll, Belize from February to July 2022 | Light intensity at depth at logging point
| Light |
| Simultaneous light intensity measurements from a HOBO light intensity logger and a cosine-corrected PAR sensor in Lameshur Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands in January of 2021 | Light intensity in lux from the HOBO logger
| HOBO_Light_Intensity |
| Field measurements of periostracum cover of mussels (Mytilus californianus) from focal population at Marshall Gulch Beach, CA in July and August 2022 | Microhabitat: sun exposure based on the cardinal direction of the mussel bed orientation, which included mussels oriented 200° – 240° SW (termed ‘intense’), 30° – 70° NE (termed ‘average’), and 300° – 340° NW (termed ‘shade’): N (shady), M (average), or F (intense)
| light |
| Temperature measured at artificial reefs in Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu in 2022 and 2023 as part of a reef halo dynamics study | Light intensity at sensor 1
| Intensity_S1 |
| Temperature measured at artificial reefs in Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu in 2022 and 2023 as part of a reef halo dynamics study | Light intensity at sensor 2
| Intensity_S2 |
| Temperature measured at artificial reefs in Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu in 2022 and 2023 as part of a reef halo dynamics study | Light intensity at sensor 3
| Intensity_S3 |
| Daily growth data of the Karlodinium veneficum growth experiment conducted in the Horn Point Laboratory between June 2021- January 2022. | Average light intensity at which the cultures were grown
| Light |
| Light intensity (lux) of downwelling light upon the benthos along differing conditions of octocoral canopy formation in East Cabritte, in Grootpan Bay, St. John U.S. Virgin Islands in March of 2019 | Light intensity in lux measured in quadrat coded as EC1 Canopy
| EC1_Canopy |
| Light intensity (lux) of downwelling light upon the benthos along differing conditions of octocoral canopy formation in East Cabritte, in Grootpan Bay, St. John U.S. Virgin Islands in March of 2019 | Light intensity in lux measured in quadrat coded as EC2 No Canopy
| EC2_No_Canopy |
| Light intensity (lux) of downwelling light upon the benthos along differing conditions of octocoral canopy formation in East Cabritte, in Grootpan Bay, St. John U.S. Virgin Islands in March of 2019 | Light intensity in lux measured in quadrat coded as EC3 Canopy
| EC3_Canopy |
| Light intensity (lux) of downwelling light upon the benthos along differing conditions of octocoral canopy formation in East Cabritte, in Grootpan Bay, St. John U.S. Virgin Islands in March of 2019 | Light intensity in lux measured in quadrat coded as EC4 Canopy
| EC4_Canopy |
| Light intensity (lux) of downwelling light upon the benthos along differing conditions of octocoral canopy formation in East Cabritte, in Grootpan Bay, St. John U.S. Virgin Islands in March of 2019 | Light intensity in lux measured in quadrat coded as EC5 No Canopy
| EC5_No_Canopy |
| Light intensity (lux) of downwelling light upon the benthos along differing conditions of octocoral canopy formation in Lameshur Bay St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands in March of 2019 | Light intensity in lux measured in quadrat coded as YW1 Canopy
| YW1_Canopy_lux |
| Light intensity (lux) of downwelling light upon the benthos along differing conditions of octocoral canopy formation in Lameshur Bay St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands in March of 2019 | Light intensity in lux measured in quadrat coded as YW2 Canopy
| YW2_Canopy_lux |
| Light intensity (lux) of downwelling light upon the benthos along differing conditions of octocoral canopy formation in Lameshur Bay St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands in March of 2019 | Light intensity in lux measured in quadrat coded as YW3 Canopy
| YW3_Canopy_lux |
| Light intensity (lux) of downwelling light upon the benthos along differing conditions of octocoral canopy formation in Lameshur Bay St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands in March of 2019 | Light intensity in lux measured in quadrat coded as YW4 No Canopy
| YW4_No_Canopy_lux |
| Light intensity (lux) of downwelling light upon the benthos along differing conditions of octocoral canopy formation in Lameshur Bay St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands in March of 2019 | Light intensity in lux measured in quadrat coded as YW5 No Canopy
| YW5_No_Canopy_lux |
| Light level (lux) measured at six coral reefs sites in Palau from 2021 to 2023 | Light level
| Irradiance |
| Light and temperature data for mesocosm incubation experiment simulating a phytoplankton bloom in Chesapeake Bay August 2021 | Light intensity in lux from the HOBO logger
| Lux |
| Squid tag movement data and environmental sampling acquired in November 2021 and May 2023 near Faial and Pico Islands, Azores archipelago. | blue wavelength light intensity
| blue_light |
| Squid tag movement data and environmental sampling acquired in November 2021 and May 2023 near Faial and Pico Islands, Azores archipelago. | green wavelength light intensity
| green_light |
| Squid tag movement data and environmental sampling acquired in November 2021 and May 2023 near Faial and Pico Islands, Azores archipelago. | red wavelength light intensity
| red_light |
| Temperature/light data collected using Onset HOBO Pendant data loggers at two sites in Massachusetts, USA in 2019 | The average of Intensity 1, 2, and 3.
| Avg_Intensity |
| Temperature/light data collected using Onset HOBO Pendant data loggers at two sites in Massachusetts, USA in 2019 | Light data from the first HOBO logger.
| Intensity1 |
| Temperature/light data collected using Onset HOBO Pendant data loggers at two sites in Massachusetts, USA in 2019 | Light data from the second HOBO logger.
| Intensity2 |
| Temperature/light data collected using Onset HOBO Pendant data loggers at two sites in Massachusetts, USA in 2019 | Light data from the third HOBO logger.
| Intensity3 |