| Sea star abundance from surveys along the Oregon and Northern California rocky intertidal coastline from 2000 to 2024 | Area searched in meters squared. Usually 10, indicating 5 x 2 m transect. [DataType: Number]
| TransectArea_m2 |
| NanoSIMS data from sponges collected in Summerland Key in Florida between July 27 - August 19, 2021 | gives number of pixels within each roi from a 256x256 pixel image
| area |
| CTD summary and prey size data for five mucous mesh grazer species collected during R/V Sikuliaq Cruise SKQ202204S and R/V Marcus G. Langseth Cruise MGL2207 in the Northern California Current in Mar and Jul 2022 | Area of prey item measured in ImageJ, calculated to µm
| area |
| [DRAFT] The biomass of turf samples in damselfish territory before and after treatment with fertilizer in Mo'orea, French Polynesia from June to July 2025 | Calculated area of turf sample (from length x width)
| Area |
| Coral area from a study of year-long effects of high pCO2 on the community structure of a tropical fore reef assembled in outdoor flumes in Moorea, French Polynesia from 2017 to 2018 | size of the coral as a % of the area of the flume floor
| percent_area |
| Results from feeding assays conducted as part of seasonal global change experiments examining the effects of seasonal variation in light availability and nutrients on the response of three high-latitude kelp species | Total area of grid covered by algal gel at feeding assay start, calcualted using ImageJ software. Precision to 0.001 cm2
| area_end |
| Results from feeding assays conducted as part of seasonal global change experiments examining the effects of seasonal variation in light availability and nutrients on the response of three high-latitude kelp species | Total area of grid covered by algal gel at feeding assay start, calcualted using ImageJ software. Precision to 0.001 cm2
| area_start |
| Larval morphometrics of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus under ocean warming and food availability scenarios | Stomach area calculated using the area of an oval and using SW and SH
| SA |
| Megafauna counts by taxon in images collected during three surveys (December 25, 2019, April 7 and 9, 2021) with deep-submergence vehicles at inactive sulfide mounds on the East Pacific Rise. | area per image with initial estimate corrected for a subset of images from Lucky’s Mound and Sentry Spire
| Corrected_Area_m2 |
| Acropora hyacinthus isotope data from coral samples collected at a north shore site in Mo’orea in May 2019 | Above colony planar area calculated from photographs
| colony_area |
| Neocalanus body and lipid sac morphometrics from zooplankton samples collected during Seward Line cruises in the Northern Gulf of Alaska from 2018 to 2020 | Lipid sac area in lateral view
| LipidArea |
| Post-diapause Neocalanus flemingeri females morphometric measurements and calculations of lipid fullness and lipid volume taken from the R/V Sikuliaq and the R/V Tiglax in the Northern Gulf of Alaska from 2019-06-30 to 2019-09-13 | measured lipid sac area of each female
| Lipid_area |
| Post-diapause Neocalanus flemingeri females morphometric measurements and calculations of lipid fullness and lipid volume taken from the R/V Sikuliaq and the R/V Tiglax in the Northern Gulf of Alaska from 2019-06-30 to 2019-09-13 | measured prosome area of each female
| Prosome_area |
| Counts of dead mussels, shell lengths of dead mussels, toxin data from LCMS, and histological results from mussel tissue from rocky intertidal sites on the Oregon coast in 2023 and 2024 | Bed area
| Bed_area |
| Quantified Ocyropsis spp. gut content observations from the Gulf Stream during June 2021 (Ocean Ctenos project) | Area of ctenophore gut measured from image
| gut_area |
| Quantified Ocyropsis spp. gut content observations from the Gulf Stream during June 2021 (Ocean Ctenos project) | Area of prey measured from image
| prey_area |
| Measurements of sinking particle types from deployed Particle Interceptor Trap System (PITS) at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site from Jul 2021 to Mar 2023 | Two-dimensional projected area of individual particle
| Area |
| Micromorphological analyses of Pocillopora damicornis calyxes collected from reef of Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef from Jan 2021 to Feb 2021 | Area
| Area |
| Micromorphological analyses of Pocillopora damicornis overall skeleton collected from reef of Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef from Jan 2021 to Feb 2021 | Area of image
| Area |
| Micromorphological analyses of Pocillopora damicornis Spine RADs on samples collected from reef of Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef from Jan 2021 to Feb 2021 | Area of RAD
| RAD_area |
| Black mangrove habitat change analysis in Port Fourchon, LA from 2002, 2014, and 2022. | Area of the class
| area_hectares |
| Black mangrove habitat change analysis in Port Fourchon, LA from 2002, 2014, and 2022. | Total land
| Total_Land_ha |
| Urchin Barren Characterization Data before Installment of Experimental Pycnopodia Cages in the Sitka Sound during February 2023 (High latitude kelp dynamics project) | Area sample for respective count and size data, if | Area_m2 |
| Incubation experiments to assess the physiological and molecular response of subsurface phytoplankton communities to a simulation of the Upwelling Conveyor Belt Cycle (UCBC) conducted in summer 2019 onboard the R/V Oceanus (OC1905b) | Sigma: Photosystem II cross-sectional area.
| Sigma |
| Area of Orbicella faveolata recruits hosting different proportions of various symbiont genera from a symbiont acquisition laboratory experiment conducted in 2018 and 2019 | Recruit skeletal area (as calculated using ImageJ software)
| Area_mm2 |
| CTD-associated variables, bottle salinity measurements, oxygen titrations, nutrient analyses, biogeochemical/biological variables, and DIC/Freon chemistry variables from R/V Roger Revelle cruise RR2004 along the 150W meridian from 30S to 60S | total area subtended by by plated coccolithophores; coccospheres and aggregates
| Cell_plus_Agg_Area_square_um_per_mL |
| CTD-associated variables, bottle salinity measurements, oxygen titrations, nutrient analyses, biogeochemical/biological variables, and DIC/Freon chemistry variables from R/V Roger Revelle cruise RR2004 along the 150W meridian from 30S to 60S | total area subtended by by detached coccoliths
| Lith_Area_square_um_per_mL |
| Shell thickness of mussel recruits quantified in two species, Mytilus trossulus and Mytilus californianus | Projected area of left mussel valve.
| Area_L |
| Shell thickness of mussel recruits quantified in two species, Mytilus trossulus and Mytilus californianus | Projected area of right mussel valve.
| Area_R |
| Shell thickness of mussel recruits quantified in two species, Mytilus trossulus and Mytilus californianus | Total projected area of both mussel valves.
| Total_Area |
| Photochemical yield and color score data from short-term heat stress assays performed with with corals collected from sites around Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef in Sept and Oct of 2022 | area of selected image space
| Area1 |
| Green turtle density in St. Joseph Bay, Florida, USA estimated by performing aerial surveys in 2016, 2017, and 2019 | visible area flown in whole waypoint flight (taking camera field of view into account) converted to hectares
| Area_covered |
| Green turtle density in St. Joseph Bay, Florida, USA estimated by performing aerial surveys in 2016, 2017, and 2019 | visible area flown in whole waypoint flight (taking camera field of view into account - FOV = 14.6m x 20.8m)
| km2_flight |
| Summary data from the Heatwaves and Coral-Recovery Database (HeatCRD) covering global coral reef sites from 1977-2020 | Area of no take in km2.
| No_Take_Area |
| Summary data from the Heatwaves and Coral-Recovery Database (HeatCRD) covering global coral reef sites from 1977-2020 | Area of protected area in marine habitat in km2.
| Reported_Marine_Area |
| Comparative analysis of tissue biomass and energy reserves of six coral species from nearshore and offshore reefs in Palau, Micronesia during March 2017 | Surface area of coral fragment from 3D scan
| Surface_Area |
| CTD-associated variables, bottle salinity measurements, oxygen titrations, nutrient analyses, biogeochemical/biological variables, and DIC chemistry variables from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TN376 from January to March 2020 | total area subtended by by plated coccolithophores, coccospheres and aggregates
| Cell_Agg_Area_square_um_per_mL |
| CTD-associated variables, bottle salinity measurements, oxygen titrations, nutrient analyses, biogeochemical/biological variables, and DIC chemistry variables from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TN376 from January to March 2020 | total area subtended by by detached coccoliths
| Lith_Area_square_um_per_mL |
| Zooplankton biomass and biovolume analysis from R/V Sally Ride cruise SR2406-2408 in the Gulf of California from April to May 2024 | area
| Area |
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