Data
Data use policies
The re-use of data offers great potential to promote scientific advancement, communication, collaboration, and synthesis. However, access to and use of these datasets requires agreement with the following data use policies:
- Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER) Data Policy
- Virginia Coast Reserve LTER Information Management Policy
- Santa Barbara Coastal LTER Data Use Agreement
In general, please contact us if you are interested in collaborating or using these data.
Public datasets
Bold-face denotes lab members: *postdoctoral scholar, †graduate student, ‡undergraduate student
Cornish†, M.R. and M.C.N. Castorani. 2026. Annual M. mercenaria growth increment sclerochronology (1976–2020) from Virginia Coast Reserve LTER seagrass meadows ver 2. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/1d1538b8c001b74db2f237059d5a0cb8
Riffe, E.C., J.C. Zinnert, L.J. Moore, A. Sabo, M.C.N. Castorani, M.R. Cornish†, and T. Burkett. 2026. Dune grass traits and dune morphometrics for 3 years after planting ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/cdf898c490ce6733ffacb17f7ddc7887
Lusk, B., R. Smith*, and M.C.N. Castorani. 2026. Oyster fauna lengths, counts, and biomass from restored and reference reefs in Virginia coastal bays, 2005–2026 ver 2. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/0baacb09a7bc0efe09f462590925c484
Castorani, M.C.N. and K.N. Tedford-Callahan†. 2025. Oyster recruitment to standardized ceramic tiles on the Virginia Coast in 2018, 2019, and 2021 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e91f1e6687fd94647be491d6616fb430
Brideau†, L.E., K. Kerns, K.J. McGlathery, and M.C.N. Castorani. 2024. Sediment grain size in the Virginia coastal bays, 2022 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/bd19ea469eda5ddf07865293afc62860
Castorani, M.C.N. 2024. Abundance and size of seagrass-associated fishes in the Virginia coastal lagoons, 2019–2024 ver 8. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/a1d3b49f7f9da60e97a7c3155df45531
Castorani, M.C.N., and E.M. Goetz. 2024. Abundance, biomass, and length of seagrass-associated invertebrates in the Virginia coastal lagoons, 2019–2023 ver 6. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/4cb2d4270bff010028724cb8eb8280a2
Lusk, B., R. Smith*, and M.C.N. Castorani. 2024. Oyster and associated fauna counts and lengths from restored and reference reefs in the coastal bays of Virginia, 2005–2019 ver 8. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/18231a2eecfce87cdbbbda3a678689ca
McGlathery, K.J. and M.C.N. Castorani. 2024. Fish counts and lengths in South Bay and Hog Island Bay, Virginia 2012–2018 ver 18. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/b952f894474a3cde15a9ae8a76ef87f4
Castorani, M.C.N., and D.A. Siegel. 2023. Annual and monthly time series of estimated kelp spore dispersal times among ROMS cells in southern California, 1996–2006 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/28a62732ad76625af1667c252187c8e3
Bell, T.W., K.C. Cavanaugh, D. Reuman, M.C.N. Castorani, L. Sheppard, and J. Walter. 2021. SBC LTER: Reef: Macrocystis pyrifera biomass and environmental drivers in southern and central California ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/27e795dee803493140d6a7cdc3d23379
Castorani, M.C.N., D.C. Reed, P.T. Raimondi, F. Alberto, T.W. Bell, K.C. Cavanaugh, and D.A. Siegel. 2016. Kelp metapopulations: Semi-annual time series of giant kelp patch area, biomass and fecundity in southern California, 1996–2006 ver1. Environmental Data Initiative. http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/448cc3e3d4d32dd5ad616e066a78bace
Castorani, M.C.N., D.A. Siegel, R.D. Simons, D.C. Reed, P.T. Raimondi, and F. Alberto. 2016. Kelp metapopulations: Semi-annual time series of spore dispersal times among giant kelp patches in southern California, 1996–2006 ver 3. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/7e5ff54ed1938009833ec77a7f57fba4