Data for: Oil and gas platforms as artificial substrates for epibenthic North Sea fauna: effects of location and depth

The data were collected through inspection of ROV videos. The data are formatted in a single csv file. It contains 30 columns with 5587 rows, including title row. Each row represents a separate observation of species abundance according to the Braun-Blanquet scale. The dataset contains null values which are indicated with NA. The first 21 columns contain sample information. Columns 22-29 contain information about taxonomic grouping and Column 30 contains the Braun-Blanquet abundance values.
The data were collected through inspection of ROV videos by Floor M.F. Driessen [1]. 1.†††††† Bureau Waardenburg, Varkensmarkt 9, Postbus 365, 4100 AJ Culemborg, The Netherlands. EXPLANATION OF DATASET The data are formatted in a single csv file. It contains 30 columns with 5587 rows, including title row. Each row represents a separate observation of species abundance according to the Braun-Blanquet scale. The dataset contains null values which are indicated with NA. The first 21 columns contain sample information. Columns 22-29 contain information about taxonomic grouping and Column 30 contains the Braun-Blanquet abundance values. Explanation per column (1-30): Observation_number: Unique identification code for each observation. Include_YES_NO: indication whether or not the observation was included in data analysis: YES =included, NO= not included. Country: Country of operation of the offshore gas or oil platform: NL = The Netherlands, DK = Denmark Company: Company operating the offshore gas or oil platform: Maersk Oil or Petrogas E&P LLC. Platform_name: name of the offshore gas or oil platform. Latitude: latitudinal coordinate of the location of the platform in decimal degrees, WGS84. Longitude: longitudinal coordinate of the location of the platform in decimal degrees, WGS84. Distance from Dutch shore: shortest distance from platform to the Dutch shoreline as the crow flies (in km) Distance from Danish shore: shortest distance from platform to the Danish shoreline as the crow flies (in km) Year_of_installation: Year of installation of the gas or oil platform (OSPAR production start) Depth_platform: depth of platform at lowest astronomical tide (LAT) in meters Video_Name: unique video name Video_Date: date on which the ROV video was taken Video_quality: video quality as assessed by the video observer and relative to available video material. 0 = no visibility/black screen, 9 = very good visibility, no limitations for video analysis, NA = unknown. Depth_ROVsamp