Dataset: Trematode recruitment
Deployment: Carpinteria_Salt_Marsh

At eight sites at Carpinteria salt marsh, I deployed uninfected snails in 83 5-gallon bucket-size cages. Each cage contained 1, 5, 25, or 100 uninfected snails. Cages were permeable to trematode eggs and miracidia, but not permeable to snails. After 4 months, I measured the influence of snail density on the number of infected snails in each cage (exp_recruitment dataset) and per capita infection risk (exp_risk dataset). I statistically controlled for snail size, the input of trematode infective stages, and snail biomass surrounding the cage. Detailed methods are available in the associated publications.