Date created: Sept 4, 2025
Created by: Sherry Du
Date updated: Sept 29, 2025
Updated by: Sherry Du
I investigated the effects of latitude on the body size of male Atlantic marsh fiddler crabs (Minuca pugnax). This project was completed in fulfillment of the requirements of Productivity and Reproducibility in Ecology and Evolution 2025.
This root directory ('fiddler_crab_project') contains folders and files related to this project to help increase productivity, transparency, and reproducibility.
| Directory | Description |
|---|---|
| 00_rawdata/ | Contains all raw data files (i.e., readonly files) |
| 01_scripts/ | Contains all script files |
| 01_scripts/r_scripts/ | R script files |
| 01_scripts/RMD_scripts/ | Master script |
| 02_outdata/ | Contains all cleaned data files |
| 03_figures/ | Contains all drafted plots and figures of the data |
| 04_manuscripts/ | Contains all versions of manuscript drafts |
| 04_manuscripts/bibliography | Contains all files related to the bibliography |
| 04_manuscripts/ms_figures | Contains final plots and figures of the data to be included in the manuscript |
| 04_manuscripts/ms_rendered | Contains final version of manuscript in futureproof format (.pdf) |
| 05_prereg | Contains pre-registration files |
| File Type | Naming Convention |
|---|---|
| Data | LastName_Project_Data-file-description_Version#.file-type |
| Scripts | LastName_Project_Script-file-description_Version#.file-type |
| Figures and plots | LastName_Project_Figure-title_Version#.file-type |
| Manuscript | LastName_Project_Manuscript_Version#.file-type |
| Bibliography | LastName_Project_Bib-file-description_Version#.file-type |
| Pre-registration | LastName_Project_Preregistration_Version#.file-type |