# Metadata for 'Links between fluctuations in sockeye salmon abundance and riparian forest productivity identified by remote sensing' VARIABLE DESCRIPTION plot.id Plot ID block Block ID (2 plots in each block) NDVI_year Year that Landsat data was collected (in summer dataframe) NuSEDS_survey_year Year that salmon abundance data was collected (in summer dataframe) year Year that both Landsat and salmon data were collected (in fall dataframe) growing_season_mean_NDVI Mean NDVI from July - September of each NDVI_year fall_mean_NDVI Mean NDVI from September - November of each year sockeye_abundance Number of sockeye salmon recorded each year at the lower Adams River by NuSEDS combined_salmon_abundance Combined numbers of all salmon species recorded each year at the lower Adams River by NuSEDS pulse_year Binary variable representing the presence or absence of a dominant sockeye cohort year (yes/no) summer_mean_temp Mean daily temperature between July and September mean_fall_temp Mean daily temperature between September and November summer_total_precip Total precipitation between July and September total_fall_precip Total precipitation September and November distance_from_bank Binary variable representing distance from the riverbank (close - within 30 metres / far - 95 to 125 metres) elevation_change Elevation change (metres) from Adams River to the centre of each plot metres_downstream Metres downstream, measured as distance along the river from Adams Lake satellite Which satellite collected NDVI data (Landsat 5, Landsat 7) sockeye_abundance_scaled sockeye_abundance, standardized for modelling and predictions combined_salmon_abundance_scaled combined_salmon_abundance, standardized for modelling and predictions summer_mean_temp_scaled summer_mean_temp, standardized for modelling and predictions summer_total_precip_scaled summer_total_precip_scaled, standardized for modelling and predictions elevation_change_scaled elevation_change_scaled, standardized for modelling and predictions metres_downstream_scaled metres_downstream_scaled, standardized for modelling and predictions