Dataset: Species counts, site-level information and environmental context sampled near Port Fourchon, Louisiana from September 23 - 29, 2022.

Sites were selected using a spatially balanced random design. 20 sites were mixed (25%-75% marsh), marsh (>75% Marsh), and mangrove (>75% mangrove) for a total of sixty sites. Not all sites were able to be sampled during this season due to time constraints. Water depth was taken in the center of the drop sampler and had to be >10cm. Salinity and temperature were measured using a YSI probe. Model#: 30M-10 FT

Sampling was done in the daytime during high tide when water was on the marsh or mangrove platform, dropping a fiberglass ring encompassing 1.2 m2 of the habitat edge at each sampling site (methods from Zimmerman et al., 2000). A suction pump with a 1 mm mesh screen over the outflow was used to remove water within the ring while capturing small organisms. Remaining fauna were collected with dipnets or by hand. Collected samples were immediately pleaced on ice to be frozen until processing.