Morphology and buoyancy-related data for Posidonia oceanica fruits

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This dataset contains individual-fruit morphological and buoyancy-related measurements for Posidonia oceanica fruits collected during the 2025 reproductive season at Isola delle Femmine, north-western Sicily, Italy. It includes direct measurements of fruit mass and dimensions, displacement-based volume measurements, dorsal protrusion measurements, repeated flotation-orientation observations, and derived variables based on geometric approximations and Archimedes’ principle. The dataset is intended as a cohort-specific resource for analyses of fruit size, shape, density, floating orientation, and related physical traits. It may also provide empirical trait values for future experimental and modelling studies of near-surface fruit dispersal and for comparison with samples collected at other locations or during other reproductive seasons.

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