41 tropical benthic marine species were used to develop temperature-stress relationships for adjusting water quality guidelines. The data supports a study applying a mixture toxicity approach to predict how guideline values for copper and diuron change at elevated temperatures. The research was published in Environmental Science and Technology in 2019.
Use Cases
- Adjusting water quality guideline values for copper and diuron based on thermal stress data.
- Predicting effects on tropical marine communities as temperature increases using species sensitivity distributions.
- Conducting multi-stressor risk assessments for coral reefs facing heatwaves and poor water quality.
- Extending the mixture toxicity approach to other stressors like ocean acidification or low salinity.
Strengths
- Data includes thermal stress relationships for 41 tropical benthic marine species.
- Methodology is adapted from established Australian and New Zealand water quality guideline protocols.
- The derived protection temperature values align with temperatures known to initiate coral bleaching.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-07-16 00:54:40.251996; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Literature search using Web of Science and Google Scholar for studies published after 1980.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-16 00:54:40.251996
- Geography
- Tropical marine ecosystems, likely focusing on coral reefs.