Arsenic Speciation Data from Microbial Mat Sites S1-S4

Arsenic speciation data measured in micrograms per liter (ug/L) using ICP-MS. The data supports research by Cooper and Ayotte et al. 2025 and was collected from four microbial mat sites labeled S1 through S4. The dataset was last updated on April 10, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze arsenic species concentrations based on the ug/L measurements.
• Compare arsenic speciation across different microbial mat sites based on the S1-S4 site labels.
• Model environmental arsenic behavior based on speciation data from microbial mats.
• Validate ICP-MS analytical methods for arsenic speciation based on the provided data.

Strengths

• Data is provided in a standardized concentration unit (ug/L).
• Samples are labeled by collection site (S1-S4), allowing for spatial comparison.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Gwendolyn Cooper via figshare

Collection Method

Data from ICP-MS analysis of microbial mat samples.

Time Range

Collection date unknown; dataset updated in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 19:02:28; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Specific collection locations unknown; referenced as sites S1-S4.