Fish Behavioural Responses to Antidepressant Exposure Across Social Contexts

A dataset from a study exposing juvenile southern pygmy perch to an environmentally realistic level of the antidepressant venlafaxine. The data likely contains measurements of body condition and behavioural traits such as exploration and activity, recorded both individually and in the presence of a conspecific. The dataset was created by Raiko Rafeeq and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the impact of venlafaxine exposure on fish boldness based on behavioural trials
• Comparing population-level versus individual-level behavioural responses to pharmaceutical pollution
• Investigating the effect of social context on behavioural changes induced by environmental contaminants
• Modeling the relationship between pharmaceutical exposure and body condition in fish

Strengths

• Data is associated with a detailed research methodology described in the summary, including a 21-day exposure period and a specific concentration of 1 µg/L.
• The dataset includes files in RMD and CSV formats, suggesting the availability of analysis code alongside the raw data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small at 25.4 KB, indicating a limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Likely contains experimental data from controlled laboratory exposure trials.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 03:51:55; freshness should be verified.