Laboratory Data on Polychaete Burrowing Under Temperature, Salinity, and Food Stress

Laboratory experiments from Geoscience Australia Data examine the effects of abiotic stressors on infaunal burrowing. The data likely contains results from tests on the polychaete Capitella sp. 1 under controlled temperature (15, 21, and 32°C), salinity (16, 22, 28, and 34), and food availability (low, moderate, high) conditions, with associated sediment chemistry measurements. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Modeling infaunal behavioral responses to temperature stress based on the described burial depth measurements.
• Analyzing the impact of salinity gradients on bioturbation area based on the described experimental treatments.
• Studying the relationship between nutrient enrichment and burrow morphology based on the described food availability treatments.
• Investigating solute exchange dynamics at the sediment-water interface based on the described fluorosensor measurements.

Strengths

• Data is derived from controlled laboratory experiments with specific treatment levels for temperature, salinity, and food.
• Includes physiological endpoints (burial depth, mortality) and chemical measurements (pH, O2) from fluorosensors.
• Dataset is hosted by Geoscience Australia Data, a national geological survey organization.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-05-14).

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Laboratory experiments using the polychaete Capitella sp. 1.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:25:40.985087