Vanessa R. von Biela of the United States Geological Survey compiled this dataset measuring gene transcription for 12 selected genes and heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) abundance in muscle tissue from wild Chinook salmon. It includes data from 477 fish captured in 2016 and 2017 within the U.S. Yukon River watershed, plus 22 fish from a 2018 temperature experiment. The experimental data validated gene transcription and HSP70 protein levels as heat stress biomarkers.
Use Cases
- Developing biomarker-based heat stress models based on gene transcription levels.
- Validating thermal stress assays in wild fish populations based on HSP70 protein abundance.
- Analyzing molecular responses to controlled temperature experiments based on the Pilot Station validation data.
Strengths
- Includes data from 477 individual fish captured in the wild.
- Contains a validation subset from a controlled temperature experiment with 22 fish.
- Measures a specific panel of 12 genes and the HSP70 protein.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- United States Geological Survey
- Collection Method
- Samples were primarily captured from existing field efforts; a subset came from a controlled temperature experiment.
- Time Range
- 2016–2018
- Geography
- U.S. portion of the Yukon River watershed, Alaska, USA; experimental work in Pilot Station, Alaska.