Soil Salinity Effects on Pollen and Pollinator Visitation

Experimental data from a study examining the response of Solanum carolinense and its pollinators to elevated soil salinity. The dataset includes four subsets covering soil sodium and moisture from 59 samples, pollen cation concentrations from 28 samples, pollen viability from 41 samples, and pollinator observations. It was authored by David Carr and last updated on May 15, 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare soil sodium concentration and moisture levels between salt-treated and control plants.
• Analyze the relationship between soil salinity and concentrations of cations (Na, K, Mg, Ca) in pollen.
• Assess pollen viability in plants subjected to different soil salinity treatments.
• Model bumble bee visitation rates to plants based on treatment, flower count, and observation time.

Strengths

• Contains four distinct, thematically linked data subsets.
• Experimental design includes clear control ('W') and treatment ('S') groups.
• Specific sample sizes are provided: 59 soil samples, 28 pollen cation samples, 41 pollen viability samples.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the primary datasets is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 51.4 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data collected from a controlled experiment treating Solanum carolinense plants with brine or distilled water.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 14:36:18; freshness should be verified.