Three species of terrestrial isopods (Porcellio laevis, Porcellio scaber, and Porionides pruinosus) foraged on weathered low-density polyethylene foam over 28 days, generating microplastics ranging from 75.0 to 1676.0 µm in size. The raw data was collected by author Ryan Prosser for a study on the indirect impacts of microplastics on ecosystem function and was last updated on April 25, -2026. The dataset likely contains measurements of microplastic size and quantity produced by each species across the experimental period.
Use Cases
- Modeling microplastic generation rates based on isopod species and size mentioned in the description
- Analyzing the correlation between invertebrate size and microplastic fragment size suggested by the study
- Comparing temporal production patterns of microplastics across different weeks of exposure described in the experiment
Strengths
- Data covers three distinct isopod species (Porcellio laevis, Porcellio scaber, Porcellionides pruinosus) enabling comparative analysis
- Experimental duration is explicitly stated as 28 days with weekly measurements
- Microplastic size ranges are provided for each species (e.g., P. laevis = 88.3 - 1676.0 µm)
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Borealis Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Laboratory experiment exposing isopods to weathered low-density polyethylene foam fragments.
- Time Range
- Covers a 28-day experimental period.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-25 04:16:07; freshness should be verified
- Geography
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