Antarctic soil nematodes from Clark Peninsula, Bailey Peninsula, and Robinsons Ridge were collected in the austral summer of 2013/14. The dataset likely contains counts of nematodes and eggs on agar plates, survival percentages in aqueous exposures, and measured copper concentrations from toxicity tests conducted at 15°C. Data was produced by AU_AADC and last updated in April 2016.
Use Cases
- Modeling nematode population dynamics based on abundance and egg count data.
- Analyzing the sensitivity of a species to aqueous copper based on survival percentages.
- Comparing survival rates across different aqueous exposure solutions.
- Evaluating hatching success and juvenile survival in controlled laboratory conditions.
- Assessing the impact of measured dissolved copper concentrations on organism survival.
Strengths
- Data is derived from a specific Antarctic species, Plectus murrayi, collected from three distinct locations.
- Laboratory cultures were maintained at a controlled temperature of 15 degrees C.
- Copper concentrations were measured using ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy).
- The study includes data from multiple experimental phases: culturing optimization, aqueous exposure tests, and copper sensitivity tests.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2016-04-29 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- AU_AADC
- Collection Method
- Nematodes were isolated from soil and moss samples, transferred to agar plates, and cultured in laboratory conditions.
- Time Range
- Collection occurred in the austral summer of 2013/14.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2016-04-29 23:59:59.999000
- Geography
- Clark Peninsula, Bailey Peninsula, and Robinsons Ridge in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica.