Earthworm Toxicity and Behavioral Responses to Microplastic Polymer Exposure
by Prosser, Ryan / Borealis Harvested Dataverse·Updated 1mo ago
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Description
Raw data from a study measuring the effects of environmentally relevant microplastics on earthworms (Eisenia fetida). The dataset includes measurements of ingestion, survival, reproduction, and avoidance responses across common polymer types. Author Ryan Prosser contributed the data to the Borealis Harvested Dataverse, with a last update recorded on 2026-04-25.
Use Cases
Modeling dose-response relationships for microplastic toxicity based on survival and reproduction metrics.
Analyzing behavioral avoidance patterns in earthworms exposed to different polymer types.
Training classifiers to predict polymer toxicity based on ingestion and physiological response data.
Benchmarking the ecological risk of common microplastics in soil environments.
Strengths
Data covers multiple biological endpoints: ingestion, survival, reproduction, and avoidance.
Focus on environmentally relevant microplastics and common polymer types increases ecological applicability.
Last update timestamp (2026-04-25) is provided, indicating recent maintenance.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML tasks.
Data may reflect experimental bias inherent to the specific laboratory study conditions.
Provenance
Source
Borealis Harvested Dataverse
Collection Method
Experimental study data, likely from controlled laboratory exposures.
Time Range
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Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-25 04:17:20; freshness should be verified.
Geography
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License is unknown; terms of use must be verified before application.