Greenland Salmonid Health Data with Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae qPCR Results

Supporting data for the first report of the proliferative kidney disease agent Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae in Greenland's freshwater salmonids. The dataset includes fish sampling IDs, locations, dates, morphometric data, sex, and qPCR results for parasite detection. The data was authored by Magnus Lauringson and published on figshare in 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the spatial distribution of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae based on river/fjord sampling locations.
• Investigating correlations between fish morphometrics (mass, length) and parasite load based on qPCR gene copies.
• Studying the temporal occurrence of the parasite based on the sampling dates provided.
• Comparing parasite prevalence across different salmonid species captured in Greenland.

Strengths

• Includes specific geographic coordinates for river outlets, enabling spatial analysis.
• Contains multiple data types: biological samples, qPCR results, and environmental metadata in a 9.3 MB package.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific sampling sites in Greenland.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Magnus Lauringson.

Collection Method

Field sampling of freshwater salmonids followed by laboratory qPCR analysis.

Time Range

Sampling dates are included in the data; specific range is not stated in metadata.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 17:30:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Freshwater systems of Greenland.