Table 1_Feeding and reproduction of the tropical coastal copepod Pseudodiaptomus annandale

Experimental data on the tropical coastal copepod Pseudodiaptomus annandalei, measuring adult survival, faecal pellet production, and nauplii production. The dataset contains results from a seven-day exposure to five copper concentrations (0 to 40 µg L⁻¹) and four temperature levels (26 to 35 °C). It was created by Ngoc-Anh Vu and last updated on 2026-05-29.

Use Cases

• Modeling the non-linear interaction between temperature and copper toxicity based on feeding and reproductive responses.
• Assessing population-level risk for tropical copepods under realistic warming and pollution gradients.
• Benchmarking the thermal optimum (32°C) and stress threshold (35°C) for Pseudodiaptomus annandalei.
• Incorporating natural population variability into ecological risk assessment frameworks.

Strengths

• Data covers a realistic gradient of five copper concentrations and four temperature levels.
• Measures three key biological endpoints: survival, feeding (faecal pellets), and reproduction (nauplii).
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small (43.5 KB), indicating a limited experimental scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Laboratory experiment quantifying copepod responses over seven days.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 10:08:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tropical coastal ecosystems in Southeast Asia (inferred from study context).