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Raw data of the manuscript “Combined exposure of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microplastics and global warming affects the population dynamics of a coastal copepod”
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Niu, Z.; Asselman, J.; Janssen, C.R.; Linley, C.P.; De Schamphelaere, K.A.C.; Everaert, G.; Catarino A.I.; Flanders Marine Institute; Blue Growth Research Lab; Institute of Environmental Sciences Landau; GhEnToxLab; (2025): Raw data of the manuscript “Combined exposure of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microplastics and global warming affects the population dynamics of a coastal copepod“. Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/722
Contact: Niu, Zhiyue

Availability: This work is licensed under http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L08/current/MO meaning it is under moratorium until 2025-09-17

Description
The goal of the present work was to assess the combined effects of microplastics and water warming on the benthic copepod Nitokra spinipes at individual-level and to estimate population effects. The dataset was created by Niu et al. based on the copepod dietary experiments (during 2023) and model simulations (during 2024) at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium. more

Nitokra spinipes was exposed to Poly(lactic-co-glycolic-acid) microbeads (5µm) at 0, 0.1, and 1% of food content, at 22°C and +3°C (IPCC-SSP5-8.5). The obtained filtration rates, a proxy for energy assimilation (assuming constant assimilation efficiency), were used in an individual-based model implementation of the dynamic energy budget theory (DEB-IBM) to extrapolate population-level effects under a warming scenario. Our results indicate a reduction in filtration rates by PLA microplastics at +3°C, with 96-h EC50=0.029%, and the DEB-IBM model indicated a population-level EC50=0.0098% (95% confidential interval: 0.0095% - 0.0102%). Our results suggest that the combined exposure to elevated water temperatures and microplastics induces a decrease in energy assimilation on benthic copepods, with negative effects at population level.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries), Environmental quality/pollution
Keywords:
Copepods, Filtration rate, Global warming, Microplastics, Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid), Population dynamics, ANE, North Sea, Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865

Geographical coverage
ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
12 October 2023

Taxonomic coverage
Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865 [WoRMS]

Parameters
Copepod population density Methodology
Microalgal cell density Methodology
Copepod population density: Model simulation
Microalgal cell density: Flow cytometry


Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata creator
Ghent University; Blue Growth Research Lab, moredata creator
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau; Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences; Institute of Environmental Sciences (iES Landau), moredata creator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Dierwetenschappen en Aquatische Ecologie; Laboratorium voor Milieutoxicologie (GhEnToxLab), moredata creator

Project
INSPIRE: Innovative Solutions for Plastic Free European Rivers, more
Funding Horizon Europe
Grant agreement ID 101112879
PLUXIN: Plastic Flux for Innovation and Business Opportunities in Flanders, more
Funding VLAIO
Grant agreement ID HBC.2019.2904

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: lab experiment
Metadatarecord created: 2025-03-15
Information last updated: 2025-03-18
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