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Litter fauna and decomposition experiment in coastal ecosystems of Sapelo Island
In a field study (2007-2009) on Sapelo Island, GA, USA (31°27' N, 81°15' W), we incubated two contrasting detritus types in three distinct habitat types in coastal Georgia to... -
Body temperature and immune performance along the life cycle of the tegu liza...
Multiple factors can influence the immune response of vertebrate ectotherms, including body temperature, gonadal steroids, and seasonality, in ways that are thought to reflect... -
Bioengineering experiment on Schiermonnikoog 2015: experimental effects on di...
In 2015 the Marine Ecology lab. (Eriksson Lab. at the Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences [GELIFES], University of Groningen, The Netherlands); tested the effect... -
Behavioural assays on the responses of Trioza erytreae to non-host plants usi...
Bioassay data was collected using a bench top cage arena made of two Perspex cages (each 65 × 65 × 75 cm) connected through a rectangular Perspex tube of 65 cm at the top with 5... -
Bacteria settlement in presence vs. absence of seaweed extract
We observed whether bacterial settlement would vary in presence vs. absence of seaweed extract. Fluorescence was measured using a plate reader machine. Samples are seaweed... -
Experiment on washing procedures to extract positively buoyant microplastics ...
The "beach wrack - plastic separator" is the prototype of a simple construction that we used to assess two methods for washing beach wrack. Its main component is a polypropylene... -
Area-normalized chlorophyll a concentration for Acropora aspera corals collec...
Coral tissue chlorophyll a concentrations were measured to assess how corals in the Kimberley region, NW Australia, were impacted by and recovered from the 2016 mass bleaching... -
Litter decomposition and total carbon and nitrogen content data from a 24 mon...
In this study, litter decomposition patterns, non-additive effects, and spectral data of abundant alpine leaf litters were assessed in litterbag experiments containing single... -
Observations of winter marine microbial activity in an ice-covered fjord, Wes...
These data are the first observations of Arctic winter microbial activity under sea ice in a west Greenland fjord (Lillefjord, 70°30'N 50°40'W), and are based on changes in... -
Seismic data of artificial rockfall test on 2013-07-04 in Assisi, Italy
The data package includes seismic signals (recorded by four triaxial geophones) of three artificial released rockfalls performed in a limestone quarry (central Italy), a... -
Hydrocarbon data of the cold-water sponge Halichondria panicea exposure exper...
In this study, two exposure experiments were conducted to determine the potential impacts of an oil spill and the use of dispersant on sponge model Halichondria panicea. First... -
Results of Halichondria panicea exposure experiment to crude oil and dipsersa...
In this study, two exposure experiments were conducted to determine the potential impacts of an oil spill and the use of dispersant on sponge model Halichondria panicea. First... -
Hydrocarbon data of the cold-water sponge Halichondria panicea exposure exper...
In this study, inter-tidal cold-water sponge Halichondria panicea samples were exposed to Benzo-A-pyrene for 48h (accumulation phase) and then left to recover for 13 days in... -
Multitrophic energy dynamics (energy-use efficiency, energy flow, and energy ...
This data set contains measures of energy-use efficiency, energy flow, and energy storage in units of dry biomass that quantify the multitrophic ecosystem functioning realized... -
Taxonomic composition, abundances, and biovolumes of prey organisms in in-sit...
The dataset compiles cell counts and biovolumes of different plankton groups (phytoplankton, ciliates, rotifers, heterotrophic nanoflagellates, and bacteria) obtained from three... -
Thermal conductivity of snow, antarctic firn and porous ice at -3°C, -20°C an...
This dataset presents values of effective thermal conductivity of 64 samples of snow, antarctic firn and porous ice in the x, y and z directions (z being the direction of... -
Growth measurements from corals in an ocean-based nursery experiment near Sam...
This dataset contains growth measurements of corals in ocean-based nurseries. The data derives from coral growth experiments based near Sambangan Island, Indonesia, conducted... -
Zooplankton community composition changes in response to exposure to Prymnesi...
The acute toxigenic effects of the haptophyte Prymnesium parvum on a zooplankton community from Lake Texoma, OK-TX, USA were investigated under laboratory conditions.... -
Data of photosynthesis and mineralogy of Jania rubens at low pH/high pCO2
Corallinales (Rhodophyta) are high Mg-calcite macroalgae and are considered among the most vulnerable organisms to ocean acidification (OA). These sensitive species play... -
Hyposaline conditions affect UV susceptibility in the Arctic kelp Alaria escu...
The kelp Alaria esculenta represents a key species in high Arctic marine fjord ecosystems. However, the European Arctic is currently experiencing extensive environmental change....