Effects of petroleum hydrocarbons to earthworms in laboratory toxicity tests

These data are the results of a series of laboratory-based toxicity tests in which earthworms were exposed soils that were spiked with a mixture of hydrocarbon compounds to mimic the existing contamination on Macquarie Island. Two series of experiments were done. The first used the earthworm Microsc...

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Other Authors: HOSE, GRANT (hasPrincipalInvestigator), HOSE, GRANT (processor), GEORGE, SIMON CHRISTOPHER (hasPrincipalInvestigator), GEORGE, SIMON CHRISTOPHER (processor), ERRINGTON, INGRID (hasPrincipalInvestigator), ERRINGTON, INGRID (processor), HOULAHAN, SARAH (hasPrincipalInvestigator), HOULAHAN, SARAH (processor), KING, CATHERINE K. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), KING, CATHERINE K. (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
biota
elevation
EARTHWORMS
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS)
TOXICITY LEVELS
BIOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
ECOTOXICOLOGY
EARTH SCIENCE &gt
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE &gt
WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY &gt
CONTAMINANTS &gt
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS
HUMAN DIMENSIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
SURVIVAL RATES
SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS
SOILS
LAND SURFACE
BODY MASS
COCOON PRODUCTION
COCOON HATCHING SUCCESS
AGGREGATION BEHAVIOUR
HYDROCARBONS
ADS &gt
Automated DNA Sequencer
LABORATORY
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
OCEAN &gt
SOUTHERN OCEAN &gt
MACQUARIE ISLAND
Southern Ocean
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/effects-petroleum-hydrocarbons-toxicity-tests/967231
https://doi.org/10.4225/15/5976cb739dd50
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4135_Hydrocarbon_Toxicity_Earthworms
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:These data are the results of a series of laboratory-based toxicity tests in which earthworms were exposed soils that were spiked with a mixture of hydrocarbon compounds to mimic the existing contamination on Macquarie Island. Two series of experiments were done. The first used the earthworm Microscolex macquariensis which is native to Macquarie Island and soils from Macquarie Island. The second used the model test species Eisenia fetida and an artificial spiked soil. Eisenia fetida was further exposed to individual hydrocarbon compounds. The effects of the hydrocarbons on worm survival, body mass, cocoon production, cocoon hatching success, aggregation behaviour and preference were recorded.

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