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Nanoplastic-induced microbiome shifts reduce Daphnia fitness and increase parasite reproduction
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This dataset contains data and R scripts from a study examining how nanoplastic exposure causes microbiome shifts in Daphnia that reduce host fitness and increase parasite reproduction. The research by Villegas, Rajarajan, and colleagues at the Leibniz Institute provides the underlying data supporting analysis of nanoplastic-microbiome-host-parasite interactions.
Data set and Rscripts for the work: Working Title (subject to change): “Nanoplastic-induced microbiome shifts reduce Daphnia fitness and increase parasite reproduction” Vanderville Villegas1,2, Amruta Rajarajan1,3, Erika Berenice Martínez-Ruiz1, Kristel F. Sánchez1, Justyna Wolinska1,2 1Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany, 2Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 3Present address: Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED-EPB), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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