We can't find the internet
Attempting to reconnect
Something went wrong!
Hang in there while we get back on track
Supp. data for the 2022 pelagic mesocosm plankton
AI summary Read the abstract
This supplementary dataset supports a large in-lake mesocosm experiment examining whether microplastics with and without chemical additives affect phytoplankton and zooplankton communities in 2022. The dataset includes phytoplankton and zooplankton data along with R code for reproducible statistical analysis of the pelagic plankton responses.
This supplementary data is for the Langenfeld et al. manuscript entitled "Microplastics with and without chemical additives modestly impacted phytoplankton and zooplankton in a large in-lake mesocosm study" and contains phytoplankton and zooplankton supplementary data and R code for the 2022 pelagic mesocosm experiment.
More Papers Like This
Microplastics at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations Had Minimal Impacts on Pelagic Zooplankton Communities in a Large In-Lake Mesocosm Experiment
AI summary Read the abstract
Researchers conducted a large-scale 10-week mesocosm experiment in a Canadian boreal lake to assess microplastic impacts on zooplankton at environmentally relevant concentrations. They found that zooplankton ingested low levels of microplastics and their overall abundance and community composition were not negatively impacted. However, temporary effects were observed, including stimulation of some species and short-term reductions in egg production, suggesting microplastics may have complex but limited effects at current environmental levels.
Microplastics with and without chemical additives modestly affected phytoplankton and zooplankton in a large in-lake mesocosm study
AI summary Read the abstract
Scientists added common plastic fragments (with and without the chemical additives often mixed into plastics) to a real lake to see how they'd affect the tiny plants and animals at the base of the food chain. The good news: over two months, the impacts were fairly minor—some small shifts in which species thrived, but no major die-offs—suggesting these plastics may not be immediately devastating to freshwater ecosystems at the levels tested. Since these microscopic organisms are the foundation of the food web that eventually reaches our dinner plates (think fish), this kind of research helps scientists figure out whether microplastic pollution could indirectly aff
Nanoplastics Modulate the Outcome of Zooplankton- Microparasite Interactions
AI summary Read the abstract
This is a supplementary data and code archive associated with a study examining how nanoplastics affect interactions between zooplankton and their microparasites. The underlying research investigates whether nanoplastic exposure changes the outcome of host-parasite relationships in aquatic ecosystems.
Dataset: Microplastic addition has no detectable effect on ecosystem metabolism or diel dinitrogen flux in a large in-lake mesocosm experiment under oligotrophic conditions
AI summary Read the abstract
Researchers conducted a large in-lake mesocosm experiment at the Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario, Canada to test whether microplastic addition affects ecosystem metabolism or diel dinitrogen flux under oligotrophic conditions. The dataset and R code support the conclusion that microplastics had no detectable effect on these ecosystem-level processes under low-nutrient conditions.
The impact of microplastics on lake communities: A mesocosm study
AI summary Read the abstract
Researchers conducted a mesocosm experiment to assess how microplastic contamination affects lake communities, including zooplankton, macroinvertebrates, and fish. They found that microplastic exposure caused varying effects across organism groups, with some community-level changes observed over the study period. The study highlights that microplastic pollution can alter freshwater ecosystem dynamics beyond what has been documented in single-species laboratory studies.
Research digests by email
When a large batch of papers lands in the Atlas, we read through it and send a short write-up of what stood out.