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Ecotoxicology data of Eisenia fetida earthworms following acute or chronic exposure to different concentrations of bio-based and conventional fibres
[This nonGeographicDataset is embargoed until June 30, 2025]. This dataset contains acute and chronic ecotoxicology measurements of Eisenia fetida earthworms exposed to different types and concentrations of bio-based textile-derived microfibres. Acute test (72 hours) measured earthworm mortality across a range of fibre concentrations, following OECD TG 207 standard guidelines. Chronic tests (following OECD TG 222 guidelines), using one fibre concentration were conducted over 28-days and measured mortality, growth, reproductive output (number of egg cocoons and juveniles), oxidative stress and elemental composition of earthworms. Data were collected in order to establish lethal thresholds and sub-lethal effects of different textiles microfibres (bio-based and conventional). This research is part of the BIO-PLASTIC-RISK project, funded by Natural Environment Research Council through the grants NE/V007556/1 and NE/V007246/1. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at
https://doi.org/10.5285/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628
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- Date (Publication)
- 2024-08-22
- Identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628
- Other citation details
- Courtene-Jones, W., De Falco, F. , Burgevin, F. , Handy, R.D., Thompson, R.C. (2024). Ecotoxicology data of Eisenia fetida earthworms following acute or chronic exposure to different concentrations of bio-based and conventional fibres. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628
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- Production and Industrial Facilities
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- Embargoed
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Courtene-Jones, W., De Falco, F. , Burgevin, F. , Handy, R.D., Thompson, R.C. (2024). Ecotoxicology data of Eisenia fetida earthworms following acute or chronic exposure to different concentrations of bio-based and conventional fibres. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628
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- EnglishEnglish
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- utf8 UTF8
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- Biota
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- nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
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- nonGeographicDataset
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Two bio- based (Viscose and Lyocell) and one conventional (Polyester) fibre along with a ‘no fibres’ control, and a positive organic pollutant control (3,4- Dichloroaniline) were used in all experiments. All earthworms were purchased from a commercial supplier (Blades Biological, Kent, UK), and held in synchronous culture for at least 2 weeks prior to their use in experiments. Acute testing followed the filter paper contact method in the OECD TG 207: acute earthworm test, standard protocol. Earthworms were exposed for 72-hours to concentrations between 0 – 10,000 fibres per ml. Mortality was assessed to determine lethal thresholds, 10 worms were used per treatment. Chronic testing: method followed the OECD TG 222: earthworm reproduction test guidelines, and standard LUFA 2.2 soil (LUFA Speyer, Germany) was used. 12 worms were included per test container, with 4 replicates per treatment. Earthworms were exposed for 28-days to 100 mg/kg of fibres, when measures of worm growth, health and reproduction were assessed.
- File identifier
- 577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
- Hierarchy level
- nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- nonGeographicDataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-08-23T12:21:21
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
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Lancaster
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LA1 4AP
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UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
