577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:17:31 UK GEMINI 2.3 Ecotoxicology data of Eisenia fetida earthworms following acute or chronic exposure to different concentrations of bio-based and conventional fibres 2024-08-22 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628 10.5285/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628 doi: 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 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 Courtene-Jones, W. University of Plymouth w.courtenejones@bangor.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7893-5322 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact Courtene-Jones, W. University of Plymouth w.courtenejones@bangor.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7893-5322 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author De Falco, F. University of Plymouth francesca.defalco@plymouth.ac.uk author Burgevin, F. University of Bath famgb20@bath.ac.uk author Handy, R.D. University of Plymouth r.handy@plymouth.ac.uk author Thompson, R.C. University of Plymouth r.c.thompson@plymouth.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2262-6621 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher University of Plymouth w.courtenejones@bangor.ac.uk owner Production and Industrial Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Pollution microplastics microfibre synthetic fibres Environmental risk assessment hazard assessment plastic alternative plastic substitute biopolymer otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions 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 English utf8 biota Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 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.