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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 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
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628
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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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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Plymouth Courtene-Jones, W. Point of contact University of Plymouth Courtene-Jones, W. Author University of Plymouth De Falco, F.
Author University of Bath Burgevin, F.
Author University of Plymouth Handy, R.D.
Author University of Plymouth Thompson, R.C. Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher University of Plymouth Owner
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Production and Industrial Facilities
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- Keywords
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- Pollution
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microplastics
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microfibre
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synthetic fibres
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Environmental risk assessment
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hazard assessment
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plastic alternative
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plastic substitute
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biopolymer
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- no limitations
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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
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628.zip Supporting information
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- Non geographic dataset
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nonGeographicDataset
Conformance result
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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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.
Metadata
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- 577486c2-c6e1-4588-957d-69c1a3d85628 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
- Hierarchy level
- Non geographic dataset
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nonGeographicDataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:17:31
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
