This page shows the raw data and R code to reproduce the figures in Hiki & Nakajima (2022, JWET).
Microplastics adversely affect organisms through physical damage, inhibition of food assimilation, and/or toxicity of chemical leachates. To investigate the influence of feeding mode on microplastic ingestion by benthic organisms, we performed microplastic ingestion experiments using polystyrene microbeads (diameter: 4.1 and 20.6 μm) and the estuarine benthic amphipod Grandidierella japonica, which can switch between filter-feeding and deposit-feeding modes.
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Rcode.md
An example R code for analysis and visualization. This code requires an input dataset (i.e., "data.xlsx"). -
Data_for_R_analysis_revised_GitHub_20220524.xlsx
This dataset "Data_for_R_analysis_revised_GitHub_20220524.xlsx" includes the raw data about the number of microbeads ingested by an estuarine amphipod Grandidierella japonica. -
Figs
Figures generated from the R code.
Hiki & Nakajima, 2022, Microplastic ingestion by a benthic amphipod in different feeding modes, Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 20(5): 137-144. DOI: 10.2965/jwet.22-057