READ ME File For 'Experimental data for research: The effects of simulated hydropower turbine rapid decompression on two Neotropical fish species.Ő Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2698 Date that the file was created: September, 2023. ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- ReadMe Author: Dr James R. Kerr, University of Southampton [ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2990-7293] Date of data collection: March-May 2019. Information about geographic location of data collection: Federal University of S‹o Jo‹o del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil. See associated manuscript for further details. Related projects: This research was funded by 1) an Institutional Links 2017 grant, ID 332396528, under the Newton-Brazil Fund partnership (British Council) (Brazilian funding: FAPEMIG, project ID: CHE-APQ-04822-17, call: CONFAP-British Council) and 2) the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Reference: EP/N005961/1) through the IDEAS Factory Sandpits programme. -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: CC-BY Recommended citation for the data: Kerr, J.R, Castro, A.L.F., Melo, N.O., Daniels, J.A, Holgate, A., Dolman, L.A., Silva, L.G.M. and Kemp, P.S. 2023. Experimental data for research: 'Experimental data for research: The effects of simulated hydropower turbine rapid decompression on two Neotropical fish species. DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2698 This dataset supports the publication: AUTHORS: Kerr, J.R, Castro, A.L.F., Melo, N.O., Daniels, J.A, Holgate, A., Dolman, L.A., Silva, L.G.M. TITLE: The effects of simulated hydropower turbine rapid decompression on two Neotropical fish species. JOURNAL: Science of the Total Environment PAPER DOI IF KNOWN: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166770 Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: N/A Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: N/A -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- This dataset contains a .zip file containing the following files and directories: 1) Pacu_Injury_Incidence.csv 2) Pacu_Injury_Intensity.csv 3) Pacu_Response.csv 4) Piracanjuba_Injury_Incidence.csv 5) Piracanjuba_Injury_Intensity.csv 6) Piracanjuba_Response.csv Relationship between files, if important for context: The files contain results for both species used in the study, Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) and piracanjuba (Brycon orbignyanus) (three files each). The three files for each species contain the data for the 1) fish response, 2) incidence of injury and 3) intensity of injury after experimental exposure to rapid decompression with different Ratios of Pressure Change (RPC). Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: N/A If data was derived from another source, list source: N/A If there are there multiple versions of the dataset, list the file updated, when and why update was made: N/A -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- All methodological details can be found in the associated manuscript: Kerr et al., 2023. The effects of simulated hydropower turbine rapid decompression on two Neotropical fish species. Science of the Total Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166770 -------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION -------------------------- Within the files the abbreviations used are as follows: Haem = haemorrhage Emb = emboli (specifically a gas bubble) Exo = exophthalmia Lat Line = lateral line PC Mem = pharyngo-clitheral membrane Ext = external SB = swim bladder BCav = body cavity Int = internal Rupt = rupture Stom = stomach Bub = bubbles Operc = operculum Sol = solids Orient = orientation (i.e. loss of orientation) Imp = impaired Swim = swimming Swal = swallowed Within the injury intensity files the data is proportion of the organ showing that injury type and is a percent score. Within the injury incidence files to the scores are binary and represent if the fish exhibited that injury type. Within the fish response files the scores are the proportion of the fish in that trial that exhibited that response. See methods section in the associated manuscript (Kerr et al., 2023. The effects of simulated hydropower turbine rapid decompression on two Neotropical fish species. Science of the Total Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166770) for further details. For enquiries regarding the data please email either Dr. Kerr (j.kerr@soton.ac.uk) or Prof. Kemp (p.kemp@soton.ac.uk). Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2698 Date that the file was created: September, 2023.