Eukaryote Metabarcoding from Copper Mescosm Experiment

eDNA metabarcoding was performed to assess the effects of copper on the establishment of the benthic eukaryote community within a series of environmentally relevant copper contaminated freshwater mesocosms. The data is obtained from a recolonization experiment contained five treatments : control (C) and four sediment copper concentrations (very low (VL), low (L), high (H) and very high (VH)), each with four replicates. The data represents samples obtained on seven occasions subsequent to the experiment being established: 15, 31, 135, 161, 365, 407 and 497 days. \n\nDetails on the experimental design are available in: \nGardham, S., G. C. Hose, S. L. Simpson, C. Jarolimek, and A. A. Chariton. 2014. Long-term copper partitioning of metal-spiked sediments used in outdoor mesocosms. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 21:7130-7139.\n\n