Lab study on the effect of seawater pH and aging on mussel adhesive plaques with mussels collected from Penn Cove Shellfish in Coupeville, Washington.

<p>Data generated from laboratory experiments that investigated the influence of seawater pH and byssal thread age on plaque attachment. Mussels (M. trossulus) were collected from Penn Cove Shellfish, Penn Cove, Coupeville, Washington, USA (48°13′N 122°42′W) and held in experimental aquaria at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA for up to 14 days. Mussels produced threads over the course of 4 hrs that were incubated in a range of pH conditions for up to 20 days. Adhesive plaques were then pulled to failure to determine adhesion strength. These data accompany the manuscript (George, M.N. and Carrington, E. 2018).</p>本数据集源自旨在探究海水pH值与足丝（byssal thread）年龄对附着斑块影响的实验室实验。实验所用贻贝（*Mytilus trossulus*，M. trossulus）采集自美国华盛顿州库珀维尔市彭恩湾的彭恩湾贝类养殖场，地理坐标为48°13′N、122°42′W，随后被转移至美国华盛顿州西雅图市华盛顿大学的实验水族箱中暂养，最长暂养时长达14天。贻贝可在4小时内生成足丝，将生成的足丝置于不同pH梯度的环境中孵育，最长孵育时长达20天。随后通过牵拉使粘附斑块断裂，以此测定其粘附强度。本数据集为2018年发表的学术论文（George, M.N. 与 Carrington, E. 2018）的配套数据。