Cell-growth gene expression reveals a direct fitness cost of grazer-induced toxin production in red tide dinoflagellate prey

Abstract

Data include Paralytic Shellfish Toxins (STX and its derivatives) of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella, cell growth rates, and relative gene expression (RGE) level of the toxin gene compared to the reference gene as values of the independent and dependent variables.

Independent variable: exposure time (per day) of cells either without grazers (control) or with grazers (treatment)

Dependent variables: cell density (cells per liter), cell toxin content (mol per cell), cell growth rate (per day), and RGE (unitless)

Data were published in: Park, G., & Dam, H. G. (2021). Cell-growth gene expression reveals a direct fitness cost of grazer-induced toxin production in red tide dinoflagellate prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1944), 20202480. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2480

For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/853900