Repo for the publication: Potential propagation of agricultural pesticide exposure and effects to upstream sections in a biosphere reserve

This repo contains the R code and data for the related manuscript published in Science of the total environment

Written by Anke Schneeweiss, revised by Verena C. Schreiner

Content Overview:

20220412_R_script_publication_refuge_1.rmd: Provides the R Markdown code to calculate pesticide exposure and effects and compare them between site types

20220412_rawdata_1_pesticide_data: Raw data on pesticide concentrations analysed at 18 sites in Rhineland-Palatinate, south-west Germany

20220412_rawdata_2_XX50_standardtox: Information on effect concentrations for freshwater invertebrates

20220412_rawdata_3_XX50_ppdb: Additional information on effect concentrations for freshwater invertebrates, used to fill data gaps

20220412_rawdata_4_community_data: Macroinvertebrate sampling data for 18 sites in Rhineland-Palatinate, south-west Germany

20220412_rawdata_5_trait_database_indicate: Trait database from Indicate, 2021. Indicate version 2021.02. URL https://www.systemecology.de/indicate/

20220412_rawdata_6_taxa_link_indicate: Taxa link data to connect with trait database from Indicate (see above)