High-resolution computed tomography reconstructions of invertebrate burrow systems.
High-resolution computed tomography reconstructions of invertebrate burrow systems.
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DOI：
10.1038/sdata.2015.52
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发表时间：
2015
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9.8
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Solan M
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作者：
Hale R;Boardman R;Mavrogordato MN;Sinclair I;Tolhurst TJ;Solan M
生物结构的体系结构对于确定物种对主要土壤和沉积过程的贡献具有很大影响，但详细的 3D 特征很少见，并且缺乏形式和复杂性的描述符。在这里，我们为代表性模型水族箱中单独和组合的三种同时发生但功能对比的沉积物居住的潮间无脊椎动物的完整洞穴系统提供了复制的高分辨率微焦点计算机断层扫描（μ-CT）数据。这些数据（≤2,000 个原始图像切片 aquarium−1，各向同性体素分辨率，81 μm）提供了参考模型，可用于开发新颖的结构分析例程，这些例程在生态学、土壤学、地貌学、古生物学、植物学和机械工程领域具有价值。我们还为那些研究运输网络、血管系统、植物生根系统、神经元连接模式的人或那些开发与模式或形状识别相关的图像分析或统计的人设想了机会。该数据集将允许研究人员开发或测试新颖的方法和想法，而无需生成示例架构的完整三维计算。
The architecture of biogenic structures can be highly influential in determining species contributions to major soil and sediment processes, but detailed 3-D characterisations are rare and descriptors of form and complexity are lacking. Here we provide replicate high-resolution micro-focus computed tomography (μ-CT) data for the complete burrow systems of three co-occurring, but functionally contrasting, sediment-dwelling inter-tidal invertebrates assembled alone, and in combination, in representative model aquaria. These data (≤2,000 raw image slices aquarium−1, isotropic voxel resolution, 81 μm) provide reference models that can be used for the development of novel structural analysis routines that will be of value within the fields of ecology, pedology, geomorphology, palaeobiology, ichnology and mechanical engineering. We also envisage opportunity for those investigating transport networks, vascular systems, plant rooting systems, neuron connectivity patterns, or those developing image analysis or statistics related to pattern or shape recognition. The dataset will allow investigators to develop or test novel methodology and ideas without the need to generate a complete three-dimensional computation of exemplar architecture.