freshwater_fish.int: Freshwater Fish Heavy Metal Bioaccumulation Interval Dataset

freshwater_fish.intR Documentation

Freshwater Fish Heavy Metal Bioaccumulation Interval Dataset

Description

Interval-valued dataset of heavy metal concentrations in organs and tissues of 12 freshwater fish species, grouped into 4 feeding categories (Carnivores, Omnivores, Detritivores, Herbivores). Contains 13 interval-valued variables measuring metal concentrations in organs and organ-to-muscle ratios.

Usage

data(freshwater_fish.int)

Format

A data frame with 12 observations and 14 variables:

  • body_length: Body length (cm).

  • body_weight: Body weight (g).

  • muscle: Metal concentration in muscle tissue.

  • intestine: Metal concentration in intestine.

  • stomach: Metal concentration in stomach.

  • gills: Metal concentration in gills.

  • liver: Metal concentration in liver.

  • kidney: Metal concentration in kidney.

  • liver_muscle_ratio: Liver-to-muscle concentration ratio.

  • kidney_muscle_ratio: Kidney-to-muscle concentration ratio.

  • gills_muscle_ratio: Gills-to-muscle concentration ratio.

  • intestine_muscle_ratio: Intestine-to-muscle concentration ratio.

  • stomach_muscle_ratio: Stomach-to-muscle concentration ratio.

  • class: Feeding category (Carnivores, Omnivores, Detritivores, Herbivores).

Metadata

Sample size (n) 12
Variables (p) 14
Subject area Biology
Symbolic format Interval
Analytical tasks Clustering

Source

https://github.com/Natandradesa/Kernel-Clustering-for-Interval-Data

References

Andrade, N. A., de Carvalho, F. A. T. and Pimentel, B. A. (2025). Kernel clustering with automatic variable weighting for interval data. Neurocomputing, 617, 128954.

Examples

data(freshwater_fish.int)

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