10.1594/PANGAEA.911441Vad, JohanneJohanneVad0000-0003-2215-0491Durán Suja, LauraLauraDurán SujaPANGAEA2020Benzo-A-PyrenePoly Aromatic HydrocarbonsqPCRspongeSample IDTreatmentTime in hoursHalichondria panicea, heat shock protein 70, log fold changeHalichondria panicea, heat shock protein 90, log fold changeHalichondria panicea, cyclophilinHalichondria panicea, cytochrome b5CalculatedA Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe (ATLAS)Dataset429 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalIn this study, inter-tidal cold-water sponge Halichondria panicea samples were exposed to Benzo-A-pyrene for 48h (accumulation phase) and then left to recover for 13 days in clean seawater (depuration phase). Tissue samples were collected at multiple time points during the accumulation phase to conduct qPCR targeting several genes of interest. Tissue samples were also collected during the accumulation and depuration phases to determine concentration of hydrocarbon in the sponge tissue. The files provided here detail (1) the hydrocarbon data determined by GC/MS analysis and (2) the sponge log fold change data for four genes of interest derived by qPCR.Horizon 2020 of the European Commissionhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601678760A Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe