Urban Pond Data on Mosquitoes, Water Quality, and Heavy Metals in a European City

Irene Tornero's dataset from figshare, last updated March 2026, contains measurements from urban and garden ponds. It includes biotic variables, heavy metal concentrations, mosquito presence/absence and abundance, physicochemical parameters, and an urbanisation index. The dataset is structured across five separate text files and totals 16.0 KB.

Use Cases

• Modeling mosquito presence/absence based on physicochemical parameters like pH and conductivity.
• Analyzing the relationship between heavy metal concentrations and aquatic predator abundance.
• Correlating urbanisation index values with mosquito abundance data.
• Studying the impact of nutrient levels (TN, TP, Chlorophyll a) on mosquito habitat suitability.

Strengths

• Dataset is multi-faceted, covering biotic, chemical, physical, and urbanisation factors.
• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• Files are small (16.0 KB total), facilitating quick download and inspection.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Geographic coverage is specified only as a European city, limiting spatial precision.

Provenance

Source

Irene Tornero via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely contains field measurements from pond sampling.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 15:25:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Urban and garden ponds in a European city, likely in Hungary based on the urbanisation index source.