Phytoplankton Community Assembly Data for Population-Level Predictability

Community assembly data supports the analysis of ecological predictability in phytoplankton populations. The dataset, created by Lorenzo Fant, was published on Figshare in April 2026. It is a small dataset at 37.6 KB, provided as a CSV file.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal changes in phytoplankton species abundance to test population-level predictability.
• Model community assembly outcomes using environmental feature columns likely present in the data.
• Identify relationships between initial community state columns and final assembly states.
• Validate the manuscript's hypothesis by correlating population-level metrics with community stability.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed scientific manuscript.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
• File format is standard CSV for easy access.

Limitations

• Very small data volume (37.6 KB) suggests limited sample or feature scope.
• Unknown row count prevents assessment of statistical power for modeling.
• Lack of provided column names obscures specific analytical capabilities.

Provenance

Source

Figshare, authored by Lorenzo Fant.

Collection Method

Data collected for the manuscript 'Ecological predictability emerges at the population level in phytoplankton communities'.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

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