Decomposition and Habitat Data from Restored Urban Streams in Vancouver, Canada

74.1 KB of data from a study investigating organic matter decomposition in urban streams around Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Chelsea Little authored this dataset, which was last updated on 2026-04-24. The research deployed cotton strips to measure decomposition and assessed variables like water temperature, substrate, and riparian vegetation to model the impact of urbanization and restoration.

Use Cases

• Modeling relationships between impervious surface cover and decomposition rates based on the structural equation models described.
• Assessing the impact of local habitat restoration efforts on physical stream characteristics mentioned in the study.
• Analyzing the influence of water temperature and nutrient loads on ecosystem function in urban waterways.
• Comparing decomposition rates between urbanized and more natural stream reaches as outlined in the hypotheses.

Strengths

• Dataset includes multiple measured environmental variables such as water temperature, chemistry, substrate, and riparian vegetation.
• Data is associated with a specific, peer-reviewed research question and methodology using cotton strip assays and structural equation modeling.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for machine learning tasks.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the attached PDF metadata after download.
• The 74.1 KB size indicates a very small dataset, limiting its scope and statistical power for broad analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Chelsea Little.

Collection Method

Field measurements from deployed cotton strips and habitat assessments in urban streams.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-24 22:47:44; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Urban streams in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.