Melanoides Tuberculata Surveys in East Africa with Ecological and Physicochemical Data

A supplementary table provides geographic coordinates and environmental data for surveys of the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata in East Africa. The 41.0 KB dataset is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was authored by Victor Magero. It was last updated on April 30, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling species distribution based on geographic coordinates and environmental variables mentioned in the description
• Analyzing correlations between snail presence and physicochemical water parameters described in the dataset
• Conducting ecological niche modeling for an invasive species using the provided survey data

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse.
• Includes multiple data types (geographic, ecological, physicochemical) as described.
• Last update date of April 30, 2026 is provided.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 41.0 KB, indicating a limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Victor Magero via figshare

Collection Method

Likely contains field survey data, but the specific collection method is not detailed.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 20:33:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

East Africa