140 ponds in the Ozarks Physiographic Province of Arkansas and Missouri have geographic locations, landscape, riparian habitat, and water quality data. The dataset was authored by David Bowles and last updated on 2026-04-18. It is available as an XLSX file under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Modeling water quality parameters based on landscape and riparian habitat features.
- Mapping pond locations and characteristics for regional ecological assessments.
- Analyzing relationships between geographic location and habitat quality for pond conservation.
Strengths
- Data covers 140 distinct ponds, providing a multi-site sample.
- Includes multiple data dimensions: geographic, landscape, habitat, and water quality.
- Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
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 small at 82.1 KB, indicating limited scope.
Provenance
- Source
- David Bowles via figshare.
- Collection Method
- Likely contains field measurements and assessments.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-18 18:29:06; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Ozarks Physiographic Province of Arkansas and Missouri.