117 lakes across three boreal regions of Quebec were sampled over three summers from 2011 to 2013. The dataset includes cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) metabarcoding of bulk zooplankton samples alongside detailed lake environmental data. This data was collected by the CarBBAS research chair to investigate crustacean zooplankton metacommunity structuring.
Use Cases
- Modeling species-environment relationships based on water chemistry and morphometry variables.
- Analyzing spatial patterns in zooplankton biodiversity based on lake coordinates and regional grouping.
- Investigating metacommunity structuring processes using joint species distribution models as referenced in the description.
Strengths
- Data spans 117 lakes across three distinct boreal regions, providing spatial breadth.
- Environmental data includes 19 measured variables such as pH, nutrients, depth, and coordinates.
- Temporal coverage includes samples from three consecutive summers (2011, 2012, 2013).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count for the metabarcoding sequence files is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Industrial Research Chair in Carbon Biogeochemistry in Boreal Aquatic Systems (CarBBAS)
- Collection Method
- Field collection and laboratory CO1 metabarcoding of bulk zooplankton samples.
- Time Range
- Summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-02 04:10:58; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Saguenay, Côte-Nord, and Schefferville regions in Quebec, Canada.