Metadata to the community data of flatland ponds in northwest Spain

This database contains the phytoplankton, zooplankton and macroinvertebrate data collected in 31 ponds in northwest Spain in 2003 and 2004.Macroinvertebrate samples were collected with a pond-net following a time-limited sampling, and were identified to genus level.Phytoplankton and zooplankton were analysed from composite water samples collected with a tube sampler at random points along a transect perpendicular to the main axis of the pond.Phytoplankton and zooplankton were identified to species level.In addition, the database contains information on physico-chemical parameters measured at the ponds.