DOI: 10.5061/dryad.2bvq83c28
title: Data from: How Hurricanes Irma and Maria affected population dynamics and nutrient content of <em>Aedes aegypti</em> in San Juan, PR, USA: socioeconomic and temporal factors

description: Urban environments often contain mosquito species that are responsible for
 transmitting medically important pathogens to humans. Large disturbance
 events, like hurricanes, can devastate large urban areas, especially in
 the tropics; however, little data exist for how these storms affect vector
 populations. During September 2017, Hurricanes Irma (category 5) and Maria
 (category 4) passed in proximity to the island of Puerto Rico, USA,
 causing significant damage to the built environment and significantly
 altering the abiotic environmen,t including the removal of the
 plant canopy. We measured adult Aedes aegypti populations, the main vector
 of several pathogens, and larval containers across eight neighborhoods in
 San Juan, the capitol, that varied in socioeconomic status (SES) across
 eight sampling periods over 17 months following the storms. We also
 analyzed the nutrient content (%N, %C, C:N) and stable isotopes (δ15N,
 δ13C) from adults and isotopes from containers to assess how the nutrient
 environments changed post hurricanes. Mosquito population sizes
 were invariant throughout sampling, although more females were collected
 in lower SES neighborhoods that were more enriched in δ15N compared to
 higher SES locations. We did find that the storms altered the
 stoichiometric content of adults, with lower C:N values right after
 compared to a year later; larval containers showed an increase in δ15N
 through time. The lack of any interactive effects of the storms on
 specific neighborhoods suggests that Irma and Maria affected all locations
 equally, however, the storms altered the nutrient content of both
 adults and larval containers, a result with implications for pathogen
 transmission.
description: # Data from: How Hurricanes Irma and Maria affected population dynamics
 and nutrient content of *Aedes aegypti* in San Juan, PR, USA:
 socioeconomic and temporal factors
 [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2bvq83c28](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2bvq83c28) ## Description of the data and file structure Please see publication for full methods ([https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juae019](https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juae019)) ### Aedes_aegypti_nutrients_NSF.xlsx * DATE is the date of collection of the adult * COMM is an abbreviation for the Community where the adult was collected. C, El Comandante; CA, Cataño; MP, Martin; Peña; PN, Puerto Nuevo; RP, Río Piedras, T, Torrecilla; VM, Vistamar. * d15N is the value of the nitrogen isotope * N is the value of the % nitrogen * d13C is the value of the carbon isotope * C is the % carbon * CN is the ratio of the %C to the %N ### Container_nutrients_Yee_et_al.csv * DATE is the date of collection of the container * TYPE refers to the type of container (e.g., tire, bucket) * Period refers to the sampling trip grouped by dates that the collection took place * COMM is an abbreviation for the Community where the adult was collected. C, El Comandante; CA, Cataño; MP, Martin; Peña; PN, Puerto Nuevo; RP, Río Piedras, T, Torrecilla; VM, Vistamar. * Densiometer is the value of canopy openness as measured using a densiometer * Volume is the water volume (ml) of the container * d15N is the value of the nitrogen isotope * d13C is the value of the carbon isotope ### Female_Aedes_aegypti_per_trap_Yee_et_al.csv * TRAP refers to the trap number. These were sequentially numbered starting with 1 and ending with 48 * COMM is an abbreviation for the Community where the adult was collected. C, El Comandante; CA, Cataño; MP, Martin; Peña; PN, Puerto Nuevo; RP, Río Piedras, T, Torrecilla; VM, Vistamar. * The remaining rows are date of collection with the number of adult females Aedes aegypti recorded for each. A cell with a period (.) means that the trap malfunctioned during the collection.