Highlights• A citizen science project was launched to investigate private garden ponds and public urban ponds in the Netherlands in 2021• Private garden ponds are in general smaller with more floating vegetation than public urban ponds• Garden and public urban ponds largely share macroinvertebrate communities but also may harbour specific communities• Water depth and to a lesser extent submerged vegetation appeared to be more important for macroinvertebrates in urban ponds than presence of fish or floating vegetation• Citizen science can generate valuable data and information that professionals can't or usually won't obtain
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