Seasonal surveys of fish abundance and diversity in streams of central, eastern, and southern Arizona, USA (2016-2019)

• Main Authors: Ethan Baruch, Albert Ruhi, Tamara Harms, John Sabo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2021
• Subjects: streamflow; fishes; streams; deserts; community composition; communities; community ecology; beta diversity; sonoran desert; arizona; az; globalinstituteofsustainability; Agosia Agosia chrysogaster; Ameiurus Ameiurus natalis; Catostomus Catostomus clarkii; Catostomus Catostomus insignis; Cyprinus Cyprinus carpio; Cyprinella Cyprinella lutrensis; Gambusia Gambusia affinis; Gila Gila robusta; Ictalurus Ictalurus punctatus; Lepomis Lepomis cyanellus; Micropterus Micropterus dolomieu; Oncorhynchus Oncorhynchus mykiss; Pimephales Pimephales promelas; Pylodictis Pylodictis olivaris; Rhinichthys Rhinichthys osculus; Agosia chrysogaster; Ameiurus natalis; Catostomus clarkii; Catostomus insignis; Cyprinus carpio; Cyprinella lutrensis; Gambusia affinis; Gila robusta; Ictalurus punctatus; Lepomis cyanellus; Micropterus dolomieu; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Pimephales promelas; Pylodictis olivaris; Rhinichthys osculus; Catostomus catostomus
• Online Access: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/853/1

Fish communities in desert streams are shaped by both the long-term selective pressures of streamflow regimes and the short-term effects of floods and droughts. Between spring 2016 and spring 2019 we conducted seasonal sampling of nine streams across the state of Arizona, USA on a gradient of flow r...