Description
Summary:Maximum body size records for studied North American freshwater fishes. Each record represents a US State angling record for the species. A latitude and longitude centroid for each ecosystem of catch was determined a priori using Google Earth software. Latitude-longitude data were subsequently uploaded into the climate interpolation program NewLocClim to generate site specific information on elevation, mean annual air temperature and growing degree days>10 degrees C. A total of 16 records was considered the prerequisite number for inclusion in the published analysis. A larger database including species with <16 observations can be obtained from the author.