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FCE Data Set ID Number: SFWSC_005
Originator(s): Jennifer Rehage
( rehagej@fiu.edu )
Title: Seasonal Electrofishing Data from Rookery Branch and Tarpon Bay, Everglades National Park from November 2004 to Present
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Public file download: None Available until January 2020
Time Period of Content: 01-Nov-2004 to 05-May-2014
Abstract: This study examines temporal and spatial dynamics in the fish community of the oligohaline to mesohaline reaches of ecotonal creeks along the southwest region of Everglades National Park. Collections of fish in SW ENP during 2004 - 2014 across Rookery Branch and Tarpon Bay. Sampling started in the wet season of 2004, and has been conducted three times per year at these approximate times: November (wet season); February (transition); and April (dry season). Electrofishing samples were processed in the field, and all species (except for non-natives) were returned live at the point of collection. In the Rookery Branch region, fish abundance varies markedly yearly and seasonally. Catches peak in the drier months, reflecting a pulse of movement by freshwater taxa into creeks as marshes upstream dry. The timing of this pulse is closely tied to the pattern of water recession in upstream marshes, and has important ramifications for wading bird prey availability.
Locations: Rookery Branch 7, Rookery Branch 8, Rookery Branch 9, Rookery Branch 10, Rookery Branch 11, Rookery Branch 12, Rookery Branch 13, Rookery Branch 14, Rookery Branch 15, Rookery Branch 16, TB1, TB2, TB3, TB4
Column description:
COLUMN
NAME
UNITS
TYPE
1
ID None Alphanumeric
2
YEAR None Integer
3
DATE YYYY-MM-DD DateTime
4
SEASON None Text
5
RIVER None Text
6
CREEK None Integer
7
SITETYPE None Text
8
BOUT None Integer
9
FUNCON4 Number Integer
10
FUNCHR8 Number Integer
11
NOTCRY9 Number Integer
12
ESONIG14 Number Integer
13
LEPPLA17 Number Integer
14
ESOAME18 Number Integer
15
LEPSPP19 Number Integer
16
MCSAL20 Number Integer
17
ERISUC33 Number Integer
18
FUNSEM34 Number Integer
19
EURGUL35 Number Integer
20
TRIMAC36 Number Integer
21
NOTGYR37 Number Integer
22
LEPGUL38 Number Integer
23
LEPMAC39 Number Integer
24
LEPMIC40 Number Integer
25
LEPPUN41 Number Integer
26
LEPMAR42 Number Integer
27
ENNGLO47 Number Integer
28
CENUND50 Number Integer
29
MEGATL51 Number Integer
30
ANGROS54 Number Integer
31
AMICAL55 Number Integer
32
ANCMIT57 Number Integer
33
CLABAT60 Number Integer
34
MICGUL67 Number Integer
35
ARIFEL69 Number Integer
36
LOPCYP71 Number Integer
37
LUTGRI74 Number Integer
38
FUNGRA75 Number Integer
39
BAGMAR76 Number Integer
40
TILMAR77 Number Integer
41
OREAUR78 Number Integer
42
STRSPP80 Number Integer
43
LAGHOM81 Number Integer
44
CICURO84 Number Integer
45
BELBEL86 Number Integer
46
HEMLET88 Number Integer
47
CARLEU91 Number Integer
48
ARCPRO92 Number Integer
49
SCIOCE94 Number Integer
50
PTEMUL99 Number Integer
51
MACSIA100 Number Integer
52
EUGPLU101 Number Integer
53
KLEMAR102 Number Integer
54
EUCHAR103 Number Integer
55
CYNNEB104 Number Integer
56
CARHIP105 Number Integer
57
GOBROB106 Number Integer
58
MUGCEP107 Number Integer
59
CALSAP109 Number Integer
60
CICSPP110 Number Integer
61
EUCSPP115 Number Integer
62
ELOPSAU117 Number Integer
63
GOBSPP121 Number Integer
64
UNIDEEL200 Number Integer
65
UNIDFISH23 Number Integer
66
CPUE number Integer
67
DISTANCE m Integer
68
CPUE100M catch per unit effort Integer
69
DEPTH_Creek meter Decimal
70
TEMP degree C Decimal
71
DO milligramsPerLiter Decimal
72
SALINITY PSU Decimal
73
SH1DSLD number Integer
74
SH1AVE15D cm Decimal
75
UPDISTANCE km Decimal
76
MEANDIST km Decimal
Number of records: 76 Columns by 1,019 Rows, including Column Header
Public release date: 01-Jan-2020


 
  This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EAR-1204762 and the United States Department of Agriculture NIFA Award Number 2012-67003-19862.
  Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.