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The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD): Characterizing the migratory life histories of freshwater fishes of Canada, the United States, and Mexico
We developed the North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD) that synthesizes current knowledge of migratory status, pattern, and behavior for native and non-native freshwater fish species throughout North America, including 1,241 species representing 79 families and 322 genera.
| Author(s) |
Emily M. Dean,
Arthur R. Cooper,
Lizhu Wang,
Wesley M Daniel  ,
Solomon R. David,
Clayton Ernzen,
Keith B. Gido,
Edward Hale,
Tim Haxton,
William Kelso,
Nancy Leonard,
Chris Lido,
Joseph Margraf,
Michael L Porter ,
Casey Pennock,
David L. Propst,
Jared A. Ross ,
Michelle D Staudinger ,
Gary Whelan,
Dana M. Infante
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| Publication Date | 2021-12-21 |
| Beginning Date of Data | 2021-08-01 |
| Ending Date of Data | 2021-08-01 |
| Data Contact | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WDLLP0 |
| Citation | Dean, E.M., Cooper, A.R., Wang, L., Daniel, W.M., David, S.R., Ernzen, C., Gido, K.B., Hale, E., Haxton, T., Kelso, W., Leonard, N., Lido, C., Margraf, J., Porter, M.L., Pennock, C., Propst, D.L., Ross, J.A., Staudinger, M.D., Whelan, G., and Infante, D.M., 2021, The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD): Characterizing the migratory life histories of freshwater fishes of Canada, the United States, and Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WDLLP0. |
| Metadata Contact | |
| Metadata Date | 2022-08-17 |
| Related Publication | Dean, E.M., Cooper, A.R., Wang, L., Daniel, W., David, S., Ernzen, C., Gido, K.B., Hale, E., Haxton, T.J., Kelso, W., Leonard, N., Lido, C., Margraf, J., Porter, M., and others, 2022, The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database ( |
| Citations of these data | |
| Access | public |
| License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
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