Large River Monitoring Forum Fish Assemblage Database 2016

The Large River Monitoring Forum compiled fish assemblage data for five large rivers in the U.S. as a part of a coordinated effort to compare and contract river monitoring efforts in large river systems. Fish community data from five monitoring programs were integrated to create the standardized dataset. Authors: Timothy D. Counihan1, Ian R. Waite2, Andy Casper3, David Ward4, Jennifer Sauer5, Elise Irwin6, Colin Chapman7, Brian Ickes5, Craig Paukert8, John Kosovich9, and Jennifer M. Bayer10 1- United States Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory, 5501A Cook-Underwood Road, Cook, WA 98605; email:tcounihan@usgs.gov; Phone:509-538-2299; Fax:509-538-2843 2- United States Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, 2130 S.W. Fifth Avenue Portland, OR 97201 3- Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois River Biological Station, 704 N. Schrader, Havana IL 62644 4- United States Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603
5- United States Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1637 6- United States Geological Survey, Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5418 7- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northwest Regional Office, 17330 SE Evelyn Street, Clackamas, OR 97015 8- United States Geological Survey, Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 302 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 9- U.S. Geological Survey, Core Science Analytics, Synthesis, & Libraries, Lakewood, CO
10- United States Geological Survey, Northwest Region & Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership, 909 1st Ave, 8th Floor Seattle, WA 98104

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notes The Large River Monitoring Forum compiled fish assemblage data for five large rivers in the U.S. as a part of a coordinated effort to compare and contract river monitoring efforts in large river systems. Fish community data from five monitoring programs were integrated to create the standardized dataset. Authors: Timothy D. Counihan1, Ian R. Waite2, Andy Casper3, David Ward4, Jennifer Sauer5, Elise Irwin6, Colin Chapman7, Brian Ickes5, Craig Paukert8, John Kosovich9, and Jennifer M. Bayer10 1- United States Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory, 5501A Cook-Underwood Road, Cook, WA 98605; email:tcounihan@usgs.gov; Phone:509-538-2299; Fax:509-538-2843 2- United States Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, 2130 S.W. Fifth Avenue Portland, OR 97201 3- Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois River Biological Station, 704 N. Schrader, Havana IL 62644 4- United States Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603 5- United States Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1637 6- United States Geological Survey, Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5418 7- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northwest Regional Office, 17330 SE Evelyn Street, Clackamas, OR 97015 8- United States Geological Survey, Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 302 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 9- U.S. Geological Survey, Core Science Analytics, Synthesis, & Libraries, Lakewood, CO 10- United States Geological Survey, Northwest Region & Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership, 909 1st Ave, 8th Floor Seattle, WA 98104
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title Large River Monitoring Forum Fish Assemblage Database 2016