FishTraits: A Database of Ecological and Life-history Traits of Freshwater Fishes of the United States
FishTraits: A Database of Ecological and Life-history Traits of Freshwater Fishes of the United States
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DOI：
10.1577/1548-8446-34.10.487
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发表时间：
2009-10-01
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2.8
通讯作者：
Angermeier, Paul L.
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作者：
Frimpong, Emmanual A.;Angermeier, Paul L.
为了促进生态、保护和管理研究，需要整合和广泛获取物种性状数据源，这推动了各种分类的性状数据库的开发。尽管美国对淡水鱼进行的基于性状的分析越来越多，但没有公开的该群体性状的综合数据库，并且有关这些物种的许多有用信息仅记录在模糊的来源中。由于性状信息基本上难以获取且未整合，因此涉及许多鱼类和/或性状的大规模分析特别具有挑战性。我们已编制了一个数据库，其中包含在美国本土淡水中发现的 809 种（731 种本土鱼类和 78 种标准）鱼类的超过 100 种性状，其中包括 37 个本土科和 145 个本土属。该数据库名为 FishTraits，包含四大类特征的信息：（1）营养生态学； （二）体型、生殖生态、生活史； (3) 栖息地偏好； (4)盐度和温度耐受性。还编制了有关地理分布和保护状况的信息。该数据库增加了对鱼类物种性状进行研究的许多机会，并构成了为不断扩大的北美鱼类性状建立中央存储库的第一步。
The need for integrated and widely accessible Sources of species traits data to facilitate studies of ecology, conservation, and management has motivated development of traits databases for various tax-a. In spite of the increasing number of traits-based analyses of freshwater fishes in the United States, no consolidated database of traits of this group exists publicly, and much useful information on these species is documented only in obscure sources. The largely inaccessible and unconsolidated traits information makes large-scale analysis involving many fishes and/or traits particularly challenging We have compiled a database of > 100 traits for 809 (731 native and 78 normative) fish species found in freshwaters of the conterminous United states, including 37 native families and 145 native genera. The database, named FishTraits, contains information on four major categories of traits: (1) trophic ecology; (2) body size, reproductive ecology, and life history; (3) habitat preferences; and (4) salinity and temperature tolerances. Information on geographic distribution and conservation status was also compiled. The database enhances many opportunities for conducting research on fish species traits and constitutes the first step toward establishing a central repository for a continually expanding set of traits of North American fishes.