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Distribution Maps of Fishes in California Entry ID: CA_ICE_AQUADIV_DistributionmapsfishesCA |
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Summary
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Abstract:
There are estimated to be 120 native and non-native fish species that occur in California. The following list of fish species and their reported distributional ranges in California were compiled by Dr. Peter Moyle and his graduate student Paul Randall of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Biology at UC Davis for the Nature Conservancy as part of their Hexagon Project. Fish were mapped at the species level; subspecies were grouped into their respective species level. Present rather than historical distributions were mapped. As a source of data Dr. Moyle and Mr. Randall used a comprehensive fish database that consisted of about 10 separate fish databases from various agencies recording the presence and absence of a species. These databases varied from one another in structure and were queried separately for each species. Range maps were produced in accordance with the TNC's method of identifying species presence using three confidence ratings: confident, probable and possible. Information that came from existing databases (both digital and published reports) was categorized as confident. The purpose of the maps is to provide the native and non-native fish species in California. |
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Description: Metadata in Biological Data Profile format. |
Geographic Coverage
| N: 42.51 | S: 32.02 | E: -113.61 | W: -124.9 |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
Peter Moyle, Paul Randall
Dataset Title: Distribution Maps of Fishes in California Dataset Release Place: Davis, California Dataset Publisher: University of California at Davis, Information Center for the Environment Data Presentation Form: maps Online Resource: http://ice.ucdavis.edu/aquadiv/fishcovs/fishmaps.html |
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CONTINENT
> NORTH AMERICA
> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
> CALIFORNIA
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Science Keywords
| BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION >ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES >FISH [Definition] |
| BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS >POPULATION DYNAMICS [Definition] |
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Quality
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Taxonomic Identifications from American Fisheries Society Publication 20 (1991). Present rather than historical distributions were mapped. As a source of data Dr. Moyle and Mr. Randall used a comprehensive fish database that consisted of about 10 separate fish databases from various agencies recording the presence and absence of a species. These databases varied from one another in structure and were queried separately for each species. |
Keywords
| fish database |
| native fish species |
| non-native fish species |
| range maps |
| California |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Data Center
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Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis
[Information]
Data Center URL: http://wfcb.ucdavis.edu/
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Personnel
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PETER
MOYLE Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 530-752-6355 Fax: 530-752-4154 Email: pbmoyle at ucdavis.edu Contact Address: Information Center for the Environment Department of Environmental Science & Policy University of California One Shields Ave City: Davis Province or State: CA Postal Code: 95616 Country: USA |
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TYLER
B.
STEVENS Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: (301) 614-6898 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA |
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2005-08-18
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-12-12
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