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Data - Gallagher et al, Geologic history explains freshwater fish species richness across the conterminous USA

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Catalog Last Checked: April 21, 2026 at 08:07 PM | Dataset Last Updated: March 05, 2025
This dataset combines fish assemblage data from the EPA National Rivers and Streams Assessment, elevation data from an EPA R package called elevatr, fish species native/non-native designations from the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) database, glaciation shapefiles from a public online textbook, and phylogenetic and fish trait data from two previously published studies. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Gallagher, B., E. Santos, M. Dumelle, P. Kaufmann, and J. Ebersole. Geologic History Explains Freshwater Fish Species Richness Across the Conterminous USA. Global Ecology and Biogeography. Wiley InterScience, Silver Spring, MD, USA, 34(10): e70139, (2025).

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  • https://booksite.elsevier.com/9780444534477/digital_maps.php

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  • https://figshare.com/s/552e7549303de8f2a823

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  • https://github.com/USEPA/elevatr

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  • https://nas.er.usgs.gov/SEINED/

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  • https://rdrr.io/github/James-Thorson/FishLife/

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  • https://usepa.github.io/finsyncR/

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  • https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/data-national-aquatic-resource-surveys

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