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Imperiled Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of North America

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of the Interior
Sub-Agency	US Geological Survey
Category	Geography and Environment
Date Released	Aug-08
Date Updated	May-09
Time Period	decade
Frequency	decade
Description	List of imperiled freshwater and diadromous fishes of North America as determined by the 2008 American Fisheries Society (AFS) Endangered Species Committee (ESC) on Fishes. At this website, one can view lists of imperiled fishes by freshwater ecoregion, b

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Geospatial
Keywords	imperiled fish, rare fish, at-risk fish, endangered, threatened fish, species of concern, vulnerable fish, North America, North American, freshwater ecoregions, biodiversity, American Fisheries Society, conservation, temperate, taxa, wildlife, animals, extinction, habitat, iucn, environment, ecology, ecosystem, populations, species, endangered species, preservation, endangered list
Unique ID	98

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Jelks, H. L. and others. 2008. American Fisheries Society Imperiled Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of North America. Retrieved [add current date] from http://fl.biology.usgs.gov/afs/
Agency Program Page	http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/
Agency Data Series Page	http://fl.biology.usgs.gov/afs/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Freshwater ecoregions, states and provinces, or imperiled fish taxon
Granularity	Freshwater ecoregions or states and provinces
Geographic Coverage	North America

Data Description

Collection Mode	panel of fish experts comprising the AFS Endangered Species Committee
Data Collection Instrument	not applicable
Data Dictionary/Variable List	not applicable

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.fisheries.org/afs/docs/fisheries/fisheries_3308.pdf
FGDC Compliance (Geospatial Only)
Additional Metadata	not applicable

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