ce70b699-56d5-4e30-94f6-36c6cb19df2b RivFishTIME Illinois State University Lise Comte lccomte@ilstu.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-0019 Illinois State University Lise Comte lccomte@ilstu.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-0019 2022-09-19 English The database is the result of a global compilation effort of long-term riverine fish surveys from the sYNGEO working group from 46 regional and national monitoring programs as well as individual academic research efforts upon which numerous basic and applied questions in ecology and global change research can be explored. Main types of variables contained: The database includes 11,386 time-series of riverine fish community catch data, including 646,270 species-specific abundance records together with metadata related to geographic location and sampling methodology of each time-series. The database contains 11,072 unique sampling locations (stream reach), spanning 19 countries, 5 biogeographic realms, and 402 hydrographic basins worldwide. Time period and grain: The database encompasses the period 1951–2019. Eachtime-series is composed of a minimum of two yearly surveys and represents a minimum time span of 10 years. Major taxa and level of measurement: The database includes 944 species of ray-finned fishes (Class Actinopterygii). Species abundance Biodiversity Conservation Freshwater streams and rivers Actinopterygii Temporal trends NA Creative Common BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en RivFishTIME Data https://idata.idiv.de/ddm/Data/DownloadZip/1873?version=5514 Global -180 180 90 -90 1951-01-01 2019-12-31 Kingdom Animalia Illinois State University Lise Comte lccomte@ilstu.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-0019 Comte, L., Carvajal-Quintero, J, Tedesco, P., Giam, X., Brose, U., Eros, T., Filipe, A.F., Fortin, M.-J., Irving, K., Jacquet, C., Larsen, S., Sharma, S., Ruhi, A., Becker, F.G., Casatti L., Castaldelli, G., Dala-Corte, R.B., Davenport, S.R., Franssen, N.R., García-Berthou, E., Gavioli, A., Gido, K.B., Jimenez-Segura, L., Leitão, R.P., McLarney, B., Meador, J., Milardi, M., Moffatt, D.M., Occhi, T.V.T., Pompeu, P.S., Propst, D.L., Pyron, M., Salvador, G.N., Stefferud, J.A., Sutela, T., Taylor, C., Terui, A., Urabe, H., Vehanen, T., Vitule, J.R.S., Zeni, J.O., Olden, J.D. (2020). DATASET: RivFishTIME: A global database of fish time-series to study global change ecology in riverine systems [Dataset]. iDiv Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.25829/idiv.1873-10-4000. 1873_2_RivFishTIME_SourceTable.csv CSV SourceID Source ID Unique identifier of the primary dataset DataOwner Data owner Name(s) of the data responsible for each primary dataset PointContact Point of contact Email address for inquiries about primary datasets Citation Citation Reference(s) for each primary dataset URLaccess URL access Online link to the raw data (when publicly available) 1873_2_RivFishTIME_SurveyTable.csv CSV Variable name Variable name Variable description TimeSeriesID Time series ID Unique identifier of the time-series SurveyID Survey ID Unique identifier of the surveys Year Year Sampling year Quarter Quarter Sampling quarter (1: January-March; 2: April-June; 3; July-September; 4: October - December) Species Species Latin name of fish species Abundance Abundance Species abundance records UnitAbundance Unit abundance Unit of abundance records (abundance class, count, CPUE, individuals/100m2, Leslie index, relative abundance) 1873_2_RivFishTIME_TimeseriesTable.csv CSV SourceID Source ID Unique identifier of the primary dataset SiteID Site ID Unique identifier of the site TimeSeriesID Time series ID Unique identifier of the time series Protocol Protocol Consistent sampling protocol used for each time series through time (electrofishing: backpack, shore-based or boat mounted electrofishers, netting: dip nets, gill nets, beach or pelagic seines, trapping: minnow traps, fyke nets or hoop neets, trawling) Latitude Latitude Latitude of the sites (WGS84) Longitude Longitude Longitude of the sites (WGS84) BioRealm Biogeographic realm Biogeographic realm according to Olson et al. 2001 (https://databasin.org) HydroBasin Hydrographic basin Hydrographic basin according to HydroSheds (version 1.0; http://hydrosheds.cr.usgs.gov) Country Country Country ISO code as described in the ISO 3166 international standard Region Region Regions / administrative unit name Province Province Province / administrative unit name Waterbody Water body Sampled water body name