FRESHWATER METADATA JOURNAL

Title

Metadata of European Lake Fishes Dataset

Author(s)

Thomas Mehner, Sandra Brucet, Christine Argillier, Meryem Beklioglu, Teresa Ferreira, Trygve Hesthagen, Kerstin Holmgren, Erik Jeppesen, Fiona Kelly, Teet Krause, Martti Rask, Pietro Volta, Ian J. Winfield & Samo Podgornik

Abstract

Here we provide the metadata for an overview on fish species presence/absence in 1943 Palearctic (Europe + Turkey) lakes and reservoirs. The data have been obtained by standardized multi-mesh gillnet fishing, primarily to fulfill the requirements of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). The species list encompasses about 100 species, a few of them split into subspecies. The database has been accumulated for the purpose of intercalibration of the evaluation systems for the WFD, and has systematically been used for research in the EU project WISER.

Keywords

fish assemblage, species list, Palearctic lakes, multi-mesh gillnet fishing, EU Water Framework Directive

How to cite this article

Mehner T., Brucet S., Argillier C., Beklioglu M., Ferreira T., Hesthagen T., Holmgren K., Jeppesen E., Kelly F., Krause T., Rask M., Volta P., Winfield I.J. & Podgornik S., 2017. Metadata of European Lake Fishes Dataset. Freshwater Metadata Journal 23: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.15504/fmj.2017.23