Data Set Stream Electrofishing Surveys
PEARL ID IFW03
PEARL Category Fauna
Data Provider Maine Dept. Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Provider Contact Name Merry Gallagher
  Affiliation MDIFW
  E-mail merry.gallagher@maine.gov
  Web-site  
Data Status (Ongoing / Complete) Ongoing
First Upload to PEARL 14 January, 2005
Latest Upload to PEARL 10 February, 2006
Metadata Revised 10 February, 2006
First Year in Data Set 1939
Most Recent Year in Data Set 2004
Number of Years with Data 52
Waterbody Type(s) Streams
Number of Sites Sampled 2258 sites
Abstract To be provided
Key References  
Map Click HERE to view map of sites sampled for this data set.
Data Fields:  Field Name Unit Description
Water Code Stream segment code from the USGS National Hydrographic Database.
Waterbody Name Stream name from NHD database.
County Name County in which stream segment is located.
Town Name Town in which stream segment is located.  Where a stream segment crosses town line(s), the given town is the one with the greatest segment representation.
HUC 12 12-digit USGS hydrologic unit code (watershed).
Stream Name Name of stream as it appears on field data sheet.
Year Year of sample collection.
Month Month of sample collection.
Day Day of sample collection
Scientific Name Scientific name of fish species.  Note that at some sites/dates, >1 electrofishing run was conducted.  In these cases, there may be >1 record for individual species, each record reflecting data from an individual run.
Common Name Common name of fish species.
Species Code Fish species code.
Abundance (Quantitative) Number of fish collected.  Note that at some sites/dates, >1 electrofishing run was conducted.  In these cases, there may be >1 record for individual species, each record reflecting data from an individual run.
Abundance (Qualitative) Qualitative abundance.
Comment Comment.
Easting/Northing UTM coordinates: NAD83, Zone 19.  Many coordinates were estimated by Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project staff from text descriptions of sampling sites in field data sheets.