Validating and Improving Life History Data in FishBase

Autor: Wesley S. Patrick, Jason M. Cope, James T. Thorson
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Fisheries. 39:173-176
ISSN: 1548-8446
0363-2415
Popis: Life history parameters of fish stocks are central to ecological research and management, including the fields of macro-ecology, fisheries science, and ecosystem modeling. The need for such information has led to several life history databases being developed to support and disseminate this information publicly. However, there has been little independent evaluation of the precision and accuracy of the life history values in these databases. This article summarizes a recent evaluation of FishBase, one of the largest and oldest life history databases, by distinguishing biases among seven life history parameters, two types of information available in FishBase (i.e., Entered vs. Generated data), and two taxa (i.e., Teleost vs. Chondrichthyan). In general, the study shows that certain types of information like data “entered” by experts are relatively accurate and precise, while empirically “generated” were not. We conclude with some ideas on how American Fisheries Society members can improve upon the d...
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