All Outputs (8)

Larval and juvenile fish abundance, habitat, water quality, flow and climate data from English rivers, 1984-2017 (2025)
Data
(2025). Larval and juvenile fish abundance, habitat, water quality, flow and climate data from English rivers, 1984-2017. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5285/c904c5f0-7f21-4759-a7d4-c262da230b53

This dataset contains monthly/annual time series of species-specific abundances and covariates for 137 targeted larval/juvenile fish surveys at sites in a range of English lowland rivers. Larval/juvenile fish data come from two different sources: The... Read More about Larval and juvenile fish abundance, habitat, water quality, flow and climate data from English rivers, 1984-2017.

Two decades of body length measurements of larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers (2024)
Journal Article
Ainsworth, R. F., Vickers, L. H., Bolland, J. D., Taylor, M. J., Harvey, J. P., Noble, R. A., Cowx, I. G., & Nunn, A. D. (2024). Two decades of body length measurements of larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers. Scientific Data, 11, Article 1271. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04127-w

Long-term datasets provide context and understanding of complex ecological processes, including temporal variations in species diversity and ecosystem dynamics. This dataset is comprised of body length measurements (mm) of more than 380,000 larval or... Read More about Two decades of body length measurements of larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers.

Two decades of body length measurements in size-structured larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers (2024)
Data
Ainsworth, R., Vickers, L., Bolland, J., Harvey, J., Taylor, M., Cowx, I., Noble, R., & Nunn, A. (2024). Two decades of body length measurements in size-structured larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10552216

Long term ecological datasets are valuable in providing context and understanding to complex ecological processes that occur over broad temporal scales, and provide a baseline for analysing change. Monitoring of fish populations in UK waterbodies and... Read More about Two decades of body length measurements in size-structured larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers.

Inland Fisheries in a Basin Management Context (2024)
Book Chapter
Ainsworth, R., & Stokes, G. (2024). Inland Fisheries in a Basin Management Context. In R. Arthur (Ed.), Review of the state of the world fishery resources Inland fisheries (116-148). (4th ed.). The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and The African Development Bank. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd2169en

Fish abundance, habitat, water quality, flow and climate data from English rivers,1975-2017 (2024)
Data
Ainsworth, R., Keller, V., Bachiller- Jareno, N., Jürgens, M., Eastman, M., Sadykova, D., Rizzo, C., Scarlett, P., Peirson, G., Eley, F., Antoniou, V., Cowx, I., Johnson, A., & Nunn, A. (2024). Fish abundance, habitat, water quality, flow and climate data from English rivers,1975-2017. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5285/b0afb78e-a0cb-4762-9220-659211ae3a5e

This dataset contains a time series of species-specific fish abundances and covariates for 1180 fish sites in English rivers. Sites with at least ten annual fish surveys in the Environment Agency’s (EA) National Fish Population Database (NFPD) betwee... Read More about Fish abundance, habitat, water quality, flow and climate data from English rivers,1975-2017.

Extinction risks and threats facing the freshwater fishes of Britain (2023)
Journal Article
Nunn, A. D., Ainsworth, R. F., Walton, S., Bean, C. W., Hatton-Ellis, T. W., Brown, A., Evans, R., Atterborne, A., Ottewell, D., & Noble, R. A. (in press). Extinction risks and threats facing the freshwater fishes of Britain. Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems, https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4014

Extinctions occur naturally in all environments, but rates have accelerated rapidly during the Anthropocene, especially in fresh water. Despite supporting many fish species of conservation importance, there has never been a formal assessment of their... Read More about Extinction risks and threats facing the freshwater fishes of Britain.

Regional IUCN Redlist for Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) (2023)
Data
Nunn, A., Ainsworth, R., & Noble, R. (2023). Regional IUCN Redlist for Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7940246

A regional IUCN redlist assessment of extinction risk for freshwater and diadromous fishes in Great Britain, including assessments for Engand, Scotland and Wales. The dataset comprises summary data for assessments under Criteria A-E and narratives to... Read More about Regional IUCN Redlist for Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

Putting the fish into inland fisheries – A global allocation of historic inland fish catch (2023)
Journal Article
Ainsworth, R. F., Cowx, I. G., & Funge-Smith, S. J. (2023). Putting the fish into inland fisheries – A global allocation of historic inland fish catch. Fish and Fisheries, https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12725

Inland waters support the livelihoods of up to 820 million people and provide fisheries that make an essential contribution towards food security, particularly in the developing world where 90% of inland fisheries catch is consumed. Despite their imp... Read More about Putting the fish into inland fisheries – A global allocation of historic inland fish catch.