Physicochemical habitat data and multi-scale occupancy data for spring-associated fishes in Oklahoma streams

Spring-associated fishes occupy thermally unique habitats in groundwater-dominated streams that are often of high quality. However, outside of water temperature, little else is known about the physicochemical habitat requirements for many of these species. With human effects on streams increasing, it is important to conservation and management to characterize spring habitats and the species that occupy them. Our study objective was to determine the physicochemical factors related to occupancy of four spring-associated species in the Arbuckle Uplift and Ozark Highlands ecoregions, Oklahoma USA. We used a hierarchal approach to identify habitat relationships at multiple spatial scales. We collected detection and non-detection data using both snorkeling and seining methods. We examined the physicochemical relationships related to detection and occupancy for four spring-associated fishes. Data were analyzed using occupancy modeling in a Bayesian framework. Our results indicated water depth ..., , , Title
Data from: \"Assessing the distribution and habitat needs of the Least Darter and sympatric species of the Ozark Highlands and Arbuckle Mountain ecoregions\",\"The context dependency of fish-habitat associations in separated karst ecoregions\"

Description
This data is associated with chapter one from the thesis \"Assessing the distribution and habitat needs of the Least Darter and sympatric species of the Ozark Highlands and Arbuckle Mountain ecoregions\"
and one manuscript \"The context dependency of fish-habitat associations in separated karst ecoregions\". The data consists of one XLSX file and one README file associated with the methodology and documentation to allow
for replication and verification of findings.

Abstract
Spring-associated fishes occupy thermally unique habitats in groundwater dominated streams that are often of high quality. However, outside of water temperature, little else is known about the physicochemical habitat
requirements for many of these species. With huma...