Cross-scale anthropogenic threats jointly drive declines in China’s estuarine fish assemblages over the past half-century

This dataset contains fish survey data and multi-scale anthropogenic threats from three major Chinese estuaries, spanning the years 1959 to 2021. The data includes metrics on fish community structure (richness and abundance) alongside multi-scale anthropogenic drivers. , , # Data from: Cross-scale anthropogenic threats jointly drive declines in China’s estuarine fish assemblages over the past half-century Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.q2bvq83zz](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q2bvq83zz) ## Description of the data and file structure **README: Estuarine Fish and Anthropogenic Threats Database** **File Name:** estuarine_fish_database.csv --- **1. Overview** This dataset contains fish survey data and multi-scale anthropogenic threats from three major Chinese estuaries, spanning the years 1959 to 2021. The data includes metrics on fish community structure (richness and abundance) alongside multi-scale anthropogenic drivers. **Estuary Codes:** * PRE: Pearl River Estuary * YRE: Yellow River Estuary * YtRE: Yangtze River Estuary --- **2. Data File Description** * **File format:** Comma-Separated Values (CSV) * **Encoding:** UTF-8 * **Column headers:** Present on the first line * **Missing values:** Coded as NA **3. Variable Descriptions** | **Column Na...,