Regional EPTO Data from Li river, Qiantang river, Ertix river, Wei river and Lancang river from NAU Insect Taxonomy and Aquatic Insect lab

Regional EPTO Data from Li river, Qiantang river, Ertix river, Wei river and Lancang river from NAU Insect Taxonomy and Aquatic Insect lab Study site: China. Authors: Beixin Wang & Kai Chen. Species names and sampling days available upon communication with the authors. Contact details: Beixin Wang. E-mail: [e-mail]. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5253-8799. Affiliation: Nanjing Agricultural University. Kai Chen. E-mail: [e-mail]. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5332-5920. Affiliation: Nanjing Agricultural University. Coordinates of the bounding box (ulx, uly, lrx, lry): 86.22106, 48.76785, 120.33455, 21.23354 Centroid coordinates (x,y): 107.520757,27.832533 Number of records: 3214 The dataset includes records in areas: Not protected on the observation date (0) Protected on the observation date (1) using the November 2022 version of the Protected Planet WDPA WD-OECM dataset (Protected Planet: World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, 2022). Please see publication for further information. Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW, Abell et al., 2008) covered: 603,636,726,763,766 Taxonomic focus of the study: All benthic community Survey methods: Surber net and/or D-frame kick or dip net