Fish growth model coefficients and functional guild categories for Upper Mississippi River System fishes

This dataset includes two series of data. The first series contains growth model coefficients for over 90 fish species in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). These models were fit form empirical length and weight data observed from 1993-2007 during routine annual scientific monitoring of the UMRS fish community under a federal/state partnership program known as the Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) program (see: https://umesc.usgs.gov/ltrm-home.html, accessed 3/18/2020). To achieve growth model coefficients for each fish species, length and weight data were log10 transformed and fit using statistical regression techniques (Proc GLM in SAS v 9.4). Model coefficients representing the regression y-intercept, regression slope, and coefficient of correlation, as well as the number of individual fish contributing to the model fit and the range of lengths for which the model applies are summarized in the dataset. The second data series presents functional guild categories for all UMRS fish species for 3 essential guild types, namely habitat, feeding, and reproductive guilds. The combination of these two datasets, along with the base UMRR Long Term Resource Monitoring (LTRM) fish component data, permits recasting the entire long term fisheries database for the UMRS into statistically coherent and scientifically valid estimates of mass per unit effort per functional guild and guild sub-categories, enabling research into questions concerning the functional ecology of the UMRS fish community 1993-present.