Throw trap and electrofishing data collected during 1996–2022 from the Everglades, Florida, United States for the publication "Hydrology-mediated ecological function of a large wetland threatened by an invasive predator"

Asian swamp eels (Monopterus albus/javanensis complex) were first reported from Florida in 1997 and the Everglades in 2007; swamp eels have been established in Taylor Slough of Everglades National Park since 2014. This dataset incorporates plot-level mean densities (# of individuals per square meter) of common aquatic animals collected during 1996–2022 from 24 sites across four regions of the Everglades: Taylor Slough, Shark River Slough, Water Conservation Area 3, and the C-111 Panhandle. Prey species included are the six most common small fishes prior to swamp eel invasion of Taylor Slough (1996–2009) and the three common decapod species (two crayfish species and grass shrimp). An annual index of mean wet season electrofishing catch-per-unit-effort of swamp eels, Mayan cichlids (Mayaheros uruphthalmus), and the three other large 'top predator' fishes (Amia calva, Lepisosteus platyrhincus, Micropterus salmoides) is included for plots where electrofishing was performed from 1997-2021. Hydrologic measures used in analyses are included.