Multi-decadal improvements in the ecological quality of European rivers are not consistently reflected in biodiversity metrics

The datasets here were used to examine relationships between various community metrics (e.g., abundance, richness), biomonitoring indices, and ecological quality across European riverine invertebrate communities during 1992-2019. Here, we provide two datasets used in the publication by Sinclair et al. titled "Multi-decadal improvements in the ecological quality of European rivers are not consistently reflected in biodiversity metrics". Each dataset is provided as a separate Excel document. The first dataset ("Community metrics, biomonitoring indices, and EQRs") provides the data for each site and year used in the majority of the analyses. The second dataset ("EQCs") provides the additional data used to model temporal changes in Ecological Quality Classes depicted in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4. A summary and explanation of each variable in each dataset is provided in the "Info" tab. Further information on how values were calculated (and transformed if necessary) is provided in either the Info tab or the methods and supporting information of the associated article.