DATASET: Patterns of fish species richness in Greek lentic ecosystems: implications for freshwater macroecology and conservation planning

This archive accompanies the manuscript “Patterns of fish species richness in Greek lentic ecosystems: implications for freshwater macroecology and conservation planning” by Leonidas Vardakas, Costas Perdikaris, Nicholas Koutsikos, Sergio Riquelme Ferrández, and Eleni Kalogianni. It contains the master dataset, all Python scripts, manuscript-facing tables, and publication-quality figures required to reproduce the analyses. The study investigates fish species richness patterns across 170 Greek lentic ecosystems, focusing on species–area relationships, altitudinal gradients, ichthyoregional differences, and their implications for freshwater macroecology and conservation planning. The repository includes source data, analysis workflows, reproducibility files, software requirements, and validation notes.本归档文件配套于由Leonidas Vardakas、Costas Perdikaris、Nicholas Koutsikos、Sergio Riquelme Ferrández与Eleni Kalogianni共同撰写的手稿《希腊静水生态系统鱼类物种丰富度格局：对淡水宏观生态学与保护规划的启示》（"Patterns of fish species richness in Greek lentic ecosystems: implications for freshwater macroecology and conservation planning"）。 本归档包含复现该研究分析所需的核心数据集、全部Python脚本、供手稿使用的配套表格，以及符合出版级质量标准的插图。本研究针对170处希腊静水生态系统的鱼类物种丰富度格局展开调研，重点关注物种-面积关系、海拔梯度、鱼类区系分区差异，及其对淡水宏观生态学与保护规划的启示。 本存储库包含源数据、分析工作流、可复现性文件、软件依赖说明与验证注释。