Citation:

PANGAEA.974401 (dataset in review)

Name: Gridded habitat ranges of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) gathered from historical sources
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Atlantic salmon; Catch data; Elbe River; habitat ranges; Historical Ecology; historical records; Salmo salar; written sources

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Abstract:

Until the middle of the 20th century, the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) was an important migratory fish species in the Elbe River. Its decline and disappearance from the river and its tributaries during the last century can be seen as an indication of changes in the river habitat. Here we provide historical habitat ranges of Atlantic salmon mapped out of catch records gathered from historical sources and recent data in a simplified presence/absence approach for the Elbe River system. We used a standardized 16 km² grid approach created for data synthesis within SPP 2361 "On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere" for mapping habitat ranges. Time slices for presence data are 1300-1500, 1501-1600, 1601-1700, 1701-1800, 1801-1850, 1851-1900, 1901-1947 and 1996-2021. Between 1947 and 1995 the Salmon was considered extinct in the Elbe River system.

Keyword(s):

Atlantic salmon; Catch data; Elbe River; habitat ranges; Historical Ecology; historical records; Salmo salar; written sources

Supplement to:

Offermann, Martin; Hein, Michael; Hegemann, Ronja; Gödecke, Kay; Hegner, Lucas; Henke, Yamuna; Schäfer, Nele; Shelukhina, Hanna; Liebscher, Erik; Rabiger-Völlmer, Johannes; Werther, Lukas; Zielhofer, Christoph (submitted): Ecohydrological changes and potential Salmon habitat suitability since pre-industrial times at the Mulde River (Germany). E&G - Quaternary Science Journal

Related to:

Hegemann, Ronja; Offermann, Martin; Hein, Michael; Rabiger-Völlmer, Johannes; Zielhofer, Christoph: Historical salmon (Salmo salar) catches in the Elbe catchment since the 16th century according to historical sources and recent catch data [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974369

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn (DFG), grant/award no. 509892881 : SPP 2361: Auf dem Weg zur Fluvialen Anthroposphäre

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 51.146060 * Median Longitude: 13.097495 * South-bound Latitude: 48.582648 * West-bound Longitude: 9.616646 * North-bound Latitude: 53.630207 * East-bound Longitude: 16.282725

Event(s):

Salmon_Ranges_MultiPolygon_452 * Latitude: 53.617970 * Longitude: 9.616646 * Method/Device: gridded * Comment: Coordinates are averages of the sampling grid geometry points.

Salmon_Ranges_MultiPolygon_493 * Latitude: 53.622536 * Longitude: 9.858256 * Method/Device: gridded * Comment: Coordinates are averages of the sampling grid geometry points.

Salmon_Ranges_MultiPolygon_494 * Latitude: 53.478877 * Longitude: 9.865497 * Method/Device: gridded * Comment: Coordinates are averages of the sampling grid geometry points.

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Zielhofer, Christoph
2	Sample ID	Sample ID		Zielhofer, Christoph		Sampling grid ID
3	Grid	Grid		Zielhofer, Christoph
4	LATITUDE	Latitude		Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode – Sampling grid geometry point 1
5	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode – Sampling grid geometry point 1
6	LATITUDE	Latitude		Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode – Sampling grid geometry point 2
7	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode – Sampling grid geometry point 2
8	LATITUDE	Latitude		Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode – Sampling grid geometry point 3
9	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode – Sampling grid geometry point 3
10	LATITUDE	Latitude		Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode – Sampling grid geometry point 4
11	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode – Sampling grid geometry point 4
12	LATITUDE	Latitude		Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode – Sampling grid geometry point 5
13	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode – Sampling grid geometry point 5
14	Habitat	Habitat	code	Zielhofer, Christoph
15	Presence/absence	Presence/absence		Zielhofer, Christoph	Literature based	Presence of salmon in grid square between 1300 and 1500 AD confirmed by historical sources.
16	Presence/absence	Presence/absence		Zielhofer, Christoph	Literature based	Presence of salmon in grid square between 1501 and 1600 AD confirmed by historical sources.
17	Presence/absence	Presence/absence		Zielhofer, Christoph	Literature based	Presence of salmon in grid square between 1601 and 1700 AD confirmed by historical sources.
18	Presence/absence	Presence/absence		Zielhofer, Christoph	Literature based	Presence of salmon in grid square between 1701 and 1800 AD confirmed by historical sources.
19	Presence/absence	Presence/absence		Zielhofer, Christoph	Literature based	Presence of salmon in grid square between 1801 and 1850 AD confirmed by historical sources.
20	Presence/absence	Presence/absence		Zielhofer, Christoph	Literature based	Presence of salmon in grid square between 1851 and 1900 AD confirmed by historical sources.
21	Presence/absence	Presence/absence		Zielhofer, Christoph	Literature based	Presence of salmon in grid square between 1900 and 1947 AD confirmed by historical sources.
22	Presence/absence	Presence/absence		Zielhofer, Christoph	Literature based	Presence of salmon in grid square between 1996 and 2021 AD confirmed by historical sources.

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

2101 data points

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