Can data from disparate long-term fish monitoring programs be used to increase our understanding of regional and continental trends in large river assemblages?

• Timothy D. Counihan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tcounihan@usgs.gov

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory, Cook, Washington, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4967-6514

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• Ian R. Waite,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

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• Andrew F. Casper,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Haerther Center for Conservation and Research at the John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Illinois, United States of America

  Affiliation Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois River Biological Station, Havana, Illinois, United States of America

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• David L. Ward,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

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• Jennifer S. Sauer,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Elise R. Irwin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Colin G. Chapman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Ocean Salmon and Columbia River Program, Clackamas, Oregon, United States of America

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• Brian S. Ickes,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Craig P. Paukert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, The School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• John J. Kosovich,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Visualization

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Core Science Analytics, Synthesis, & Libraries, Lakewood, Colorado, United States of America

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• Jennifer M. Bayer

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Northwest Region & Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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