Taiwan Rocky Tidepool Fish Counts from 1999 to 2018

A long-term time series dataset of fish assemblages in rocky tidepools on the northern coast of Taiwan. The dataset contains 144 samples recording 1,577 individuals belonging to 106 species, collected seasonally from 1999 to 2018 by Lin-Tai Ho. Data was gathered by counting anesthetized fish at three sampling stations in the intertidal zone.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in fish species abundance based on seasonal sampling from 1999 to 2018
• Studying the impact of human activities and climate change on coastal fish community composition
• Modeling species richness and assemblage dynamics in rocky intertidal ecosystems
• Informing conservation strategies and resilience studies for coastal fish communities

Strengths

• Long-term seasonal monitoring over 20 years (1999-2018)
• Records 1,577 individual fish observations across 106 species
• Data collected from three distinct sampling stations for spatial comparison

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single coastal region in Taiwan

Provenance

Source

Lin-Tai Ho

Collection Method

Fish were collected by counting the number of anesthetized fishes at sampling stations in rocky tidepools.

Time Range

1999 to 2018

Geography

Rocky tidepools on the northern coast of Taiwan