Metric Inputs for River Barrier Scores in Western Washington

Western Washington, USA, serves as a case study for this dataset, which contains metric inputs used to calculate barrier scores for prioritizing river connectivity restoration. The data, created by Sunny L. Jardine and last updated in June 2026, supports research on optimizing investments for anadromous fish passage. It is a small 5.5 KB Excel file.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking heuristic rules for barrier prioritization based on upstream habitat quantity and quality metrics.
• Analyzing the performance gap between simple connectivity proxies and optimization outcomes for restoration planning.
• Modeling the impact of habitat quality proxies, such as upstream natural land cover, on restoration investment efficiency.

Strengths

• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse and sharing.
• Specific case study context in western Washington, USA, provides clear geographic focus.
• File size is 5.5 KB, indicating a focused and likely manageable dataset.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Sunny L. Jardine.

Collection Method

Likely derived from a research study analyzing restoration heuristics for anadromous fish passage.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 17:24:31; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Western Washington, USA.