Colorado Temperature Database

Mark Coleman

1019 Boltz Drive Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 970-225-3948 www.fishecologist.com

2005 Database

• Two primary concerns– Completeness of the dataset– Literature evaluation/review

• Standardization• Original references• Duplication of some data

• Example from 2005 db– Many references like: Meuwis and Heuts, 1957 as cited in Spotila, J.R., et al., 1979

– Need to go back and evaluate study from original article.

Strategy for new DB

• Intensive literature search• Take personal judgment out of the equation

– Include results from all available studies on tolerance, optima, preference/avoidance

– Include qualifiers in the database to allow database queries that limit returned results based on pre-established criteria

• It’s up to the user to provide acceptable justification for their query criteria

• Provides rough double-check for rank orders – i.e., is UILT rank order reflected in CTM, or optima

rank orders?

Current status

• Warmwater literature search: 100%• Warmwater literature collected: 98%• Warmwater data entered: 95%• Coldwater literature search: 100%• Coldwater literature collected: 60%• Coldwater data entered: 15%

Work Schedule– Data entry/review part-time in May/June, after most warmwater

literature was collected.– Data entry/review full time as of July 10 through early August.