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Data Availability Statement
The data that support the findings of this study are available on
request from the corresponding author.
Table 1. Total number of fish
species, families, and Shannon’s H diversity index values collected from
four sites on the Tallapoosa River, Alabama. All estimates were
calculated including non-native species; the total number of species and
values of Shannon’s H calculated with non-native species excluded are in
parentheses.