The spring semester is finally underway, which, for me, includes taking two statistics courses. I am excited to implement some of the tests we’ve been learning about in class, especially those associated with my primary question: How are taxonomic and functional diversity of natives and exotics associated? But, before that, I’ll explore the fish and invertebrate data we’ve collected. For example, below is a histogram representing the taxonomic fish richness of the 14 sites that we sampled during 2013-2015. The data are split up by sampling technique so we can quantify which gear successfully caught the greatest number of fishes!
