Table 3 Data extraction table

Article metadata

Study ID

Unique code given to each study (i.e., linked articles given same code)

Paper ID

Unique code given to each manuscript

Authors

Name of authors

Email address

All email address of main contact

Publication year

Year of manuscript publication

Title

Article title

Reference

Full reference (as extracted from relevant database)

Publication type

Publication format (e.g., book chapter, journal paper, conference paper, thesis, organisation report)

Abstract

Article abstract or summary (if provided)

Keywords

Publication keywords

Author affiliation type

Author affiliation (e.g., academic institution, government, consulting, NGO)

Language

Article access notes

Any issues associated with accessing the full article (e.g., were the authors contacted?)

Format

Article format e.g., PDF, Microsoft Word file, HTML

Location metadata

Study country

Country(ies) in which study undertaken

Study region

Region(s) in which study undertaken

Study type

Lab or field-based

Study design

BA/CI/BACI/RCT

Study waterbody

Name of waterbodies included in study

Latitude

Longitude

Location metadata

UTM zone

UTM coordinates

Waterbody metadata

Waterbody type

Lake, river, reservoir, pond etc.

Waterbody area

Record how it is reported in the article, including units

Average depth

Volume

Area

Retention time

Secchi depth

Wetted width

Stream order

Stream type

E.g., permanent, intermittent

pH

Turbidity

Water clarity/colour

Conductivity

Discharge

Water temperature

Canopy cover (%)

Slope (%)

Substrate composition

E.g., silt, sand, gravel, cobble, rubble, bedrock

Vectors for introduction

If discussed in article

Open or closed system

Manmade or natural system

Waterbody accessibility

Easy (e.g., canal in city), moderate (e.g., river in national park), difficult (e.g., high alpine lake)

History of biomanipulation?

Extent population is established

If discussed in article

Target species metadata

Fish species name

Fish species scientific name

Migratory or non-migratory

Life history strategy

E.g., anadromous, semelparous, iteroparous

Target age class

Habitat preferences

Age at maturity

Fecundity

Relative abundance of target species (pre-intervention)

Change in abundance of target species, before intervention (e.g., CPUE)

pH

DO range

Depth range

Body size

Habitat use

Intervention metadata

Date: project start

dd-mmm-yy

Date: project end

dd-mmm-yy

Study length

Duration of study

Study timescale

Period between intervention and study

Pre-monitoring

Was there any pre-monitoring that occurred? If yes, describe

Post-monitoring

Was there any post-monitoring that occurred? If yes, describe

Study seasonality

What season did the study take place? Describe all if occurred over many seasons

Study description

Brief description of study

Eradication method type

Mechanical, chemical, biological, environmental, other

Eradication method details

Mechanical method type, type of chemical used, name of introduced biological control etc.

Intervention metadata

Eradication effort

Will vary depending on method used (e.g., electrofishing time, fishing time, area treated)

Number of fish removed

Report the total number of fish removed. Can separate number of fish removed live versus dead, depending on eradication method type

Methodological detail

Level of methodological detail; low (very little detail, significant information missing), medium (some detail missing but generally sufficient), high (very high level of detail, no obvious information lacking)

Methodology notes

Brief description (summary or quotation) of study methodology

Intervention type rationale

How/why were the intervention types selected?

Experimental design

i.e., observation, experimentation, modeled

Study cost

If discussed in article

Replication

Number of replicates, if applicable

Randomization

Presence of randomization, if applicable

Sources of potential bias

Description of other potential sources of bias

Outcome metadata

Relative abundance of target species (post-intervention), over time

Change in abundance of target species, after intervention (e.g., CPUE), over time. Report the duration that the abundance was monitored for (e.g., 1 week post intervention, 6 months, 1 year etc.)

Eradication probability

If discussed in article

Change in species composition

If discussed in article, the change in species composition in the waterbody

Change in biomass of target species

Change in size of target species

If discussed in article, the change in target species size over time, after eradication efforts (e.g., total length, mass, proportion of catch within a specific size range)

Statistical results of effectiveness measure

Was the effectiveness assessed statistically? If yes, report

Social factors metadata

Social risk factors

Did project consultation occur for this project? (Y/N)

Social risk factors—Details

If yes, describe (e.g., public meetings, media released)

Linked article metadata

Linked study

Paper ID of articles describing results of same study. This is especially important to look at overall success rates for projects that are reported over several different publications

Additional article details

Further description of relationship with other articles