Dataset on European diadromous species distributions from 1750 to present time in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

EuroDiad version 4.0 is a set of data tables that store information about the presences/absences and population functionality of diadromous species (lampreys and fish) populations in selected catchments in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa from 1750 to present time. This database contains distribution and life-history trait information for twenty-eight European diadromous species and geomorphological data for each of the selected catchments, though not every species has data for every catchment and time period. EuroDiad was originally created in 2005–2006 (EuroDiad 1.0 and 2.0), and contained data for 196 catchments and two time periods (1851–1950 and 1951–2010). It underwent a major update in 2009–2010 (EuroDiad 3.2) through a validation process by European fisheries experts. Version 3.2 included the addition of 63 small-sized catchments (