EDP Baixo Sabor: Construction and Reservoir Filling Phases - Otter: camera-trapping - [2010-2013]

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 151 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Mota P, Vingada J V, Ferreira J, Diogo H M, Morgado R G, Silva J, Múrias, T (2020): EDP Baixo Sabor: Construction and Reservoir Filling Phases - Otter: camera-trapping - [2010-2013]. v1. EDP - Energias de Portugal. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_sabor_otter_photo&v=1.0

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is EDP. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 4b448fd9-8257-4e9f-bdeb-ff194c4981ff.  EDP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.

Keywords

Otter; Lutra lutra; camera-trapping; observations; Samplingevent

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

Data were collected along the lower Sabor river valley and its tributaries, in a total of 15 (2010) or 17 (2011-13) 5x5 km squares, from the river mouth up to 42 km upstream, in the municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo, Alfândega da Fé, Mogadouro and Macedo de Cavaleiros.

Taxonomic Coverage

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 class, 1 order, 1 family, 1 genus and 1 species.

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

The dataset contains records of the Otter (Lutra lutra) collected in the lower valley of River Sabor (NE Portugal), in the scope of the long-term Ecological Monitoring Program (PME) of the Baixo Sabor Hydroelectric Dams (AHBS), promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. This dataset includes results of camera-trapping made between September 2010 and November 2013. Sampling was performed every season with a total the 15 (2010) or 20 (2011-13) cameras set in 5x5 km squares (one or two per square) along the river Sabor and some tributaries, and along the rivers Maçãs and Angueira. The occurrence of the target species was documented by positive identification of the species in the photos taken. A total of 11 positive events (i.e., identifiable photos of the target species) was obtained.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Sampling was designed to cover the whole valley of the lower Sabor river, some of its tributaries, and the rivers Maçãs and Angueira. A maximum of 15 (in 2010) or 20 (in 2011-13) automatic cameras was deployed in the study area (one or two per 5x5 km square). In 2010 (an experimental period), the cameras were deployed for a maximum period of 15 days. Starting in 2011, a maximum exposure period of three months was adopted, with the cameras being inspected at the end of each month. From 2012 onward, an increasing number of cameras were lost, due to theft, damage or destruction, forcing their substitution. The dataset presents the total number of photos taken for the target species for each exposure period, by the combined set of cameras in each square.

Method step description:

1. To be completed

Additional Metadata