Sampling event

EDP Foz Tua: Bat Habitats - Complementary Studies [2010]

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25 March 2019
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Description

The dataset contains records of bats (Chiroptera) collected in the lower valley of River Tua. Data were collected in the scope of the Complementary Studies (2010-2011) of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. Data were collected in April 2010 during field visits to 48 points located in suitable foraging habitats for bats, within a 5-km radius buffer around the lower valley of River Tua. The presence and identity of the bat species was assessed by acoustic sampling of the echo-location calls emitted in fligth. The records include taxa identified at the species or genus level, as well as groups of species corresponding to seven acoustic “species complexes”.

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 48 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.

Event (core)
48
Occurrence 
2160

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Batista S, Ribeiro S B, Geraldes P, Araújo P, Múrias T (2018): EDP Foz Tua: Bat Habitats - Complementary Studies [2010]. v1.4. EDP - Energias de Portugal. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_tua_bathabitats_cs_2010&v=1.4

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is EDP - Energias de Portugal. 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: 54df7284-37aa-4584-8484-433100d62c6c.  EDP - Energias de Portugal publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.

Keywords

occurrence; Bats; acoustic sampling; reproduction; foraging habitats

Contacts

Susana Batista
  • Originator
General Coordinator
Profico Ambiente e Ordenamento Lda
Rua Alfredo da Silva, 11B
1300-040 Lisboa Lisbon
PT
Sérgio Bruno Ribeiro
  • Originator
Fieldwork Coordinator
Profico Ambiente e Ordenamento Lda
Rua Alfredo da Silva, 11B
1300-040 Lisboa Lisbon
Pedro Geraldes
  • Originator
Technician
Profico Ambiente e Ordenamento Lda
Rua Alfredo da Silva, 11B
1300-040 Lisboa Lisbon
PT
Pedro Araújo
  • Originator
Technician
Profico Ambiente e Ordenamento Lda
Rua Alfredo da Silva, 11B
1300-040 Lisboa Lisbon
PT
Tiago Múrias
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • User
Researcher
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
Campus Agrário de Vairão
4485-661 Vairão Vairão
PT
João Madeira
  • Point Of Contact
Manager
EDP - Energias de Portugal
Av. 24 de Julho, 12, Torre Nascente, Piso 4
1249-300 Lisboa Lisbon
PT

Geographic Coverage

The data were collected within a 5-km radius buffer around the lower valley of River Tua (Northeast Portugal), up to 45 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Alijó, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Alijó, Mirandela and Murça.

Bounding Coordinates South West [41.181, -7.564], North East [41.564, -7.141]

Taxonomic Coverage

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 1 class, 1 order, 4 families, 9 genus and 11 species positively identified. Additionally, a set of 9 potential species may be present in the 7 “species complexes” identified.

Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Chiroptera
Family Vespertilionidae, Miniopteridae, Rhinolophidae, Molossidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2010-04-01 / 2010-04-30

Project Data

The dataset contains records of bats (Chiroptera) collected in suitable foraging habitats along the lower valley of River Tua. Data were collected in the scope of the Complementary Studies (2010-2011) to the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. Data were collected in April 2010, during field visits to 48 sampling points, stratified by habitat, within a 5-km radius around the lower valley of River Tua. The occurrence of the target taxa was documented through 427 observation events. In total, 12 taxa were identified, 11 to the species rank and 1 to the genus rank. The 7 “species complexes” identified could potentially add 9 more species to the list. The most common species (>20 records) were Pipistrellus pygmaeus (151 records), Tatarida teniotis (60 records), Pipistrellus kuhlii (34 records), Myotis daubentonii (27 records) and Eptesicus serotinus (24 records). The “species complex” Pipistrellus pipistrellus/P. pygamaeus was also relevant, with 61 records.

Title EDP Foz Tua: Bat Habitats - Complementary Studies [2010]
Identifier EDP Biodiversity Data
Funding The work was funded by EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.
Study Area Description The study was conducted in part of the sub-basin of river Tua, prior to the construction and subsequent flooding of the lower part of this river’s valley by the Foz-Tua Hydroelectric Dam. The sampling area covered a radius of 5 km centered in the river margins, up to a length of about 45 km from the Tua mouth.
Design Description The objective of the study was do document the usage of the potential foraging habitats for bats in the river Tua lower valley before the dam construction (river margins, woodlands, shrublands, vineyards, orchards/olive-orchards and urbanized areas), to gather quality data to support the design and implementation of mitigation and/or compensation measures.

The personnel involved in the project:

Susana Batista
  • Author
Sérgio Bruno Ribeiro
  • Author
Pedro Geraldes
  • Author
Pedro Araújo
  • Author
Tiago Múrias
  • Metadata Provider

Sampling Methods

Sampling was designed to cover all suitable foraging habitats for bats in the study area. A stratified sampling procedure was used, with the number of samples allocated to each habitat in proportion to the area occupied and/or its significance for bats. A total of 48 sampling points were set in natural woodlands (7), river margins (15), shrublands (7), orchards/olive groves (5), vineyards (8) and urbanized areas (6). Each point was visited once between 8 and 22 April 2010, within ± 3 hours of sunset, and acoustic sampling was carried out for 20 (consecutive) minutes. The detection of the specimens in flight was made with a bat detector (Pettersson Elektronik, D240X model), with a frequency range of 10-120 kHz. The detector was connected to an automatic digital recorder (model Nomad Jukebox 3, from Creative Technology Ltd.) which saved the recordings in a “Wave” format, at a frequence of 44.1 kHz and at an expanded mode of 10x, making them audible to the human ears while, at the same time, preserving the original acoustic characteristics. The analysis of the sound records was made in the lab, with the software “Batsound Pro – Sound Analysis”, from Pettersson Elektronik. This software generates graphics (oscillograms, sonograms and power spectrums) that allow the identification of the detected species by comparing them with those available in reference bat sound libraries. The acoustic variables used to identify the sounds are (1) the structure of the pulse, (2) the frequency of maximum energy (kHz), (3) the range of frequencies (kHz), (4) the pulse duration (ms), (5) the interval between pulses (ms), and (6) the pulse repetition rate (Hz). The exact identification of the bat species by sound analysis is not always possible, due to problems in detectability and/or identifiability. In the context of this work, all records that could not be unequivocally attributed to a given species were assigned to the “species complex” that best fitted their frequency characteristics. Thus, 3 multi-specific groups sharing the same acoustic characteristics were considered: Myotis spp. (in turn subdivided in “large” Myotis – M. myotis and M. blythii – and “small” Myotis – the remaining 7 species), Pipistrellus ssp. (several complexes of different combinations of species, including Miniopterus schreibersii, whose vocalization is undistinguishable from that of Pipistrellus pygmaeus), and Nyctalus spp. (N. lasipoterus and N. noctula).

Study Extent The data were collected within a 5-km radius buffer around the lower valley of River Tua (Northeast Portugal), up to 45 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Alijó, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Mirandela and Murça.
Quality Control All individual identifications were performed by qualified technicians

Additional Metadata

Purpose This dataset is part of a broader initiative whereby the company EDP - Energias de Portugal S.A. will made available biodiversity data collected during impact assessment and biological monitoring studies.
Maintenance Description This resource will be regularly checked for accuracy.
Alternative Identifiers 54df7284-37aa-4584-8484-433100d62c6c
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_tua_bathabitats_cs_2010