LTER Baixo Sabor: Long term monitoring of freshwater fish - Sabor watershed [2012 - 2020]

Data Records

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Beja P, Motta-Ferreira M, Filpe A F, Carona S, Henrique P, Severino R, Ivone S, Henrique S, Prata D, Lopes J, Guilherme J, Barradas J, Cereja R, Pace G, Rosa I, Pinto M, Agudelo W, Buzzo G, Sá F, Quaglietta L, Pereira N, Múrias T (2021): lter_sabor_ictiofauna_2012-20. v1. CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) Portugal. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=lter_sabor_ictiofauna_2012-20&v=1.0

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Keywords

Community dynamics; Electrofishing; Fish; Hydropower generation; Impact mitigation; ; Infrastructure development; Long-term monitoring; LTER.

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Geographic Coverage

Data were collected in 50-m sampling reaches distributed across the entire watershed of the Sabor River and its main tributaries (e.g., Maçãs, Angueira), and they are located in the municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo, Alfândega da Fé, Mogadouro, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança and Vimioso.

Taxonomic Coverage

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 1 class, 3 orders, 5 families, 13 genera and 14 species.

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

The dataset contains records of Fishes (Pisces) collected in the River Sabor (NE Portugal) in 2012-2020, in the scope of a study aiming to understand the temporal dynamics of fish communities in relation to natural and anthropogenics drivers in a Mediterranean watershed. The study is part of research carried out at the Long Term Ecological Research Site (LTER) of Baixo Sabor (lter_eu_pt_002; https://deims.org/45722713-80e3-4387-a47b-82c97a6ef62b). The occurrence and abundance of the target taxa were documented through 27,514 records of individuals. The most abundant species (>2,000 records) were Luciobarbus bocagei (6,166 individuals), Pseudochondrostoma duriense (4,894), Squalius caroliterii (4,693), Squalius alburnoides (3,620), Lepomis gibbosus (2,910), and Gobio lozanoi (2,360). The taxonomy of fish recorded as Achondrostoma arcasii is currently under evaluation, and so the identity of the species will be updated in the near future. Part of these data has already been analised and published (Ferreira et al., 2016; Mota-Ferreira et al., 2021). The dataset will be regularly updated with additional data from future sampling years.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

The data was collected between 2012 and 2020, using standard electrofishing protocols (INAG, 2008) in a stream stretch of 50 meters for 15-25 minutes, with longer surveys in wider and deeper streams to properly cover the stretch. Within each segment, fish were sampled using a single anode electrofishing gear (350-750V, 3-5A, DC). Electrofishing was always conducted by the same operator, while a second operator was tasked with the netting of the displaced fish. All captured individuals were identified on site and released after the sampling session. In accordance with the Portuguese legislation, all individuals belonging to exotic species were euthanized, instead of being returned to the wild. All sampling were conducted under the appropriate permits of Portuguese conservation authority, the Instituto da Conservação da Natures e Florestas (ICNF). Details of the methods are available in Ferreira et al. (2016) and Mota-Ferreira et al. (2021).

Method step description:

1. To be completed

Bibliographic Citations

1. Ferreira, M., Filipe, A. F., Bardos, D. C., Magalhaes, M. F., & Beja, P. (2016). Modeling stream fish distributions using interval‐censored detection times. Ecology and evolution, 6(15), 5530-5541. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2295
2. Mota‐Ferreira, M., Filipe, A. F., Filomena Magalhães, M., Carona, S., & Beja, P. (2021). Spatial modelling of temporal dynamics in stream fish communities under anthropogenic change. Diversity and Distributions, 27(2), 313-326. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13189
3. INAG, I.P. 2008. Manual para a avaliação biológica da qualidade da água em sistemas fluviais segundo a Directiva Quadro da Água - Protocolo de amostragem e análise para a Fauna Piscícola. Ministério do Ambiente, do Ordenamento do Território e do Desenvolvimento Regional. Instituto da Água, I.P.

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