Vascular Plants from Praia da Vitória (Terceira, Azores, Portugal)

Rui B. Elias1, Mariana R. Brito2, César Pimentel2, Elisabete C. Nogueira2, Paulo A. V. Borges1

1 Universidade dos Açores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal; 2 LIFE CWR - UAC, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal

Corresponding author(s): Rui B. Elias (rui.mp.elias@uac.pt)Mariana R. Brito (mariana.brito@uac.pt)César Pimentel (cesar.pimentel@uac.pt)Elisabete C. Nogueira (elisabete.nogueira@cmpv.pt)Paulo A. V. Borges (paulo.av.borges@uac.pt)

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Resource Citation

Elias R B, Brito M R, Pimentel C, Nogueira E C, Borges P A V (2019): Vascular Plants from Praia da Vitória (Terceira, Azores, Portugal). v1.8. Universidade dos Açores. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=azorean_vascularplants&v=1.8

Abstract

The data presented here comes from field observations, carried out between 2014 and 2017, as part of a LIFE research project aiming to preserve and restore three coastal wetlands of Praia da Vitória (Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal) (LIFE-CWR). A total of 23 vascular plant species surveys were carried out in three sites: one for each semester in Paul da Praia da Vitória (PPV) and Paul da Pedreira do Cabo da Praia (PPCP); one for each semester (except in 2014) in Paul do Belo Jardim (PBJ). Main objectives were to determine the plant richness of the three sites and monitor seasonal and between year variation on species composition.

Keywords: Azores, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Liliopsida, Terceira, Plantae, Pteridophyta, Wetlands, Events, Occurrences

Project details

Project title: Inventory of vascular plant species of three coastal wetlands of Terceira Island (Azores)
Personnel: Rui Miguel Pires Bento da Silva Elias, Mariana R. Brito, César Pimentel, Elisabete C. Nogueira, Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges
Funding: Supported by the project LIFE CWR – Ecological Restoration and Conservation of Praia da Vitória Coastal Wet Green Infrastructure (2013-2018).
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The Azores belong to the Holarctic Biogeographical Kingdom and Eurosiberian Region (Rivas-Martinez et al. 2002). Terceira Island is the third largest island of the archipelago and has the fourth longest shoreline (Forjaz et al. 2004). Like other Azorean islands (with the exception of Santa Maria and Graciosa), the prevalent type of climate in Terceira is temperate with no dry season and with a mild summer (Köppen Climate Classification - Cfb). However, in Praia da Vitória (a lowland area in the east of the island) the climate is temperate with hot and dry summers (Csa) (Climate Atlas 2012). For more details on the description of the study area see Borges et al. (2018).
Design description: At the three wetland sites, a total of 23 surveys were carried out for a total of 51 days of direct observation. Surveys took place (except for PBJ in 2014) every semester. Study areas were delimited using GPS and included the margins of the bodies of water and the surrounding terrestrial areas.

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=azorean_vascularplants

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Plantae
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Plantae

Methods

Method step description: On the data table were included all the records for which a taxonomic identification of the species was possible. The dataset submitted to GBIF is structured as a sample event dataset, with two tables: event (as core) and occurrences. The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwCA), which is a standardised format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 23 records. One extension data table also exists. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated in the IPT link. This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for downloading 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.
Study extent description: This study covers a small coastal area with 3.58 km extension between PPV and PPCP.
Sampling description: At the three wetland sites, a total of 23 surveys were carried out for a total of 51 days of direct observation. Surveys took place (except for PBJ in 2014) every semester. Study areas were delimited using GPS and included the margins of the bodies of water and the surrounding terrestrial areas.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Vascular Plants from Praia da Vitória (Terceira, Azores, Portugal)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/archive.do?r=azorean_vascularplants
Publication date of data: 2020-01-25
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-01-15
Hierarchy level: Dataset