EDP Baixo Sabor: Construction and Reservoir Filling Phases – Vascular Flora and Habitats: species of conservation concern (RELAPE) - [2010-2014]

Paulo Mota1, Duarte Silva2, Mariana Santos3, Tiago Múrias4

1 BIOLINK - Consultoria Ambiental, Unipessoal, Lda, Praceta Caminho da Cruz, 9, 4405-625 VN Gaia, Vila nova de Gaia, Portugal; 2 BIOLINK - Consultoria Ambiental, Unipessoal, Lda, Praceta Caminho da Cruz, 9, 4405-625 VN Gaia, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal; 3 BIOLINK - Consultoria Ambiental, Unipessoal, Lda, , Portugal; 4 CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Vairão

Corresponding author(s): Paulo Mota (biolink.lda@gmail.com)Duarte Silva (biolink.lda@gmail.com)Mariana Santos, Tiago Múrias (tdsantos@cibio.up.pt)

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Resource Citation

Mota P, Silva D, Santos M, Múrias T (2021): EDP Baixo Sabor: Construction and Reservoir Filling Phases – Vascular Flora and Habitats: species of conservation concern (RELAPE) - [2010-2014]. v1. EDP - Energias de Portugal. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_sabor_fvh_relape_2010-14&amp;v=1.0

Abstract

The dataset contains records of vascular plants 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, to assess the temporal dynamics of selected species of conservation concern, before and after the dams implantation. This dataset includes results of surveys made in and around the area affected by the dams, from May 2010 to August 2014. Plant inventories were  made along the lower Sabor river valley and in some tributaries, from the river mouth up to 42 km upstream, in a variable number of 1x1 km squares, depending on the year (range: 100-142). 

Keywords: Vascular plants; species; conservation concern; inventories; BACI.

General description

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. 

Project details

Project title: EDP Baixo Sabor: Construction and Reservoir Filling Phases – Vascular Flora and Habitats: species of conservation concern (RELAPE) - [2010-2014]
Personnel: Paulo Mota, Duarte Silva, Mariana Santos, Tiago Múrias
Funding: The work was funded by EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The study was conducted in part of the sub-basin of river Sabor affected by the Baixo Sabor Hydroelectric Dam. The sampling was centered in selected species of  conservation concern in the lower Sabor river valley, from the river mouth up to 42 km upstream.
Design description: The objective of the study was to follow the temporal dynamics of selected species of conservation concern previously identified in the Baseline studies, in areas directly or indirectly affected by the Baixo Sabor Hydroelectric Dams,  during the construction and the reservoir filling periods (2010-2014). Sampling was performed in 1x1 km squares distributed in the study area.

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_sabor_fvh_relape_2010-14

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 3 classes, 13 orders, 17 families, 23 genus and 29 species or infra-specific categories. 
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida, Magnoliopsida, Polypodiopsida
Order: Asparagales, Poales, Apiales, Asterales, Brassicales, Buxales, Caryophyllales, Ericales, Fabales, Gentianales, Lamiales, Rosales, Polypodiales
Family: Amaryllidaceae, Aspargaceae, Poaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Resedaceae, Buxaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Primulaceae, Fabaceae, Rubiaceae, Oleaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Rosaceae, Pteridaceae
Form: Plantaginaceae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Data were collected along the lower Sabor river valley and its main tributaries, in a variable number of sampling locations (1x1 km squares) representative of the local distribution areas of the selected species of conservation concern, from the river mouth up to 42 km upstream, in the municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo, Alfândega da Fé, Mogadouro and Macedo de Cavaleiros.
Coordinates: 41°7'14.68''N and 41°37'10.38''N Latitude; 7°10'16.77''W and 6°32'22.6''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: May 20, 2010 - August 20, 2014

Methods

Method step description: To be completed
Study extent description: The data were collected in a variable number of 1x1 km squares (range: 136-142, depending on the year and/or season) in the lower Sabor river valley, from the river mouth up to 42 km upstream, in the municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo,  Alfândega da Fé, Mogadouro and Macedo de Cavaleiros.
Sampling description: Sampling was designed to cover the whole valley of the lower Sabor river. Plant inventories were performed at each 1x1 km square, one per season (spring, summer, autumn and winter), encompassing between 10-12 work-days per season. 

Each selected 1x1 km square was exhaustively surveyed for the presence of any of the target species. Only records of presence/absence of each species were included in this dataset.

Most species were identified “in loco” although, in some cases, samples were collected to further identification in the laboratory. The nomenclature is mostly in accordance with Flora Ibérica (Castroviejo et al., 1986-2009) for the species in the volumes already published and for Nova Flora de Portugal (Franco, 1971, 1984; Franco & Rocha Afonso, 1994, 1998 and 2003) for the remaining species.
Quality control description: All individual identifications were performed by qualified technicians. In some cases the synonymy was changed since the sampling events, so a specific collumn with the accepted synonimy was added to reflect this.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive EDP Baixo Sabor: Construction and Reservoir Filling Phases – Vascular Flora and Habitats: species of conservation concern (RELAPE) - [2010-2014]
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/archive.do?r=edp_sabor_fvh_relape_2010-14
Publication date of data: 2021-01-05
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2021-01-03
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Braun-blanquet, J. (1932) – Plant Sociology. McGraw-Hill, Londres.

Castroviejo, S. et al. (1986-2009) – Flora Ibérica - Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vols. 1-8, 10, 13-15, 18, 21. Real Jardín Botánico, C.S.I.C., Madrid.

Amaral Franco, J. (1971,1984) – Nova Flora de Portugal (Continente e Açores). Vols. I e II. Author’s edition. Lisboa.

Amaral Franco, J. & Rocha Afonso, M.L. (1994, 1998, 2003) – Nova Flora de Portugal (Continente e Açores). Vol. III. Author’s edition. Lisboa.