EDP Foz Tua Large Mammals (camera -trapping) - Ecological Monitoring Program  [2011-2017]

Hugo Costa1, Nuno Salgueiro1, Ana Teresa Marques1, Helena Coelho1, Catarina Ferreira1, Emanuel Ribeiro1, José Oliveira1, Pedro Pereira1, Rui Silva1, Mário Ferreira1, Ricardo Ramalho2, Dárcio  Sousa1, Marco Caetano1, Tiago Neves1, Joana Magalhães1, Fernanda Pereira1, Mário Carmo1, João Santos1, Luís Rosa1, António Ribeiro1, Luís Queirós1, Mafalda Moreira1, Nuno Pinto1, Tiago Múrias3

1 BioInsigth, Rua Antero de Quental, Nº52 Loja B, 2675-690 Odivelas, Odivelas, Portugal; 2 BioInsight, Rua Antero de Quental, Nº52 Loja B, 2675-690 Odivelas, Odivelas, Portugal; 3 CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Vairão, Portugal

Corresponding author(s): Hugo Costa (info@bioinsight.pt)Nuno Salgueiro (info@bioinsight.pt)Ana Teresa Marques (info@bioinsight.pt)Helena Coelho (info@bioinsight.pt)Catarina FerreiraEmanuel RibeiroJosé OliveiraPedro PereiraRui SilvaMário FerreiraRicardo RamalhoDárcio  SousaMarco CaetanoTiago NevesJoana MagalhãesFernanda PereiraMário CarmoCatarina FerreiraJoão SantosLuís RosaAntónio RibeiroLuís QueirósMafalda MoreiraNuno Pinto, Tiago Múrias (tdsantos@cibio.up.pt)

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Resource Citation

Costa H, Salgueiro N, Marques A T, Coelho H, Ferreira C, Ribeiro E, Oliveira J, Pereira P, Silva R, Ferreira M, Ramalho R, Sousa D, Caetano M, Neves T, Magalhães J, Pereira F, Carmo M, Ferreira C, Santos J, Rosa L, Ribeiro A, Queirós L, Moreira M, Pinto N, Múrias T (2019): EDP Foz Tua Large Mammals (camera -trapping) - Ecological Monitoring Program  [2011-2017]. v1. EDP - Energias de Portugal. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_tua_mammals_photos_pme&amp;v=1.0

Abstract

The dataset contains records of large mammals (Mammalia) collected in the lower valley of the River Tua and included in the Ecological Monitoring Program (2011-2017) of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. Data were collected between August 2011 and July 2017 with a maximum of 56 cameras in sampling points with favorable habitats on the area of the lower Tua river valley directly or indirectly affected by the Foz-Tua dam. The presence of individuals and the species identification was recorded by direct observation of the photos taken with the cameras.

Keywords: Large mammals; occurrence; observations; camera-trapping

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 Foz Tua Large Mammals (camera -trapping) - Ecological Monitoring Program  [2011-2017]
Personnel: Hugo Costa, Nuno Salgueiro, Ana Teresa Marques, Helena Coelho, Catarina Ferreira, José Oliveira, Mário Ferreira, Pedro Pereira, Ricardo Ramalho, Dárcio Sousa, Rui Silva, Marco Caetano, Tiago Neves, Joana Magalhães, Fernanda Pereira, Mário Carmo, Catarina Ferreira, João Santos, Luís Rosa, António Rebelo, Emanuel Ribeiro, Luís Queirós, Mafalda Moreira, Nuno Pinto, 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-basins of river Tua, during the construction and subsequent flooding of the lower part of this river’s valley by the Foz-Tua Hydroelectric Dam. The sampling was centered in suitable habitats for large mammals in a 5 km radius buffer around the future reservoir banks and up to 35 km from the Tua mouth.
Design description: The objective of the study was to monitor changes in the distribution patterns and abundances of species of large mammals in the area of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, prior to (2011) and during (2011-2016) the dam construction, and in the subsequent flooding  of the river valley (2016-2017). The camera trapping was used to complement the classic transect methods.

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 1 class, 4 orders, 8 families, 13 genera and 12 species. 
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Carnivora, Cetartiodactyla, Lagomorpha, Rodentia
Family: Canidae, Felidae, Mustelidae, Viverridae, Cervidae, Suidae, Leporidae, Sciuridae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The data were collected within a 5-km buffer around the Tua lower valley (Northeast Portugal), up to 35 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Carrazeda de Ansiães, Alijó, Murça, Vila Flor and Mirandela.
Coordinates: 41°10'58.04''N and 41°30'16.07''N Latitude; 7°34'50.04''W and 7°10'6.88''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: August 11, 2011 - July 20, 2017

Methods

Method step description: To be completed
Study extent description: The data were collected within a 5-km buffer around the Tua lower valley (Northeast Portugal), up to 35 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Carrazeda de Ansiães, Alijó, Murça, Vila Flor and Mirandela.
Sampling description: Sampling was designed to cover the main habitat types for large mammals in and around the lower Tua valley affected by the Foz-Tua dam (including the reservoir area). Digital cameras with motion sensor and infrared iluminator were set in each sampling point over a period of 12 consecutive days and nights. The machines were programmed to shoot three pictures with a delay of 1 minute after the activation. All cameras were inspected after each 3-day period of exposition. Species identification and assessment of age and sex (when possible) were made by visual observation of the pictures taken.
Quality control description: All identifications were performed by qualified technicians

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive EDP Foz Tua Large Mammals (camera -trapping) - Ecological Monitoring Program  [2011-2017]
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/archive.do?r=edp_tua_mammals_photos_pme
Publication date of data: 2019-12-21
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-12-18
Hierarchy level: Dataset