Mohonk Preserve Vernal Pool Amphibian Breeding Ecology Monitoring from 1931 to Present

Mohonk Preserve1, Natalie Feldsine1, Anna Forester1, Alexis Garretson1, Paul Huth1, Elizabeth C Long1, Vanessa Morgan2, Megan Napoli1, Ethan Pierce3, Daniel Smiley3, Shanan Smiley3, John Thompson3, Director of Conservation Science4, Alexis Garretson4

1 Mohonk Preserve, PO Box 715, 12561, New Paltz; 2 SUNY New Paltz, ; 3 Mohonk Preserve, ; 4 Mohonk Preserve, PO Box 715, 12561, New Paltz

Corresponding author(s): Mohonk Preserve (research@mohonkpreserve.org)Natalie FeldsineAnna ForesterAlexis GarretsonPaul HuthElizabeth C LongVanessa MorganMegan NapoliEthan PierceDaniel SmileyShanan SmileyJohn Thompson

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Resource Citation

, Feldsine N, Forester A, Garretson A, Huth P, Long E C, Morgan V, Napoli M, Pierce E, Smiley D, Smiley S, Thompson J (2021): Mohonk Preserve Vernal Pool Amphibian Breeding Ecology Monitoring from 1931 to Present. v1.1. Mohonk Preserve. Dataset/Occurrence. https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=mohonk-amphibian-spring-sampling&v=1.1

Abstract

The Mohonk Preserve's Daniel Smiley Research Center has been monitoring species occupancy, reproductive success, and water quality of 11 vernal pools (Ski Loop, Bonticou, Terrace, Long Woodland Pool, Long Woodland Swamp, Oakwood, Sleepy Hollow, Hermits, North Mud Pond, Canaan, and Talus) on the Preserve each spring from April 1931 to present. This project aims to document changes in the reproductive behavior and phenology of amphibians and allow research access to historical, longitudinal records. The dataset is a paired record of amphibian occurence with environmental indicators spanning nearly 90 years of data collection. The dataset includes environmental conditions for the 730 sampling events associated with the species occurences with complete coverage air temperature and precipitation records and partial coverage for a variety of other weather and water quality measures. Species occurence data collection has included species identification and counts of live and dead adults, mated pairs, spermatophores, egg masses, juveniles, and tadpoles counts as well as a record of the level of frog calling. Collection of data was sporadic from 1931 - 1991 but has been collected consistently from 1991 to present. The data collection is ongoing, as are digitization efforts, and the data package will receive periodic updates.

Keywords: Occurrence

General description

Purpose: To monitor amphibian breeding occupancy.

Data published through GBIF: https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=mohonk-amphibian-spring-sampling

Taxonomic coverage

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Data were collected from 11 vernal pools on Mohonk Preserve property in the Shawangunk Ridge of New Paltz, NY, USA
Coordinates: 41°44'20.4''N and 41°48'3.6''N Latitude; 74°11'27.6''W and 74°6'32.4''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: April 21, 1931 - April 12, 2020

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Mohonk Preserve Vernal Pool Amphibian Breeding Ecology Monitoring from 1931 to Present
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/archive.do?r=mohonk-amphibian-spring-sampling
Publication date of data: 2023-01-03
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2021-02-11
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Garretson A, Napoli M, Feldsine N, Adler-Colvin P, Long E (2020) Vernal pool amphibian breeding ecology monitoring from 1931 to present: A harmonised historical and ongoing observational ecology dataset. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e50121. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e50121 https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e50121
Preserve, Mohonk, N. Feldsine, A. Forester, A. Garretson, P. Huth, E. Long, V. Morgan, M. Napoli, E. Pierce, D. Smiley, S. Smiley, and J. Thompson. 2021. Mohonk Preserve Amphibian and Water Quality Monitoring Dataset at 11 Vernal Pools from 1931-Present ver 6. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/6549a2f67d5acb3495e9fba4145e298f https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/6549a2f67d5acb3495e9fba4145e298f