USGS SESC - Virgin Islands - Herpetofauna - 2001-2002

Kenneth Rice1, Matt Cannister1

1 U.S. Geological Survey, 7920 NW 71 ST, 32653, Gainesville, United States

Corresponding author(s): Kenneth Rice (krice@usgs.gov), Matt Cannister (mcannister@usgs.gov)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Abstract

The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) requires the use of ecological indicators to measure the success of restoration efforts.  The Everglades amphibian community is ideal because amphibians are present in all habitats and under all hydrologic regimes.  During Everglades restoration, hydrologic patterns will change and the response of ecological indicators will determine success. Fourteen amphibian species were detected through VES, vocalization surveys and trapping methods throughout the study and the occurrence information collected in this project database. USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center (SESC).

Keywords: Occurrence, amphibians, restoration, ecological indicators, reptiles, ARMI, Observation

General description

Purpose: Collect baseline data on the status of amphibian populations in Virgin
Islands National Park to be compiled into the USGS Report Series 2005-1301, titled "Herpetofaunal Inventories of the National Parks of
South Florida and the Caribbean: Volume II. Virgin
Islands National Park"
Additional information: The original dataset contains many fields with information such as environmental variables, observers/collectors, and field notes associated with each record. Use the 'Point of Contact' in this document for a complete list of, and to gain access to, fields associated with this subset of the original dataset.  More complete metadata document available at https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/53bc163ee4b084059e8bffa7

Data published through GBIF: https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=usgs_sesc_virgin_islands_herpetofauna_2001_2002

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Virgin Islands National Park, Florida, USA
Coordinates: 18°18'14.4''N and 18°22'4.8''N Latitude; 64°47'42''W and 64°42'3.6''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: February 6, 2001 - May 22, 2002

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive USGS SESC - Virgin Islands - Herpetofauna - 2001-2002
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/archive.do?r=usgs_sesc_virgin_islands_herpetofauna_2001_2002
Publication date of data: 2016-10-06
Language: English
Licences of use: To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode">Public Domain (CC0 1.0)</a>. Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2014-03-28
Hierarchy level: Dataset