Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Amphibian Monitoring at the Lye Brook Wilderness and Mt. Mansfield: Amphibian Egg-mass Counts

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas Project collects and disseminates data needed to make informed recommendations regarding the state status, state rank, and conservation of Vermont’s reptiles and amphibians.

People

  • James Andrews: Principal Investigator

  • Stephen Trombulak: Content Provider

  • Kristianne G. Tolgyesi: Content Provider

  • Katherine Wright: Content Provider

  • Erin Talmage: Content Provider

Keywords

  • amphibians, egg mass data, reproduction,

Organizations

  • Vermont Monitoring Cooperative : funder
  • Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas : lead
  • Middlebury College : partner

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates
    • -73.0372, 43.0303
    • -72.827737, 43.0303
    • -72.827737, 44.542052
    • -73.0372, 44.542052
    • -73.0372, 43.0303

Data Table

  • Title: Amphibian Egg-mass Counts
  • Start Date: 1991-04-05
  • End Date: 1996-12-31
  • Description: Monitor reproductive success of Rana sylvanica and Ambystoma maculatum in relation to environmental conditions

  • Purpose: Search selected breeding ponds for egg masses of Rana sylvanica and Ambystoma maculatum

  • Condensed Title: Z0349_0434_PVWQ5Z

  • Object Name: VMC.349.434

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: James Andrews. 1996. Amphibian Egg-mass Counts. Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/amphibian-monitoring-lye-brook-wilderness-mt/dataset/amphibian-egg-mass-counts

  • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/amphibian-monitoring-lye-brook-wilderness-mt/dataset/amphibian-egg-mass-counts

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: Town
    • Label: Town
    Attribute Name: Specific_loc
    • Label: Specific location
    • Description: The specific location of the data collection
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Status
    • Label: Status
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    • String Format: D-M-YY
    • Number Type: -1
    Attribute Name: Info_
    • Label: Information
    • Description: General information about the specific visit
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Site
    • Label: Site
    • Description: the site within the black that was being sampled
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Large_Block
    • Label: Large Block
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    • String Format: D-M-YY
    • Number Type: -1
    Attribute Name: Method
    • Label: Method
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    • Precision: 0.5
    • String Format: D-M-YY
    • Number Type: rational
    Attribute Name: Common_name
    • Label: Common name
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    • Precision: 0.5
    • String Format: hhmm
    • Number Type: rational
    Attribute Name: Date
    • Label: Date
    • Storage Type: date
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • Precision: 0.5
    • String Format: MM/DD/YYYY
    • Number Type: rational
    Attribute Name: Number_egg_masses
    • Label: Number egg masses
    • Description: total number of eggs masses seen during survey
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Precision: 1
    • Number Type: whole
    Attribute Name: Latitude_in_dec__degrees
    • Label: Latitude in decimal degrees
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ordinal
    Attribute Name: Longitude_in_dec__degrees
    • Label: Longitude in decimal degrees
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ordinal
    • Precision: 1
    • String Format: MM/DD/YYYY
    • Number Type: whole

Methods

  • Past Methods (no longer in use)
    • Breeding season searches
      • Started: 1991-04-15
        Ended: 1996-01-01
      • Method Description: At Mount Mansfield, selected breeding ponds and brooks are searched during breeding season for eggs and males calling for mates. The pH of water is also measured.

    • Egg mass searches
      • Started: 1994-04-01
        Ended: 2002-12-31
      • Method Description: At Lye Brook, habitat suitable for wood frog (Rana sylvatica) and spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) egg masses were sought in ponds on three visits beginning at the start of ice out and continuing until May or June when egg laying activity ceased.

    • Pond characteristics
      • Started: 1994-04-01
        Ended: 2002-12-31
      • Method Description: At Lye Brook, water pH and temperature were recorded. Three measurements taken from shore at 15cm depth for each pond.
      • Instrumentation: Cole-Parmer hand-held pH meter (microcomputer pH vision model #6009)

Sampling Equipment

  • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

  • Site Description: Dataset coverage