Details and Metadata

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Methods

The methods followed in the creation of the dataset, including description of field, laboratory and processing steps, and quality control procedures

Past Methods (No longer in use)


  • Started: 1993-04-01
    Ended: 1995-10-03

    Sampling from different habitats on Branch, Bourn and Little Mud Ponds in May.


  • Started: 1993-04-01
    Ended: 1995-10-03

    Sampling from different habitats in Lye Brook Meadows in July.


  • Started: 1993-04-01
    Ended: 1995-10-03

    Ekman dredge samples collected from both profundal and sub-littoral areas of Branch and Bourn Ponds and from sub-littoral only at Little Mud Pond.


  • Started: 1993-04-01
    Ended: 1995-10-03

    All lakes were sampled qualitatively for at least one hour in the spring, summer and fall.


  • Started: 1993-04-01
    Ended: 1995-10-03

    Seven sites on four streams sampled annually for three years.


  • Started: 1993-04-01
    Ended: 1995-10-03

    Fall sampling using standardized kick-net sampling techniques with VT DEC field protocols.


  • Started: 1993-04-01
    Ended: 1995-10-03

    Efforts were made to seek out and sample all littoral habitat types at each lake- silt-muck, sand, gravel-cobble-rock, organic detritus, logs and submergent and emergent vegetation. The littoral zone was sampled because it should yield the greatest number of species, the most valued fish food organisms, is less influenced by other natural limiting factors than the profundal zone, and was a zone common to all the lakes.

Dataset Fields

Detailed documentation of the fields comprising the dataset, including the type of measurement, units where applicable, and any controlled vocabularies or code lists present in the data


Field Name Caption Description Additional Information
DateDate

Date

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: DD/MM/YYYY
DepthDepth

Depth

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:
DescriptionDescription

Description

Measurement type: Nominal
LabIDLabID

LabID

Measurement type: Nominal
LatitudeLatitude

Latitude

Measurement type: Interval
Units:
LocationLocation

Location

Measurement type: Nominal
LongitudeLongitude

Longitude

Measurement type: Interval
Units:
MeanDensityMeanDensity

MeanDensity

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:
MeanDiversityMeanDiversity

MeanDiversity

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:
RichnessRichness

Richness

Measurement type: Interval
Units:

Sampling Equipment

Equipment and software used to collect data, including how that equipment was used.

Past Sampling Equipment (No longer in use)

  • Net, strainers, forceps
    Started: 1993-04-01
    Ended: 1995-10-03

    large D-frame sweep net, stiff strainers, and forceps were used for collecting.

Site Characteristics

The spatial extent of the dataset site coverage, and descriptions of the spatial extent and context for the data collection

  • Site Description

    Lake elevations range from 2303 to 2632 feet. Stream elevations range from 840 to 2161 feet.

  • Site Description

    In and around the Lye Brook Wilderness Area in the towns of Manchester, Sunderland, and Winhall.