Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Stream Macroinvertebrate Monitoring: Ranch Brook Macroinvertebrate 2000-2012

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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

    Annual stream macroinvertebrate survey to establish a site-specific database and to monitor trends.

People

  • Doug Burnham: Principal Investigator

  • Steve Fiske: Content Provider

  • James Kellogg: Principal Investigator

  • Richard Langdon: Content Provider

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates
    • -72.85248333, 44.506191
    • -72.845381, 44.506191
    • -72.845381, 44.52376667
    • -72.85248333, 44.52376667
    • -72.85248333, 44.506191

Data Table

  • Title: Ranch Brook Macroinvertebrate 2000-2012
  • Start Date: 2000-01-01
  • Description: Measurements of species composition and density in Ranch Brook

  • Purpose:

  • Condensed Title: Z0003_RanchBrook

  • Object Name: VMC.3.2184

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Burnham, D., and J. Kellogg. 2017. Ranch Brook Macroinvertebrate 2000-2012. VT Department of Environmental Conservation. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/stream-macroinvertebrate-monitoring/dataset/ranch-brook-macroinvertebrate

  • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/stream-macroinvertebrate-monitoring/dataset/ranch-brook-macroinvertebrate

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: BugKey
    • Label: BugKey
    • Description: BugKey
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: BugSpeciesDensity
    • Label: BugSpeciesDensity
    • Description: BugSpeciesDensity
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: BugSpecies_Perc_Composition
    • Label: BugSpecies_Perc_Composition
    • Description: BugSpecies_Perc_Composition
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Family
    • Label: Family
    • Description: Family
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Genus
    • Label: Genus
    • Description: Genus
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: GenusGroup
    • Label: GenusGroup
    • Description: GenusGroup
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: LabID
    • Label: LabID
    • Description: LabID (year.id)
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Location
    • Label: Location
    • Description: Location
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: New_BI
    • Label: New_BI
    • Description: New_BI
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: interval
    Attribute Name: Order
    • Label: Order
    • Description: Order
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: SiteID
    • Label: SiteID
    • Description: SiteID
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Species
    • Label: Species
    • Description: Species
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: SpeciesGroup
    • Label: SpeciesGroup
    • Description: SpeciesGroup
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Station
    • Label: Station
    • Description: Station
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Date
    • Label: Date
    • Description: Date sample was collected
    • Storage Type: date
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: M/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss
    • Number Type: -1

Methods

  • Current Methods
    • Sample collection
      • Method Description: Duplicate samples of aquatic macroinvertebrates were collected using a standardized "kick-net" procedure. A sample consists of all the organisms and detritus dislodged from the substrate during two minutes of active substrate disturbance. Temperature, pH, alkalinity, and specific conductance of the water column are measured at the time the sample is collected. Organisms from the sample are separated from detritus and sorted into taxonomic groups.
        • Software: Paradox software


Sampling Equipment

  • Current Equipment
    • Net
      • Sampling Description: 500 micron mesh D-frame net

Site Characteristics

  • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset