Centre of Brackish Water Aquaculture (February)
Basic information
Sample name: Centre of Brackish Water Aquaculture (February)
Sample aka: Kakdwip
Reference: N. Sharma. 2012. Population fluctuation of grasshopper fauna in a field near Kakdwip, Sunderbans, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 111(3):27-30 [ER 2166]
Geography
Country: India
State: West Bengal
Coordinate: 21° 53' N, 88° 11' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "near Centre of Brackish Water Aquaculture and is two Kms from Kakdwip" (coordinate based on Kakdwip)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "grassland ecosystem... the individuals of different species migrate towards the rice and other vegetable fields from the nearby wild vegetations, in particular the adjoining grasses" (but the site itself is a "grassfield")
Methods
Life forms: orthopterans
Sites: 1
Site length: 150
Site width: 100
Sampling methods: quadrat,other nets
Sample size: 79 individuals
Sampling comments: "Site area... was about 150m x 100m. The entire site was subdivided into 5 sq. m. sub-plots. The grasshoppers were collected by catch-count method... using standard net of conventional size of 36 cm in diameter"
collection year not stated
collection year not stated
Metadata
Sample number: 2175
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-08-04 10:11:45
Modified: 2016-08-04 00:11:45
Abundance distribution
7 species
1 singleton
total count 79
extrapolated richness: 9.7
Fisher's α: 1.854
geometric series k: 0.5888
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7756
Shannon's H: 1.6333
Good's u: 0.9877
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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