Botanical Garden River
Basic information
Sample name: Botanical Garden River

Reference: M. R. Che Salmah, S. W. Tribuana, and A. A. Hassan. 2006. The population of Odonata (dragonflies) in small tropical rivers with reference to asynchronous growth patterns. Aquatic Insects 28(3):195-209 [ER 1103]
Geography
Country: Malaysia

State: Penang



Coordinate: 5° 26' 24" N, 100° 17' 18" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "in Penang Island... in the Georgetown district... immediately outside the popular Botanical Garden in Penang" (coordinate based on Penang Botanic Gardens)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Substrate: lake bottom/stream bed

Habitat comments: within a large forested area based on a satellite photo

Methods
Life forms: odonates

Sampling methods: no design,other nets

Sample size: 2696 individuals

Days: 12

Sampling comments: "Larval odonates were sampled over a year using a long handle D-shaped aquatic net (15 cm diameter) with a 40 cm long, 200 mm mesh net. The net was dragged over a meter of river substrates or margins and 30 samples were collected in each river monthly"

Metadata
Sample number: 1619

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-05-30 20:21:31

Modified: 2015-05-30 10:21:31

Abundance distribution
13 species
0 singletons
total count 2696
geometric series index: 13.8
Fisher's α: 1.774
geometric series k: 0.6397
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8824
Shannon's H: 2.2261
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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