Breton Bay
Basic information
Sample name: Breton Bay

Reference: P. H. Graves III and P. J. Ciccotto. 2011. The nymphal odonate fauna of two watersheds in the Lower Potomac River Basin, Maryland, with emphasis on rare taxa. Northeastern Naturalist 18(4):445-456 [ER 1076]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Maryland


Coordinate: 38° 18' N, 76° 38' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "southeast of Washington, DC in the Lower Potomac River basin" (coordinate based on Leonardtown)

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: lake bottom/stream bed

Habitat comments: "Pine-hardwood forests cover over half of the area"

Methods
Life forms: odonates

Sites: 190

Sampling methods: no design,other nets

Sample size: 898 individuals

Years: 2000 - 2010

Sampling comments: "1.86 m2" were sampled in each habitat "using a 540-micron mesh D-net"

Metadata
Sample number: 1588

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-05-23 15:49:11

Modified: 2015-05-23 05:49:11

Abundance distribution
35 species
6 singletons
total count 898
extrapolated richness: 50.7
Fisher's α: 7.251
geometric series k: 0.8503
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8573
Shannon's H: 2.4535
Good's u: 0.9933
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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