East Pond (wet meadow)
Basic information
Sample name: East Pond (wet meadow)
Sample aka: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Reference: Z. Neculiseanu. 2011. Seasonal changes in abundance and diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in two natural habitats of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Oltenia, Studii si Comunicari, Stiintele Naturii 27(2):51-58 [ER 1184]
Geography
Country: United States
State: New York
Coordinate: 40° 37' N, 73° 50' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "on the east side of Cross Bay Boulevard, Queens" (coordinate based on Broad Channel)
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Protection: wildlife protected area
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "an open habitat, consisting of small herbaceous plants with few vertical plant components, predominantly the reed growing along water shores"
Methods
Life forms: ground beetles
Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps
Sample size: 210 individuals
Days: 21
Seasons: spring,summer,autumn
Nets or traps: 10
Net or trap nights: 210
Sampling comments: "10 pitfall traps were installed in May, July and October... The distance between the set traps was 10 m. The traps were exposed for 7 days in each of the above month"
Metadata
Sample number: 1716
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-07-21 20:47:14
Modified: 2015-07-21 10:47:14
Abundance distribution
27 species
5 singletons
total count 210
extrapolated richness: 44.9
Fisher's α: 8.240
geometric series k: 0.8677
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9088
Shannon's H: 2.7218
Good's u: 0.9765
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Current reference:
Huckleberry et al. 2001 (ER 3215)