Sample name: Misery Bay Provincial Nature Reserve

Sample aka: Manitoulin Island

Reference: P. Bouchard, T. A. Wheeler, and H. Goulet. 2005. Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from alvar habitats in Ontario. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 136:3-23 [ER 2203]

Habitat: temperate savanna

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "Alvars are naturally open areas of thin soil overlying flat limestone or dolostone. The vegetation is generally sparse and dominated by grasses (Poaceae), sedges (Cyperaceae), and shrubs" and the site is specifically "alvar pavement" (apparently a natural habitat)

Life forms: ground beetles

Sites: 1

Sampling methods: malaise traps,pan traps,pitfall traps,other traps,hand capture

Sample size: 703 individuals

Years: 1996

Seasons: summer,autumn

Sampling comments: "Sampling methods at each site consisted of one Malaise trap, 16 uncovered pitfall traps (white plastic beer cups, 9 cm in diameter), 16 pan traps (355 ml yellow plastic bowls, 15 cm in diameter), and two flight intercept traps, distributed randomly throughout the site... Hand collecting and sweeping were used to supplement trap catches"; collecting was from June to September 1996

Sample number: 2238

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-08-28 13:38:55

Modified: 2016-08-28 03:38:55