EDP Foz Tua: Terrestrial Vertebrates Baseline_studies (EIA) [2006]
Citation
Múrias T, Ribeiro S B, Alves P C (2018). EDP Foz Tua: Terrestrial Vertebrates Baseline_studies (EIA) [2006]. EDP. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3yzo7e accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-25.Description
The dataset contains records of terrestrial vertebrates (Amphibians, Reptiles and Macromammals) colected in the lower Tua river and included in the Baseline Studies of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. Data were collected between May and September 2006, during field visits to nine 5km-sections of the river Tua, between the mouth and the village of Cachão, 45 km upstream. The presence of taxa belonging to the target groups (individuals and/or evidence of occurrence, like scats or footprints) was recorded. Twenty-eight taxa were identified, 26 to the species rank (5 amphibians, 12 reptiles and 9 mammals), and two to the genus rank (1 amphibian and 1 mammal).Purpose
This dataset is part of a broader initiative whereby the company EDP - Energias de Portugal S.A. will made available biodiversity data collected during impact assessment and biological monitoring studies.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The study was carried out in nine 5km-sections of the river Tua, which were visited several times between May and September 2006, from the mouth to the village of Cachão, 45 km upstream.Sampling
Sampling was designed to cover an area of 5 km x 1 km (approximately) in each section of river considered. One to several 1.2 km transects per section were established, mostly along the deactivated river Tua railway, but also in the hillsides of the valley, covering both margins. Each transect was visited once between May and September 2006, but all efforts were made to ensure that each river section received at least one transect. Additional observations made in the same time frame outside the sampling transects were also included. Each 1.2 km-transect was walked at a slow pace, and apart from the spontaneous observations, an effort was made to search all places in the path that had the appropriate habitat conditions (eg., holes, bushes, ponds, streams). The position of each species detected (either directly by observation or indirectly by examining scats and/or footprints) was recorded and georeferenced with a GPS (WGS84 datum). Species identification were usually possible “in locus” in the case of observation events and for footprints, through appropriate field guides. In the case of the scats, whenever an unequivocal identification was not possible in the field, they were taken for laboratory for subsequent anatomic analysis (fur examination). Only the occurrence (ie, presence/absence) of the species in each point and transect was documented, that is, no effort was made to quantify the number of individuals or scats/footprints present for each observation.Quality Control
...Method steps
- To be completed
Taxonomic Coverages
The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 3 classes, 8 orders, 19 families, 26 species and 2 genus.
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Chordatarank: phylum
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Amphibiarank: class
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Reptiliarank: class
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Mammaliarank: class
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Anurarank: order
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Caudatarank: order
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Squamatarank: order
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Testudinesrank: order
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Carnivorarank: order
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Lagomoprharank: order
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Artiodactylarank: order
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Rodentiarank: order
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Alytidaerank: family
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Salamandridaerank: family
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Ranidaerank: family
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Bufonidaerank: family
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Lacertidaerank: family
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Blanidaerank: family
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Scincidaerank: family
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Colubridaerank: family
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Lamprophiidaerank: family
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Geoemydidaerank: family
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Natricidaerank: family
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Phyllodactylidaerank: family
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Viverridaerank: family
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Mustelidaerank: family
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Leporidaerank: family
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Sciuridaerank: family
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Suidaerank: family
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Canidaerank: family
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Muridaerank: family
Geographic Coverages
The data were collected in the last 45 km of the river Tua (Northeast Portugal), from the village of Cachão to its mouth, within the municipalities of Alijó, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Murça, Vila Flor and Mirandela
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Tiago Múriasoriginator
position: Researcher
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos
Campus Agrário de Vairão
Vairão
4485-661
email: tdsantos@cibio.up.pt
Sérgio Bruno Ribeiro
originator
position: Technician
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
Campus Agrário de Vairão
Vairão
4485-661
email: sbaribeiro@gmail.com
Paulo Célio Alves
originator
position: Coordinator
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e
Campus Agrário de Vairão
Vairão
4485-661
PT
email: pcalves@cibio.up.pt
Tiago Múrias
metadata author
position: Researcher
Campus Agrário de Vairão - Crasto
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
4485-661
PT
email: tdsantos@cibio.up.pt
Tiago Múrias
user
position: Researcher
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
Campus Agrário de Vairão
Vairão
4485-661
email: tdsantos@cibio.up.pt
João Madeira
administrative point of contact
position: Manager
EDP - Energia de Portugal
Av. 24 de Julho, 12, Torre Nascente, Piso 4
Lisbon
1249-300 Lisboa
PT
email: Joao.Madeira@edp.pt