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Metadatabase view - dataset: Rastatter Rheinaue - Terrestrial Invertebrates

General information

dataset entry ID:
UFO_34
name of the dataset:
full name of the dataset:
Rastatter Rheinaue - Terrestrial Invertebrates
type of dataset (more information):
species (taxonomic group) per site database including environmental information
data type:
point data/observation data
keywords according to GCMD:
topic:
Biosphere
ISO topic category according to ISO 19115:
Biota
INSPIRE keywords according to GEMET:

Technical and administrative specifications

data format:
Excel
operating system:
all Windows systems
data language:
German
current access level:
internal
currently available through GBIF:
no
exchange planned:
no
Do you plan to publish the data on the Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal:
update level:
others/specify
others/details:
in process
contact details:
metadata contact person:
first, last name:
Gloria M.
 
Ledesma-Krist
phone:
+49 7222 3807-22
email:
gloria.ledesma-krist@kit.edu
institution:
WWF Institute for Floodplain ecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
address:
Josefstr. 1
postal code, city:
76437
 
Rastatt
province, state:
Baden-Wuerttemberg
country:
Germany
web address:
www.ifgg.kit.edu/aueninstitut/intro.php‎
technical contact person:
scientific contact person:

Intellectual property rights and citation

dataset creator (data compiler):
contact name:
WWF Institute for Floodplain Ecology
data contributors to/owners of this dataset:
single
criteria for using this dataset:
other/additional criteria (please specify)
other/additional criteria:
Data cannot be used in publication.
citation of this dataset:
citation of the metadata:

General data specifications

regional coverage of the dataset:
spatial extent of the dataset:
regional
continents:
Europe
countries:
Europe: Germany
freshwater ecoregions of the world (FEOW) according to WWF:
 
Europe:
Central & Western Europe
European ecoregions according to Illies (WFD):
Central Highlands (ER9)
ecosystem type:
wetlands
covered timeframe:
year from
1989
 
year to:
1992

Site specifications

coordinate system/grid data:
projected, others: DHDN_3_Degree_Gauss_Zone_3
datum (e.g. WGS84):
D_Deutsches_Hauptdreiecksnetz
grid data available:
no
ecosystem type classification:
wetlands (classification according to GLWD):
wetland type:
 freshwater marsh, floodplain, swamp forest, flooded forest
wetland size:
 50 - 100 % wetland
site coding available:
yes
alphanumerical
number of sites:
<100
exact number of sites:
16
comments:
Floodplain type according to Koenzen (2005): nival, gefaellereiche Stromaue (>0,5-1,0 pro mille), Schotter.

Climate and environmental data

climate related data:
no climate data available
environmental data:
no environmental data per catchment available
no environmental data per site avaiable
physico-chemical data:
no physico-chemical data available
stressors influencing the sites:
no stressor data available
reference sites available:
no

Biological data

biological data origin:
from sampling
specify project:
Diploma thesis and E&E Project
specify method:
organism group addressed:
terrestrial invertebrates
comments:
Arhtropoda, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Isopoda, Diplopoda, Opiliones, Collembola

Sample specifications/sample resolution

terrestrial invertebrates

sample information:
covered timeframe:

year from - to:
1989 - 1992
historical data:
no
season:
spring, summer, autumn
temporal resolution/frequency of sampling:
some seasonally, some yearly
time series data:
no
comments:
some samples only one year, some samples over two years
taxonomic resolution:
family, genus, species
comments:
Taxonomic resolution and percentage of species level data depends on taxonomic group
taxonomic coding:
sample specifications:
quantitative
replicate samples:
no
number of samples:
80
specification of method(s) used for sampling and sorting:
pitfalls (Arthropoda, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Isopoda, Diplopoda), manual sampling (Staphylinidae), soil cores (Diplopoda, Isopoda, Collembola) Kempson- McFayden-Apparatus for extraction (soil cores)
sample type (e.g. habitat specific samples, composite samples etc.):
habitat specific, composite samples (5 pitfalls per site)
specific sample location (e.g. littoral, profundal, transect, shoreline, hyporheic zone, etc.):
floodplain

Other specifications

quality control procedures:
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