Olympic National Park Amphibian Surveys - Ponds

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Title: Olympic National Park Amphibian Surveys - Ponds

Abstract:

This database contains amphibian records and habitat information from a survey of lentic habitats in Olympic National Park, 1996-1998.

1. How should this data set be cited?

   Adams, Michael J. , Unpublished Material, Olympic National Park Amphibian Surveys - Ponds.

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.3333

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.1667

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.08333

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.5

   Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Olympic National Park

3. What does it look like?

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Beginning_Date: 1996

   Ending_Date: 1998

   Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition

5. What is the general form of this data set?

   Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Database

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
   1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Ponds in Olympic National Park

   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   PONDS

   Microsoft Access Table - detailing data collected at unique ponds. (Source: software generated)

   DRAINAGE

   drainage name (Source: user-defined)

   list of stream names

   LOCALITY

   description of site location (Source: user-defined)

   text description

   NAME

   unique name for each site (Source: user-defined)

   map name if available, else letters and numbers we assigned (first two letters designate a cluster; numbers, a pond within a cluser); if site was peripheral, used name of the central pond plus a letter at the end. If a peripheral site was not accurately mapped at time of survey, we put a '~' followed by a number at the end of the name.

   NUMBER

   a unique number for each site (Source: user-defined)

   integer index value

   PERIPHERAL

   Was this a peripheral pond in a protocol survey? (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   Y
   N

   SELECTED

   Did this site ever get a protocol survey? (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   Y
   N

   UTM_E

   universal transverse mercator easting value (Source: measured)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	5,000,000
   Units:	meters

   UTM_N

   universal transverse mercator northing value (Source: measured)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	no limit
   Units:	meters

   SURVEYS

   Microsoft Access table detailing data collected in each pond survey. (Source: software generated)

   A_TEMP

   air temperature one meter above ground (Source: measured)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	50
   Units:	degrees Celcius

   BEGIN

   time at start of survey in 24 hour format (Source: measured)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	2400
   Units:	hours

   CLOUDS

   code for cloud cover (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   CL	clear
   PC	partly cloudy
   CO	cloudy/overcast

   DATE

   date of survey (Source: user-defined)

   date value

   DESC

   code for the type of aquatic habitat that was surveyed (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   L	lake
   P	pond
   C	creek
   S	seep/spring
   M	meadow
   G	grassland
   AB	active beaver pond
   IB	inactive beaver pond
   O	other

   DISTFOREST

   shortest distance between water and forest edge (Source: measured)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	no limit
   Units:	meters

   EMVEG

   does the north shoreline have emergent vegetation? (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   Y
   N

   EMVEG%

   percent of pond margin with emergent vegetation (Source: measured)

   Value	Definition
   0	zero
   1-25	1 to 25
   26-50	26 to 50
   >50	greater than 50

   END

   time at end of survey in 24 hour format (Source: measured)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	2400
   Units:	hours

   FISH

   were fish present? (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   Y
   N

   INOUT

   is there any permanent inlet or outlet? (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   Y
   N

   LENGTH

   length of site in meters (Source: user-defined)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	750
   Units:	meters

   LEVEL

   code for the type of survey that was conducted (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   1	opportunistic
   2	peripheral site inspection
   3	pond visual survey
   4	pond visual survey trapping

   MAXDEPTH

   code for maximum water depth (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   <1	less than one meter
   1-2	one to two meters
   >2	grater than two meters

   NAME

   unique name for each site (Source: user-defined)

   map name if available, else letters and numbers we assigned (first two letters designate a cluster; numbers, a pond within a cluser); if site was peripheral, used name of the central pond plus a letter at the end. If a peripheral site was not accurately mapped at time of survey, we put a '~' followed by a number at the end of the name.

   NOTES

   any additional notes (Source: user-defined)

   text description

   OBS

   initials of observer (Source: user-defined)

   text list of initials

   PRECIP

   code for percipitation (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   D	dry
   F	fog
   M	mist
   LR	light rain
   HR	heavy rain
   SL	sleet
   SN	snow

   REC

   initials of recorder (Source: user-defined)

   text list of initials

   SHALLOWS

   does the north shoreline have a broad shallow area? (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   Y
   N

   SUBSET

   code for dominant substrate type (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   SM	silt/mud
   S	sand
   G	gravel
   C	cobble
   B	boulder
   BR	bedrock
   O	other

   SURVID

   a unique number for each survey of a pond (Source: user-defined)

   integer index value

   TREESPP

   list of tree species in nearest stand of forest (Source: user-defined)

   text list of species

   TURBID

   was water clear, moderate, or highly turbid? (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   clear
   moderate
   highly turbid

   VEGSPP

   list of aquatic plant species found (Source: user-defined)

   text list of species

   W_COLOR

   was water clear or stained? (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   clear
   stained

   W_TEMP

   water temperature one meter from shore (Source: measured)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	30
   Units:	degrees Celcius

   WIDTH

   width of sit in meters (Source: user-defined)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	500
   Units:	meters

   WIND

   code for wind (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   C	calm
   LB	light breeze
   MB	moderate breeze
   W	windy
   G	gusting

   HABITATS

   a Microsoft Access table detailing data collected on habitat within ponds. (Source: software generated)

   ASPECT

   code for the direction from shore toward the center of the pond in each habitat (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   N	north
   S	south
   E	east
   W	west

   DATE

   date of survey (Source: user-defined)

   date value

   HABID

   A unique number for every habitat in every pond survey. (Source: user-defined)

   integer index value

   HABITAT

   sequential numbering of the habitats identified in a pond (Source: user-defined)

   integer index value

   LITTORAL

   code for the distance from shore to where the water is one meter deep (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   <3	less then 3 meters
   3-6	3 to 6 meters
   >6	greater than 6 meters

   NAME

   unique name for each site (Source: user-defined)

   map name if available, else letters and numbers we assigned (first two letters designate a cluster; numbers, a pond within a cluser); if site was peripheral, used name of the central pond plus a letter at the end. If a peripheral site was not accurately mapped at time of survey, we put a '~' followed by a number at the end of the name.

   SUBST

   code for dominant substrate type of the habitat (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   SM	silt/mud
   S	sand
   G	gravel
   C	cobble
   B	boulder
   BR	bedrock
   O	other

   SURVID

   a unique number for each survey of a pond. (Source: user-defined)

   integer index value

   CAPTURES

   a Microsoft Access table detailing data collected on amphibians and and other incidental captures. (Source: software generated)

   AMPHIBIAN

   is SPECIES an amphibian? (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   Y
   N

   CAPID

   A unique number for each animal or group of like animals captured (Source: user-defined)

   integer index value

   CAPNOTES

   any additional notes about the capture (Source: user-defined)

   text notes

   NAME

   unique name for each site (Source: user-defined)

   map name if available, else letters and numbers we assigned (first two letters designate a cluster; numbers, a pond within a cluser); if site was peripheral, used name of the central pond plus a letter at the end. If a peripheral site was not accurately mapped at time of survey, we put a '~' followed by a number at the end of the name.

   NUM

   number or estimate of number seen or captured (Source: user-defined)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	no limit

   SPECIES

   four leter code for species of amphibian captured or a name or description of a taxonomic group of animal captured. (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   ASTR	Ascaphus truei
   DICO	Dicamptodon copei
   RHOL	Rhyacotriton olympicus
   PLVA	Plethodon vandykei
   PLVE	Plethodon vehiculum
   BUBO	Bufo boreas
   RAAU	Rana aurora
   RACA	Rana cascadae
   AMGR	Ambystoma gracile
   AMMA	Ambystoma macrodactylum
   TAGR	Taricha granulosa
   HYRE	Hyla regilla (also known as Pseudacris regilla)
   U	unknown (could not be identified)

   STAGE

   Stage of the amphibian captured (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   A	Adult
   L	Larvae
   M	Metamorph
   P	peadomorph
   E	egg
   SA	Subadult
   U	Unknown

   SURVID

   a unique number for each survey of a pond. (Source: user-defined)

   integer index value

   TRAP

   a Microsoft Access table detailing data collected about funnel trap positions and captures. (Source: software generated)

   DATESET

   date the trap was set (Source: user-defined)

   date value

   DEPTH

   depth in meters that trap was set (Source: user-defined)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	1
   Units:	meters

   HABID

   A unique number for every habitat in every pond survey. (Source: user-defined)

   integer index value

   NUMBER

   number of individuals captured (Source: user-defined)

   Range of values
   Minimum:	0
   Maximum:	583

   SPECIES

   A four letter code for the species of amphibian captured (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   ASTR	Ascaphus truei
   DICO	Dicamptodon copei
   RHOL	Rhyacotriton olympicus
   PLVA	Plethodon vandykei
   PLVE	Plethodon vehiculum
   BUBO	Bufo boreas
   RAAU	Rana aurora
   RACA	Rana cascadae
   AMGR	Ambystoma gracile
   AMMA	Ambystoma macrodactylum
   TAGR	Taricha granulosa
   HYRE	Hyla regilla (also known as Pseudacris regilla)
   U	unknown (could not be identified)

   STAGE

   Stage of the amphibian captured (Source: user-defined)

   Value	Definition
   A	Adult
   L	Larvae
   M	Metamorph
   P	peadomorph
   E	egg
   SA	Subadult
   U	Unknown

   SURVID

   a unique number for each survey of a pond (Source: user-defined)

   integer index value

   TRAP

   sequential numbering of the traps set at a pond (Source: user-defined)

   integer index value

   TRAPID

   A unique number for each trap that was set (Source: user-defined)

   integer index value

8. What biological taxa does this data set concern?

   Taxonomy:

   Keywords/Taxon:

   Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

   Taxonomic_Keywords: amphibians

   Taxonomic_Keywords: animals

   Taxonomic_System:

   Classification_System/Authority:

   Classification_System_Citation:

   Citation_Information:

   Originator: Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles

   Publication_Date: 2001

   Title: Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles

   Identification_Reference:

   Citation_Information:

   Originator: Nussbaum, R.A. , E.D. Brodie, and R.M. Storm

   Publication_Date: 1983

   Title: Amphibians and Reptiles of the Pacific Northwest

   Edition: First

   Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

   Publication_Information:

   Publication_Place: Moscow, Idaho

   Publisher: University of Idaho Press

   Other_Citation_Details: pg. 332

   Identifier:

   Contact_Information:

   Contact_Person_Primary:

   Contact_Person: Michael J. Adams

   Contact_Position: Wildlife Biologist

   Contact_Address:

   Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

   Address:

   USGS-FRESC
   3200 SW Jefferson Way
   

   City: Corvallis

   State_or_Province: Oregon

   Postal_Code: 97331

   Country: USA

   Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-754-4718

   Taxonomic_Procedures:

   Keyed all animals to species using memorized characteristics derived from keys

   Taxonomic_Completeness: complete

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Animal

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Division

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Chordata

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Class

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Vertebrata

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Order

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Amphibia

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Family

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Ascaphidae

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Ascaphus

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Species

   Taxon_Rank_Value: truei

   Applicable_Common_Name: tailed frog

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Family

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Dicamptodontidae

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Dicamptodon

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Species

   Taxon_Rank_Value: copei

   Applicable_Common_Name: Cope's giant salamander

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Family

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Rhyacotritonidae

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Rhyacotriton

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Species

   Taxon_Rank_Value: olympicus

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Family

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Plethodontidae

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Plethodon

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Species

   Taxon_Rank_Value: vandykei

   Applicable_Common_Name: Van Dyke's salamander

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Species

   Taxon_Rank_Value: vehiculum

   Applicable_Common_Name: western red-backed salamander

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Family

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Bufonidae

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Bufo

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Species

   Taxon_Rank_Value: boreas

   Applicable_Common_Name: western toad

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Family

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Ranidae

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Rana

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Species

   Taxon_Rank_Value: aurora

   Applicable_Common_Name: Red-legged frog

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Species

   Taxon_Rank_Value: cascadae

   Applicable_Common_Name: Cascade frog

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Family

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Hylidae

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Pseudacris

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Species

   Taxon_Rank_Value: regilla

   Applicable_Common_Name: Pacific chorus frog

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Family

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Salimandridae

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus

   Taxon_Rank_Value: Taricha

   Taxonomic_Classification:

   Taxon_Rank_Name: Species

   Taxon_Rank_Value: granulosa

   Applicable_Common_Name: rough-skin newt

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • Michael J. Adams

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

   R. Bruce Bury, Michael J. Adams, Don Major, Patrick Loafman

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

   Michael J. Adams
   Wildlife Biologist
   USGS-FRESC
   3200 SW Jefferson Way
   Corvallis, Oregon 97331
   USA
   

   541-754-4718 (voice)
   

These data were collected to determine the distribution of amphibians in Olympic National Park. Data are also used to for a preliminary assessment of habitat associations.

1. What methods were used to collect the data?

   Method 0 of 1

   Type: Field

   Four types of survey were conducted for pond amphibians: 1) Opportunisic surveys were simply any search for amphibians that does not qualify as one of the following survey types; 2) Peripheral site inspections required workers to walk all the way around a pond looking for amphibians and searching 1 square meter of substrate for every 10 meters of shoreline. Peripheral site surveys were done for unmapped ponds that were within 100 meters of a pond that was randomly selected to be surveyed from a map; 3) Pond visual surveys were the same as Peripheral site inspections but also involved recordinig habitat variables; 4) Pond visual surveys with trapping were the same as pond visual surveys but aquatic funnel traps were also set out overnight. We deliberately selected clusters of ponds in the park to survey. We randomly chose up to one half of the ponds in each cluster that are shown on National Wetlands Inventory or USGS 7.5 min maps to survey.

   Reference:

   From what previous works were the data drawn?

   How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

   Date: Unknown (process 1 of 1)

   This is original data.

1. How well have the observations been checked?

   The data were entered once with no controls. They were checked for logical consistancy by generating summary lists, and checking value ranges.

2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

   All data collected were entered.

5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

   Data were checked for logical consistancy by generating summary lists, and checking value ranges.

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: Data are avialable after research results have been published

Use_Constraints: None

Dates:

Last modified: 17-Jun-1999
Last Reviewed: 17-Jun-1999

Metadata author:

Michael J. Adams
Wildlife Biologist
USGS-FRESC
3200 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
USA

541-754-4718 (voice)

Metadata standard:

NBII Content Standard for National Biological Information Infrastructure Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)