Data Package Metadata View Summary

Telemetry mark-recapture data of the Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus), Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 2019 – 2021

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

knb-lter-hbr.371.1

Title:

Telemetry mark-recapture data of the Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus), Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 2019 – 2021

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

This data set includes spatially explicit mark-recapture data of the Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) collected via telemetry during the summer months (June – September) from 2019 - 2021 from eight reaches in multiple streams in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Salamanders were captured by hand and marked with PIT-tags. Telemetry surveys occurred weekly. The middle location of all eight stream reaches are:

These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station.

These data are being used to publish the following papers:

Cochrane, M. M., B. R. Addis, L. K. Swartz, and W. H. Lowe. 2023. Individual and population growth rates decline with watershed area in a stream salamander. In review Ecology.

Cochrane, M. M., and W. H. Lowe. 2023. Floods increase downstream movement of adult and larval life stages of a headwater stream salamander. In prep Freshwater Biology.

Publication Date:

2023-05-16

For more information:
Visit:	DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period

Begin:

2019-06-15

End:

2021-09-29

People and Organizations
Contact:	Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study [ email ]
Creator:	Cochrane, Madaline (University of Montana)
Creator:	Lowe, Winsor H (University of Montana)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	HB_Salamander_Telemetry_CaptureRecapture
Description:	Telemetry capture-mark-recapture data for Hubbard Brook salamanders
Data Table Name:	HB_Telemetry_SurveyCovariates
Description:	Survey Details
Data Table Name:	HB_Telemetry_Habitat
Description:	Habitat Details

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


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Name:	HB_Salamander_Telemetry_CaptureRecapture
Description:	Telemetry capture-mark-recapture data for Hubbard Brook salamanders
Number of Records:	2982
Number of Columns:	21

Table Structure

Object Name:

HB_Salamander_Telemetry_CaptureRecapture.csv

Size:

249677 bytes

Authentication:

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Record Delimiter:

Orientation:

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Table Column Descriptions

Column Name:

Site

Date_time

Last_Pittag

Habitat

Meter

Dist_flag

Degree

Flag

Dist_stream

Status

Meso

LatLoc

Species

Sex

Stage

Mass

First_cap

PhotoSVL_mm

Tailwidth_mm

Tailheight_mm

Notes

Definition:

Stream reach where salamander was captured

Date and time when salamander was captured

PIT-tag ID

Location in water or on land

Meter location along stream reach where salamander was captured (meters from middle of reach)

Distance to central mark

Azimuth to central mark

Name of central mark

Distance away from water

If salamander was seen alive, dead, or not seen

Location in slow- or fast-moving water

Lateral stream location

Species of salamander

Sex of salamander

Stage of salamander

Mass of salamander

If this is a first capture ocassion

Snout-vent-length of salamander

Tail wdith of salamander

Tail height of salamander

Comments/ notes

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Measurement Type:

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nominal

ratio

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	Bagley
Definition	Bagley reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Cushman
Definition	Cushman reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	LowerCanyon
Definition	Lower Canyon reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Paradise
Definition	Paradise reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Steep
Definition	Steep reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	UpperCanyon
Definition	Upper Canyon reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	WBZZ
Definition	West Branch of Zigzag reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Weir4
Definition	Weir 4 reach
Source

Format	YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm
Precision

Definition

PIT-tag ID

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	W
Definition	water
Source

Code Definition

Code	LowerCanyon
Definition	land
Source

Unit	meter
Type	real
Min	-31
Max	45

Unit	meter
Type	real
Min	0.1
Max	41.4

Unit	degree
Type	real
Min	0
Max	360

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	ZERO
Definition	zero mark
Source

Code Definition

Code	MARK
Definition	mark
Source

Code Definition

Code	ROCK
Definition	rock mark
Source

Unit	meter
Type	real
Min	0
Max	48.85

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	A
Definition	alive
Source

Code Definition

Code	D
Definition	dead
Source

Code Definition

Code	U
Definition	uknown fate
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	F
Definition	fast-moving water
Source

Code Definition

Code	Steep
Definition	slow-moving water
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	B
Definition	stream channel bank
Source

Code Definition

Code	W
Definition	shallow portion of the stream close to shore
Source

Code Definition

Code	T
Definition	deepest portion of the stream
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	GP
Definition	Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
Source

Code Definition

Code	DF
Definition	Desmognathus fuscus
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	F
Definition	female
Source

Code Definition

Code	M
Definition	male
Source

Code Definition

Code	U
Definition	unknown
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	A
Definition	Adult
Source

Code Definition

Code	L
Definition	Larva
Source

Code Definition

Code	M
Definition	Metamorph
Source

Code Definition

Code	U
Definition	Unknown
Source

Unit	gram
Type	real
Min	1.8
Max	25

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	First capture ocassion
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	Recapture
Source

Unit	millimeter
Type	real
Min	45.42
Max	109.9

Unit	millimeter
Type	real
Min	5.07
Max	12.79

Unit	millimeter
Type	real
Min	4.37
Max	13.75

Definition

Comments/ notes

Missing Value Code:

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Expl	Missing information

Code	NA
Expl	Missing information

Code	NA
Expl	Missing information

Code	NA
Expl	Missing information

Code	NA
Expl	Missing information or not applicable

Code	NA
Expl	Missing information or not applicable

Code	NA
Expl	Missing information

Code	NA
Expl	Missing information

Code	NA
Expl	Missing information

Code	NA
Expl	Missing information

Code	NA
Expl	Missing information

Code	NA
Expl	No note

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Table


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Name:	HB_Telemetry_SurveyCovariates
Description:	Survey Details
Number of Records:	367
Number of Columns:	4

Table Structure

Object Name:

HB_Telemetry_SurveyCovariates.csv

Size:

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Authentication:

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Table Column Descriptions

Column Name:

Site

Date_time

Weather

Observers

Definition:

Stream reach where salamander was captured (Bagley, Lower Canyon, Cushman, Upper Canyon, Paradise, Steep, Weir 4, and West Branch of Zigzag)

Date and time when salamander was captured

Weather during survey

Initials of all surveyors

Storage Type:

string

date

string

Measurement Type:

nominal

dateTime

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	Bagley
Definition	Bagley reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Cushman
Definition	Cushman reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	LowerCanyon
Definition	Lower Canyon reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Paradise
Definition	Paradise reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Steep
Definition	Steep reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	UpperCanyon
Definition	Upper Canyon reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	WBZZ
Definition	West Branch of Zigzag reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Weir4
Definition	Weir 4 reach
Source

Format	YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm
Precision

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	partly cloudy
Definition	partly cloudy
Source

Code Definition

Code	sunny
Definition	sunny
Source

Code Definition

Code	cloudy
Definition	cloudy
Source

Code Definition

Code	rain
Definition	rain
Source

Code Definition

Code	partly sunny
Definition	partly sunny
Source

Definition

Initials of all surveyors

Missing Value Code:

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-hbr/371/1/143c17f5c0d472b66e3e5794b7d10a50
Name:	HB_Telemetry_Habitat
Description:	Habitat Details
Number of Records:	48
Number of Columns:	14

Table Structure

Object Name:

HB_Telemetry_Habitat.csv

Size:

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Authentication:

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Table Column Descriptions

Column Name:

Site

Z_Min

Z_Max

Z_Mean

Min_Slope

Max_Slope

Avg_Slope

Start_meter

End_meter

D50

D90

D95

Dsd

Area

Definition:

Stream reach where salamander was captured

Minimum elevation of reach

Maximum elevation of reach

Mean elevation of reach

Minimum channel slope of reach

Maximum channel slope of reach

Average channel slope of reach

Starting meter location

Ending meter location

Median substrate particle size

90th percentile substrate particle size

95th percentile substrate particle size

Standard deviation of substrate particle size

Watershed Area

Storage Type:

string

float

Measurement Type:

nominal

ratio

Measurement Values Domain:

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	Bagley
Definition	Bagley reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Cushman
Definition	Cushman reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	LowerCanyon
Definition	Lower Canyon reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Paradise
Definition	Paradise reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Steep
Definition	Steep reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	UpperCanyon
Definition	Upper Canyon reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	WBZZ
Definition	West Branch of Zigzag reach
Source

Code Definition

Code	Weir4
Definition	Weir 4 reach
Source

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Type	real
Min	419.61
Max	585.48

Unit	meter
Type	real
Min	422.83
Max	586.56

Unit	meter
Type	real
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Unit	degree
Type	real
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Unit	degree
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Unit	degree
Type	real
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Type	integer
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Unit	meter
Type	integer
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Unit	millimeter
Type	real
Min	45
Max	4096

Unit	millimeter
Type	real
Min	255
Max	4096

Unit	millimeter
Type	natural
Min	255
Max	4096

Unit	millimeter
Type	real
Min	117.79
Max	1886.1

Unit	kilometerSquared
Type	real
Min	0.3284
Max	1.3875

Missing Value Code:

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Package Usage Rights

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Controlled Vocabulary	ecosystems, forests, watersheds
HBES Vocabulary	HBR, Hubbard Brook LTER, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study, HBES, HBEF, New Hampshire, NH, White Mountain National Forest
ISO 19115 Topic Category	biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
National Research & Development Taxonomy	Climate change, Climate change effects, Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment
Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study	Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, mark-recapture, headwater streams, salamander
LTER Core Research Areas	populations

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

G. porphyriticus were initially captured at all sites by haphazardly turning cover objects while walking up the stream and along the stream bank. We began tagging individuals at four sites in 2019 (Lower Canyon, Paradise, Upper Canyon, and Weir 4) and added an additional four sites in 2020 (Bagley, Cushman, Steep, and West Branch of Zigzag; Fig. 1). All captured G. porphyriticus were anesthetized in a water bath of tricaine methane sulfonate (MS-222) before making a small incision in the skin anterior to the left hind limb to implant the 12-mm passive integrated transponder (PIT-tag). Only G. porphyriticus > 50 mm snout-vent length (SVL) were tagged. After recovery, all salamanders were released at their original capture location.

We conducted telemetry surveys for tagged G. porphyriticus individuals approximately every week from June through September of 2019 – 2021 with a PIT-tag antenna and wand. Telemetry surveys included walking all habitat within the bankfull width of the channel, as indicated by evidence of scour, and 10 m-wide corridors of terrestrial habitat on both sides of the bankfull channel. All surveys occurred during the day. When the PIT-tag antenna detected an individual, we flipped the nearest cover objects to confirm the presence of the individual and determine its stage. We also recorded the individual’s position along the stream channel as meters from the middle point of the stream reach. Last, we recorded the lateral microhabitat of each individual: thalweg vs. wetted edge. We considered an individual to be in the thalweg if it was in the deepest part of the channel, whereas an individual in the wetted edge was along the stream margins, between the thalweg and bankfull edge. If an individual was located beyond the bankfull channel edges, we considered it to be in terrestrial habitat.

Description:

This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.

This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.

Data Source

Mark-recapture data of the Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus), Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 2012 – present

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@edirepository.org

Web Address:

https://edirepository.org

Id:

https://ror.org/0330j0z60

Creators:

Individual:

Madaline Cochrane

Organization:

University of Montana

Email Address:

Madaline.cochrane@umontana.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1080-8495

Individual:

Winsor H Lowe

Organization:

University of Montana

Email Address:

winsor.lowe@umontana.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5782-0200

Contacts:

Organization:

Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study

Email Address:

hbr-im@lternet.edu

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

2019-06-15

End:

2021-09-29

Geographic Region:

Description:

Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in central New Hampshire, USA. Bagley, Canyon, Cushman, Paradise, Steep, Weir 4, and West Branch of Zigzag Brooks are hydrologically independent and flow into the Main Hubbard.

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.914	Southern:	43.959
Western:	-71.8062	Eastern:	-71.70022

Taxonomic Range:

Classification:

Rank Name:

kingdom

Rank Value:

Animalia

Identifer:

https://gbif.org
ID: 1

Classification:

Rank Name:

phylum

Rank Value:

Chordata

Identifer:

https://gbif.org
ID: 44

Classification:

Rank Name:

class

Rank Value:

Amphibia

Identifer:

https://gbif.org
ID: 131

Classification:

Rank Name:

order

Rank Value:

Caudata

Identifer:

https://gbif.org
ID: 953

Classification:

Rank Name:

family

Rank Value:

Plethodontidae

Identifer:

https://gbif.org
ID: 6748

Classification:

Rank Name:

genus

Rank Value:

Gyrinophilus

Identifer:

https://gbif.org
ID: 2431422

Classification:

Rank Name:	species
Rank Value:	Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
Identifer:	https://gbif.org ID: 2431423

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

LTER: Long Term Ecological Research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (2016)

Personnel:

Individual:

Peter M Groffman

Organization:

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Email Address:

groffmanp@caryinstitute.org

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-6255

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation (NSF) 1637685

Related Project:

Title:

Long-Term Ecological Research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (2016)

Personnel:

Individual:

Gary M Lovett

Organization:

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Email Address:

lovettg@caryinstitute.org

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8411-8027

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation (NSF) 1633026

Related Project:

Title:

The causes and consequences of variation in dispersal distance

Personnel:

Individual:

Winsor H Lowe

Organization:

University of Montana

Email Address:

winsor.lowe@umontana.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5782-0200

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation (NSF) DEB-1655653

Related Project:

Title:

Coexistence in stream metacommunities

Personnel:

Individual:

Winsor H Lowe

Organization:

University of Montana

Email Address:

winsor.lowe@umontana.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5782-0200

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation (NSF) DEB-1050459

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	complete
Frequency:

Other Metadata

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Data Package Metadata View Summary

Telemetry mark-recapture data of the Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus), Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 2019 – 2021

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