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PIE LTER surveys of salt marsh breeding birds using point counts in Rowley and Newbury, Massachusetts

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-pie.175.7
Title:PIE LTER surveys of salt marsh breeding birds using point counts in Rowley and Newbury, Massachusetts
Abstract:

This data set contains the results of point count surveys of breeding birds in the salt marshes of the Plum Island Estuary. Surveys have been carried out each year in June beginning in 2004 and are ongoing. Currently six circles of 100 m  radius are being surveyed. Three of the circles are in plots that had been regularly hayed and three in unhayed plots. Currently only one of the plots is regularly hayed.
85 species recorded as of 2019 Most frequently encountered are Agelaius phoeniceus, Ammodramus caudacutus, Tringa semipalmata.

Short Name:HTL-MAR-BreedingBirds
Publication Date:2019
Language:English

Time Period
Begin:
2004-06-09
End:
2019-06-24

People and Organizations
Contact:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER 
Creator:Buchsbaum, Robert 
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
HTL-MAR-BreedingBirds_csv
Description:
PIE LTER surveys of salt marsh breeding birds using point counts in Rowley and Newbury, Massachusetts
Other Name:
HTL-MAR-BreedingBirds_xls
Description:
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Detailed Metadata

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Data Table

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Description:PIE LTER surveys of salt marsh breeding birds using point counts in Rowley and Newbury, Massachusetts
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Definition:DateMass Audubon sanctuary codeName of the counting circleName of the primary observerName of the secondary observertime of day count startedtime of day count endedgeneric name of birdspecies name of birdAOU (American Ornithologists' Union) four letter code for that species, http://birdpop.org/AlphaCodes.htmAOU common name of birdNumber of individuals detected within 50 m of the circle centerNumber of individuals detected between 50-100 m of the circle centerTotal number of individuals detected within the 100 m radius circleNumber of individual identified outside the 100 m radius circleNumber of birds of each species flying over the count circle without landing or foraging over the circlecomments
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Data Package Usage Rights

Data Policies

PIE LTER Data Use Agreement

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, CC BY - Attribution. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

The re-use of scientific data has the potential to greatly increase communication, collaboration and synthesis within and among disciplines, and thus is fostered, supported and encouraged. Permission to use this dataset is granted to the Data User free of charge subject to the following terms:

  • 1) Citation. It is considered a matter of professional ethics to acknowledge the work of other scientists. Thus, the Data User will properly cite the Data Set in any publications or in the metadata of any derived data products that were produced using the Data Set. Citation should take the following general form: Creator, Year of Data Publication, Title of Dataset, Publisher, Dataset identifier.
  • For example: Giblin, Anne; Hopkinson, Charles (2000): Rates of benthic metabolism and nutrient cycling in the Parker and Rowley Rivers of the Plum Island Sound estuary. Plum Island Ecosystems LTER, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/17fa8b4fef50c7b85cac3d61482a7cb6
  • 2) Acknowledgement. The Data User should acknowledge any institutional support or specific funding awards referenced in the metadata accompanying this dataset in any publications where the Data Set contributed significantly to its content. Acknowledgements should identify the supporting party, the party that received the support, and any identifying information such as grant numbers. The Data User should contact the Data Set Contact to ensure the appropriate Granting Programs are acknowledged.
  • For example: Data sets were provided by the Plum Island Ecosystems LTER. This material is based upon funding supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants #OCE-9726921, OCE-0423565, OCE-1058747, OCE-1238212, OCE-1637630.
  • 3) Notification. The Data User will notify the Data Set Contact when any derivative work or publication based on or derived from the Data Set is distributed. The Data User will provide the data contact with two reprints of any publications resulting from use of the Data Set and will provide copies, or on-line access to, any derived digital products. Notification will include an explanation of how the Data Set was used to produce the derived work.
  • 4) Collaboration. The Data Set has been released in the spirit of open scientific collaboration. Data Users are thus strongly encouraged to consider consultation, collaboration and/or co-authorship with the Data Set Creator.
  • 5) Disclaimer. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and documentation contained in this Data Set, complete accuracy of data and metadata cannot be guaranteed. All data and metadata are made available "as is". The Data User holds all parties involved in the production or distribution of the Data Set harmless for damages resulting from its use or interpretation.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
Core AreasPopulation Dynamics
LTER Controlled Vocabularybreeding birds, population dynamics, Mass Audubon, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, PIE LTER, Plum Island, Plum Island Ecosystems, point counts, saltmarsh birds, saltmarsh sparrow

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:

Six count circles have been set up in various locations in the salt marshes of the Plum Island Ecosystem in Rowley and Newbury. Three 10 minute point counts have been carried out between June 1st and the first week of July at each circle. Counts are spaced out so that they are at least a week apart and all six circles are sampled on the same day. The counting period runs from 5 AM through 10 AM.
Initially two observers counted simultaneously and recorded their observations independently. Since 2008, we have adopted the double observer protocol recommended by Nichols, et al. (2000)  in order to estimate detection probabilities.  If only one observer was available, detection probabilities have been estimated through distance sampling. 
To carry out a count, observers enter the circle and proceed to the center, marked with a short pvc pipe.  One person serves as the primary observer and the other the recorder and secondary observer. After waiting a minute, the primary observer identifies to species all birds observed visually or detected by songs or calls  within a 10 minute count period. The secondary observer records those observations and adds any additional ones that the primary observer missed. Observers distinguish between three distances, 0-50m, 50-100m and >100m (the latter outside the circle). The edge of the circle is marked at various points with stakes to serve as a guide for distance or the distance is estimated  using rangefinder binoculars. The two observers switch roles at the next site.
Nichols, J.D., J.E. Hines, J.R. Sauer, F.W. Fallon, J.E. Fallon, and P.C. Heglund. A double-observer approach for estimating detection probabilities and abundance from point counts. Auk 117: 393-408
AOU for codes in data refers to the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) taxonomy and nomenclature,  http://birdpop.org/AlphaCodes.htm.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
Creators:
Individual: Robert Buchsbaum
Address:
Mass Audubon North Shore, 346 Grapevine Avenue,
Wenham, MA 01984 US
Phone:
(978) 927-1122 (voice)
Phone:
(978) 922-8487 (facsimile)
Email Address:
rbuchsbaum@massaudubon.org
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
Contacts:
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
Metadata Providers:
Organization:Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
Web Address:
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period
Begin:
2004-06-09
End:
2019-06-24
Sampling Site: 
Description:RM1: 100m radius circle adjacent to Clubhead Creek, Rowley, MA, Essex County Greenbely Association land
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.837181091309Latitude (degree): 42.741752624512
Sampling Site: 
Description:RM2: 100 m radius circle - center at edge of Sawyer Creek between Stackyard and Patmos roads on either side of Sawyer Creek, Rowley MA
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.841461181641Latitude (degree): 42.745059967041
Sampling Site: 
Description:RM3: 100 m radius circle in marsh north of Patmos Road by panne. In Rough Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Rowley, MA
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.839576721191Latitude (degree): 42.750213623047
Sampling Site: 
Description:RM4: 100 m radius circle in marsh north of Far Division Road, Rowley, MA
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.847885131836Latitude (degree): 42.748462677002
Sampling Site: 
Description:RM5: Nelson Island Creek area off Nelson Island Road. In Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Rowley, MA
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.832122802734Latitude (degree): 42.743240356445
Sampling Site: 
Description:RM6: marsh south of Pine Island Road in Newbury, MA
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -70.827972412109Latitude (degree): 42.777488708496

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (PIE LTER IV, 2016-2022)
Personnel:
Individual: Anne Giblin
Address:
Marine Biological Lab, 7 MBL Street,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 US
Phone:
(508) 289-7488 (voice)
Phone:
(508) 457-1548 (facsimile)
Email Address:
agiblin@mbl.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3851-2178
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Wilfred Wollheim
Address:
WSAG Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space,Morse Hall, Room 452, 8 College Road,
Durham, NH 03824 US
Phone:
(603) 862-0812 (voice)
Email Address:
Wil.Wollheim@unh.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5009-3212
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Jim Morris
Address:
Bell Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC 29208 US
Phone:
(803) 777-5288 (voice)
Phone:
(803) 777-4002 (facsimile)
Email Address:
morris@inlet.geol.sc.edu
Web Address:
http://research.cas.sc.edu/morris/
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Nathaniel Weston
Address:
Department of Geography and the Environment ,Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue,
Villanova, PA 19085 US
Phone:
(610) 519-8009 (voice)
Email Address:
nathaniel.weston@villanova.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6837-360X
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Linda Deegan
Address:
Woods Hole Research Center,
Falmouth, MA 02540 US
Phone:
508-444-1557 (voice)
Email Address:
ldeegan@whrc.org
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1017-9599
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Joe Vallino
Address:
Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 US
Phone:
(508) 289-7648 (voice)
Phone:
(508) 457-1548 (facsimile)
Email Address:
jvallino@mbl.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4184-4512
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Robert Pontius
Address:
Clark University, School of Geography, 950 Main Street,
Worcester, MA 01610 US
Phone:
(508) 793-7761 (voice)
Phone:
(508) 793-8881 (facsimile)
Email Address:
rpontius@clarku.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7287-5875
Role:principalInvestigator
Individual: Jarrett Byrnes
Address:
University of Massachusetts, College of Science and Mathematics,100 Morrissey Blvd,
Boston, MA 02125 US
Phone:
(617) 287-3145 (voice)
Email Address:
Jarrett.Byrnes@umb.edu
Id:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9791-9472
Role:principalInvestigator
Abstract: 

The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER is developing a predictive understanding of the response of a linked watershed-marsh-estuarine system in northeastern Massachusetts to rapid environmental change. Over the last 30 years, surface sea water temperatures in the adjacent Gulf of Maine have risen at 3 times the global average, rates of sea-level rise have accelerated, and precipitation has increased. Coupled with these changes in climate and sea level are substantial changes within the rapidly urbanizing watersheds that influence water, sediment, and nutrient delivery to the marsh and estuary. In PIE IV our focus is on: Dynamics of coastal ecosystems in a region of rapid climate change, sea-level rise, and human impacts.

NSF OCE LTER-Plum Island Ecosystems:
Dynamics of coastal ecosystems in a region of rapid climate change, sea-level rise, and human impacts.

Funding:

1637630

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description: 

Data collection is ongoing and updated annually after with the collection of that season's data.
Version 01, 22Jan2010, metadata and data entry
Version 02: January 20, 2012, updated data and metadata through June 2011. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007.xlsm 1/18/12 4:51 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0
Version 03: February 20, 2014, data and metadata updated to comply with importation to Drupal and LTER PASTA. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Sep2013.xlsm 9/30/13 02:57 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0.
Version 04: November 18, 2014, data and metadata update through June 2014 sampling to comply with importation to Drupal and LTER PASTA. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007.xlsm 6/30/14 11:33 AM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0
Version 05: January 21, 2016, added new data, data and metadata comply with importation to Drupal and LTER PASTA. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Jan2015.xlsm 1/15/15 4:26 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0
Version 06: January 18, 2019, data and metadata updates to comply with importation to DEIMS7 and LTER Data Portal. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Jan2018.xlsm 6/21/18 3:53 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0
Version 07: November 13, 2019, data and metadata updates to comply with importation to DEIMS7 and LTER Data Portal. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Sep2019.xlsm 9/3/19 5:19 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0.
 

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