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LTER Baixo Sabor: Long term monitoring of freshwater fish - Sabor watershed [2012 - 2020]

The dataset contains records of Fishes (Pisces) collected in the River Sabor (NE Portugal) in 2012-2020, in the scope of a study aiming to understand the temporal dynamics of fish communities in relation to natural and anthropogenics drivers in a Mediterranean watershed. The study is part of research carried out at the Long Term Ecological Research Site (LTER) of Baixo Sabor (lter_eu_pt_002; https://deims.org/45722713-80e3-4387-a47b-82c97a6ef62b). The dataset includes data on fish communities obtained through electro-fishing (with restitution) at 74 sampling sites in 2012, and subsequently at 37 of these sites from 2013-2020. Until 2020, the data include a total of 27,514 records of 14 freshwater fish species. Part of these data has already been analised and published (see Ferreira et al., 2016; Mota-Ferreira et al., 2021). The dataset will be regularly updated with additional data from future sampling years.

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Identification

Alternate Identifier

80d4429a-0b88-4952-b943-5999324b805f

Publication Date
2021-09-17
Title

LTER Baixo Sabor: Long term monitoring of freshwater fish - Sabor watershed [2012 - 2020]

Abstract

The dataset contains records of Fishes (Pisces) collected in the River Sabor (NE Portugal) in 2012-2020, in the scope of a study aiming to understand the temporal dynamics of fish communities in relation to natural and anthropogenics drivers in a Mediterranean watershed. The study is part of research carried out at the Long Term Ecological Research Site (LTER) of Baixo Sabor (lter_eu_pt_002; https://deims.org/45722713-80e3-4387-a47b-82c97a6ef62b). The dataset includes data on fish communities obtained through electro-fishing (with restitution) at 74 sampling sites in 2012, and subsequently at 37 of these sites from 2013-2020. Until 2020, the data include a total of 27,514 records of 14 freshwater fish species. Part of these data has already been analised and published (see Ferreira et al., 2016; Mota-Ferreira et al., 2021). The dataset will be regularly updated with additional data from future sampling years.

purpose

This dataset is part of research carried out at the LTER BAIXO Sabor site, and that will progressively be made available through GBIF and the information management system of iLTER ( https://deims.org/).

Dataset Language

ENGLISH

 
Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e RecursCIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Pedro Beja (General Coordinator)

Campus Agrário de VAirão

,

Vairão

,

4485-661 Vairão

,

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Mário Motta-Ferreira (Fieldwork Coordinator)

Vairão

,

4485-661 Vairão

,

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Ana Filipa Filpe (Researcher)

Vairão

,

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Sara Carona (Researcher)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Pedro Henrique (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Rita Severino (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Sara Ivone (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Sérgio Henrique (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Duarte Prata (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - João Lopes (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - João Guilherme (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - José Barradas (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Rui Cereja (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Giorgio Pace (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Ivo Rosa (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Miguel Pinto (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - William Agudelo (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Guilherme Buzzo (Student)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Filipe Sá (Student)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Lorenzo Quaglietta (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Nuno Pereira (Technician)

PORTUGAL

Metadata Provider
  CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto - Tiago Múrias (Researcher)

Campus Agrário de Vairão

,

Vairão

,

PORTUGAL

Dataset Contact
  EDP - Energias de Portugal - João Madeira (Manager)

Av. 24 de Julho, 12, Torre Nascente, Piso 4

,

Lisbon

,

1249-300 Lisboa

,

PORTUGAL

Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml)
  • Community dynamics; Electrofishing; Fish; Hydropower generation; Impact mitigation; ; Infrastructure development; Long-term monitoring; LTER.

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Data were collected in 50-m sampling reaches distributed across the entire watershed of the Sabor River and its main tributaries (e.g., Maçãs, Angueira), and they are located in the municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo, Alfândega da Fé, Mogadouro, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança and Vimioso.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-7.24

East Bounding Coordinate

-6.49

North Bounding Coordinate

41.951

South Bounding Coordinate

41.094

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2012-06-14

End Date

2020-07-07

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 1 class, 3 orders, 5 families, 13 genera and 14 species.

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Chordata

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Actinopterygii

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cypriniformes

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Perciformes

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Salmoniformes

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Family

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cobitidae

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Family

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cyprinidae

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Family

Taxonomic Rank Value

Poeciliidae

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Family

Taxonomic Rank Value

Centrarchidae

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Family

Taxonomic Rank Value

Salmonidae

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

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Additional Metadata

Metadata

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-11-29T09:03:01Z

Citation

Beja P, Motta-Ferreira M, Filpe A F, Carona S, Henrique P, Severino R, Ivone S, Henrique S, Prata D, Lopes J, Guilherme J, Barradas J, Cereja R, Pace G, Rosa I, Pinto M, Agudelo W, Buzzo G, Sá F, Quaglietta L, Pereira N, Múrias T (2021). LTER Baixo Sabor: Long term monitoring of freshwater fish - Sabor watershed [2012 - 2020]. Version 1.3. CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) Portugal. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pep8ma accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-11-29.

Bibliography

Ferreira, M., Filipe, A. F., Bardos, D. C., Magalhaes, M. F., Beja, P. (2016). Modeling stream fish distributions using interval‐censored detection times. Ecology and evolution, 6(15), 5530-5541.

Mota‐Ferreira, M., Filipe, A. F., Filomena Magalhães, M., Carona, S., Beja, P. (2021). Spatial modelling of temporal dynamics in stream fish communities under anthropogenic change. Diversity and Distributions, 27(2), 313-326.

INAG, I.P. 2008. Manual para a avaliação biológica da qualidade da água em sistemas fluviais segundo a Directiva Quadro da Água - Protocolo de amostragem e análise para a Fauna Piscícola. Ministério do Ambiente, do Ordenamento do Território e do Desenvolvimento Regional. Instituto da Água, I.P.

Logo URL
https://cibio.up.pt/upload/image/logotipos/2-logo.png
 

Project

• Project

Title

LTER Baixo Sabor: Long term monitoring of freshwater fish - Sabor watershed (2012 - 2020 )

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Pedro

Surname

Peja

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Mário

Surname

Motta-Ferreira

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Ana Filipa

Surname

Filipe

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Sara

Surname

Carona

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Pedro

Surname

Henrique

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Rita

Surname

Severino

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Sara

Surname

Ivone

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Sérgio

Surname

Henrique

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Duarte

Surname

Prata

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

João

Surname

Lopes

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

João

Surname

Guilherme

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

José

Surname

Barradas

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Rui

Surname

Cereja

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Giorgio

Surname

Pace

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Ivo

Surname

Rosa

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Miguel

Surname

Pinto

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

William

Surname

Agudelo

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Guilherme

Surname

Buzzo

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Filipe

Surname

Sá

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Lorenzo

Surname

Quaglietta

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Nuno

Surname

Pereira

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Tiago

Surname

Múrias

Role

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT

Abstract

The dataset contains records of Fishes (Pisces) collected in the River Sabor (NE Portugal) in 2012-2020, in the scope of a study aiming to understand the temporal dynamics of fish communities in relation to natural and anthropogenics drivers in a Mediterranean watershed. The study is part of research carried out at the Long Term Ecological Research Site (LTER) of Baixo Sabor (lter_eu_pt_002; https://deims.org/45722713-80e3-4387-a47b-82c97a6ef62b). The occurrence and abundance of the target taxa were documented through 27,514 records of individuals. The most abundant species (>2,000 records) were Luciobarbus bocagei (6,166 individuals), Pseudochondrostoma duriense (4,894), Squalius caroliterii (4,693), Squalius alburnoides (3,620), Lepomis gibbosus (2,910), and Gobio lozanoi (2,360). The taxonomy of fish recorded as Achondrostoma arcasii is currently under evaluation, and so the identity of the species will be updated in the near future. Part of these data has already been analised and published (Ferreira et al., 2016; Mota-Ferreira et al., 2021). The dataset will be regularly updated with additional data from future sampling years.

Funding

The work was funded by the EDP Biodiversity Chair, the project “Sabor fragmentation experiment: understanding long-term ecological consequences of infrastructure development and compensatory mitigation” (Sabor-LTER, LTER/BIA-BEC/0004/2009) and by a PhD grant provided by FCT (SFRH/BD/95202/2013).

Study Area Description

Descriptor

The study was conducted in NE Portugal, in the river Sabor catchment, which covers a wide range of environmental conditions in terms of elevation (100-1500 meters above sea level), total annual precipitation (443 - 1163 mm), and mean annual temperature (6.9 – 15.6o 5 C). Climate is Mediterranean, with precipitation largely concentrated in October-March, while it is virtually absent in the hot summer months (June-August). Flow regime is highly seasonal, with most headwaters streams drying out or being reduced to a series of disconnected pools in summer, though the main watercourse and some of the tributaries are permanent. Two hydroelectric dams (Feiticeiro: 181 ha; Baixo Sabor: 2 820 ha) located near the mouth of the River Sabor started to be built in 2009, with the main reservoir filling in autumn/winter of 2014/2015.

Design Description

Description

Data on the freshwater fish communities of the Sabor River watershed (NE Portugal) were collected annually following standardised electrofishing procedures, from 2012 to 2020. All fish collected were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level, counted measured for total length, and returned alive to the river (except individuals of exotic species). A dataset containing all information was prepared using the Darwin Core format, and uploaded into GBIF for wider use by the scientific community.

 
 

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description

To be completed

Sampling

Study Extent

Data were collected in 50-m sampling reaches distributed across the entire watershed of the Sabor River and its main tributaries (e.g., Maçãs, Angueira), and they are located in the municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo, Alfândega da Fé, Mogadouro, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança and Vimioso.

Sampling Description

The data was collected between 2012 and 2020, using standard electrofishing protocols (INAG, 2008) in a stream stretch of 50 meters for 15-25 minutes, with longer surveys in wider and deeper streams to properly cover the stretch. Within each segment, fish were sampled using a single anode electrofishing gear (350-750V, 3-5A, DC). Electrofishing was always conducted by the same operator, while a second operator was tasked with the netting of the displaced fish. All captured individuals were identified on site and released after the sampling session. In accordance with the Portuguese legislation, all individuals belonging to exotic species were euthanized, instead of being returned to the wild. All sampling were conducted under the appropriate permits of Portuguese conservation authority, the Instituto da Conservação da Natures e Florestas (ICNF). Details of the methods are available in Ferreira et al. (2016) and Mota-Ferreira et al. (2021).

qualityControl

Description

All fish identifications were performed by experienced researchers and technicians