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EDP Foz-Tua: Vascular Flora – Complementary Studies and Baseline Year of the Ecological Monitoring Program [2011]

The dataset contains records of Vascular Flora and Habitats collected the scope of the Complementary Studies (2010-11) and the baseline year (i.e., before construction) of the Ecological Monitoring Program of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. Data were collected in the spring 2011, during field visits to 24 sampling points, distributed along the river Tua valley, from the mouth to 52 km upstream.

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Identification

Alternate Identifier

c9a57648-87fa-477e-a72c-9db3eeb95e44

Publication Date
2020-11-12
Title

EDP Foz-Tua: Vascular Flora – Complementary Studies and Baseline Year of the Ecological Monitoring Program [2011]

Abstract

The dataset contains records of Vascular Flora and Habitats collected the scope of the Complementary Studies (2010-11) and the baseline year (i.e., before construction) of the Ecological Monitoring Program of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. Data were collected in the spring 2011, during field visits to 24 sampling points, distributed along the river Tua valley, from the mouth to 52 km upstream.

purpose

This dataset is part of a broader initiative whereby the company EDP - Energias de Portugal S.A. will make available biodiversity data collected during impact assessment and biological monitoring studies.

Dataset Language

ENGLISH

 
Dataset Creator
  Ecosativa – Consultoria Ambiental - Teresa Saraiva (General Coordinator)

Urbanização Pinhal do Moinho, Lote 11, 1º F - Apartado 132

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Vila Nova de Milfontes

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7645-909 Vila Nova de Milfontes

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PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  Ecosativa – Consultoria Ambiental - Paula Canha (Project Fieldwork Coordinator)

Urbanização Pinhal do Moinho, Lote 11, 1º F - Apartado 132

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Vila Nova de Milfontes

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7645-909 Vila Nova de Milfontes

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PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  Ecosativa – Consultoria Ambiental - António Crespí (Scientific Coordinator)

Urbanização Pinhal do Moinho, Lote 11, 1º F - Apartado 132

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Vila Nova de Milfontes

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7645-909 Vila Nova de Milfontes

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PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  Ecosativa – Consultoria Ambiental - Cátia Canteiro (Technician)

Vila Nova de Milfontes

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PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator
  Ecosativa – Consultoria Ambiental - Paulo Almeida (Technician)

Vila Nova de Milfontes

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PORTUGAL

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

Campus Agrário de Vairão

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Vairão

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4485-661 Vairão

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PORTUGAL

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

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

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Lisbon

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1249-300 Lisboa

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PORTUGAL

Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml)
  • Vascular plants; habitats; inventories; complementary studies; ecological monitoring program; Foz-Tua dam

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

The data were collected along the valley of the River Tua (Northeast Portugal), up to 52 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Alijó, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Vila Flor and Mirandela.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-7.509

East Bounding Coordinate

-7.16

North Bounding Coordinate

41.49

South Bounding Coordinate

41.192

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2011-06-01

End Date

2011-06-29

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 4 classes, 29 orders, 58 families, 158 genus and 216 species.

Taxonomic Classification

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Tracheophyta

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Liliopsida

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Magnoliopsida

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Pinopsida

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Polypodiopsida

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Asparagales

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Discoreales

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Poales

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Apiales

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Asterales

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Boraginales

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Brassicales

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Caryophyllales

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Dipsacales

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Ericales

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Fabales

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Fagales

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Gentianales

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Geraniales

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Juncales

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Lamiales

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Lamiales

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Malpighiales

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Malvales

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Myrtales

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Piperales

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Ranunculales

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Rosales

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Santalales

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Sapindales

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Saxifragales

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Solanales

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Pinales

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Podypodiales

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Polypodiales

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Amaryllidaceae

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Aspargaceae

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Discoreaceae

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Cyperaceae

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Poaceae

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Apiaceae

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Araliaceae

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Asteraceae

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Campanulaceae

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Compositae

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Boraginaceae

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Brassicaceae

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Resedaceae

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Caryophyllaceae

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Plumbaginaceae

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Polygonaceae

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Caprifoliaceae

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Ericaceae

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Primulaceae

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Fabaceae

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Fagaceae

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Apocynaceae

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Gentianaceae

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Rubiaceae

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Geraniaceae

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Juncaceae

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Lamiaceae

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Oleaceae

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Orobanchaceae

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Plantaginaceae

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Scrophulariaceae

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Plantaginaceae

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Euphorbiaceae

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Hipericaceae

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Salicaceae

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Cistaceae

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Cytinidae

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Malvaceae

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Thymelaeceacea

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Onagraceae

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Aristolochiaceae

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Papaveraceae

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Cannabaceae

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Moraceae

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Rosaceae

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Urticaceae

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Santalaceae

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Anacardiaceae

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Sapindaceae

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Simaroubaceae

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Crassulaceae

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Convolvulaceae

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Solanaceae

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Cupressaceae

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Pinaceae

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Podypodiaceae

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Aspleniaceae

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Pteridaceae

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

2021-11-29T09:05:44Z

Citation

Saraiva T, Canha P, Crespí A, Canteiro C, Almeida P, Múrias T (2020). EDP Foz-Tua: Vascular Flora – Complementary Studies and Baseline Year of the Ecological Monitoring Program [2011]. EDP - Energias de Portugal. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pwqhpj accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-11-29.

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http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/logo.do?r=edp_sabor_herpetology_baseline
 

Project

• Project

Title

EDP Foz-Tua: Vascular Flora – Complementary Studies and Baseline Year of the Ecological Monitoring Program [2011]

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Teresa

Surname

Saraiva

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Paula

Surname

Canha

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

António

Surname

Crespí

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Cátia

Surname

Canteiro

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Paulo

Surname

Almeida

Role

AUTHOR

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Tiago

Surname

Múrias

Role

AUTHOR

Abstract

The dataset contains records of Vascular plants (Plantae) collected in the scope of the Ecological and Complementary Studies (2010-2011) of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. The data were also used to establish the baseline year (pre-construction) of the Ecological Monitoring Program of the construction and flooding phases of the dam (2011-2017). Data were collected in spring (June) of 2011, during field visits to 24 sampling plots located along the lower Tua valley, up to 52 km upstream. The occurrence of the target taxa was documented through 757 records of species presence and percentage cover. The species which presented the highest percentage cover was Quercus suber (3.76% of the total sampled area), followed by Quercus illex ballota (2.12%). All the remaining species occupied less than 1% of the total cover.

Funding

The work was funded by EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.

Study Area Description

Descriptor

The study was conducted in part of the sub-basin of river Tua affected by the Foz-Tua Hydroelectric Dam. The sampling was centered in a set of fixed plots around the future reservoir banks and up to 52 km from the Tua mouth.

Design Description

Description

The objective of the study was to characterize the biodiversity of the vascular flora in the Tua valley, from the river’s mouth to the upstream limit of the future reservoir, during the dam construction (2011-2016) and in the flooding period (2016-2017).

 
 

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description

To be completed

Sampling

Study Extent

The data were collected along the Tua lower valley (Northeast Portugal), up to 52 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Alijó, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Murça, Vila Flor and Mirandela

Sampling Description

Sampling was based on plant inventories in permanent 50 m2 sampling plots, with production of a floristic list and quantitative assessment of the degree of coverage (in percentage) and density (number of individuals per meter square, in a semi-quantitative scale) of vascular plants. In this dataset, only the percentage cover was used.

qualityControl

Description

All identifications were performed by qualified technicians