Sampling event

Meetnetten.be - Exuviae counts for dragonflies in Flanders, Belgium

Version 1.6 published by Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) on 29 October 2020 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Publication date:
29 October 2020
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

Meetnetten.be - Exuviae counts for dragonflies in Flanders, Belgium is a sampling event dataset published by the Research Institute of Nature and Forest (INBO). It is part of the Meetnetten.be suite of monitoring networks for priority species in Flanders, in which data are collected at fixed locations using a standardized protocol (https://meetnetten.be). This dataset contains exuviae (larval skin remained behind after ecdysis) counts for 1 priority dragonfly species (Gomphus flavipes). Here it is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each sampling event an eventID, date, location and sampling protocol (in the event core), the length of the transect (in the measurement or fact extension) and for each occurrence an occurrenceID, the number of recorded individuals, status (present/absent), life stage, sex and scientific name (in the occurrence extension). Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/inbo/meetnetten-occurrences/issues

Generalized and/or withheld information: as these are sensitive priority species, location information is generalized to 1, 5 or 10 km Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid cells. Original locations are available upon request.

We have released this dataset to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver. We would appreciate it if you follow the INBO norms for data use (https://www.inbo.be/en/norms-data-use) when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don't hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via opendata@inbo.be.

For all published Meetnetten.be datasets, see https://www.gbif.org/dataset/search?project_id=meetnetten.be

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 245 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
245
Occurrence 
735
MeasurementOrFacts 
540

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Please be aware, this is an old version of the dataset.  Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Piesschaert F, De Knijf G, Brosens D, Westra T, Desmet P, Ledegen H, Pollet M (2020): Meetnetten.be - Exuviae counts for dragonflies in Flanders, Belgium. v1.6. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Dataset/Samplingevent. https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=meetnetten-libellen-larvenhuidjes-occurrences&v=1.6

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 64d7725a-4743-461a-ac17-956bffef577b.  Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Samplingevent; Odonata; dragonflies; damselflies; monitoring; priority species; Flanders

Contacts

Frederik Piesschaert
  • Point Of Contact
researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
Geert De Knijf
  • Originator
Researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
Dimitri Brosens
  • Metadata Provider
Researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)/ Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
Toon Westra
  • Originator
Researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
Peter Desmet
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
Hannes Ledegen
Marc Pollet
  • Originator
Research manager
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
Dimitri Brosens
  • Metadata Provider
researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)/ Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
Frederik Piesschaert
  • Point Of Contact
researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE

Geographic Coverage

Flanders, Belgium

Bounding Coordinates South West [50.67, 2.53], North East [51.51, 5.94]

Taxonomic Coverage

The target dragonfly species for Meetnetten.be are listed at https://meetnetten.be/#group-6. Other dragonflies observed during the sampling are momentarily not included. This dataset covers the larval skin protocol, for which there is 1 target species. In a later phase, when the monitoring of Gomphus vulgatissimus is operational, more data will be included.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta (insects)
Order Odonata (dragonflies)
Species Gomphus flavipes (Rivierrombout)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2016-01-01 / 2019-12-31

Project Data

Meetnetten.be is a suite of monitoring networks through which the Flemish Government is collecting high-quality information on 65 priority plant and animal species. These are species on which Flanders has to report to Europe in the framework of the Habitats and Birds Directives, but also other species that are important for the Flemish nature policy.

Title Meetnetten.be
Identifier meetnetten.be
Funding Flemish Government
Study Area Description Flanders, Belgium
Design Description Each monitoring network consists of fixed sample locations in which the target species is counted based on a standardized protocol. Data collection relies mainly on specialized volunteers, coordinated by the NGO Natuurpunt Studie. Fieldwork is planned and monitored with the web tool https://meetnetten.be, which is also used for entering the collected data.

The personnel involved in the project:

Frederic Piesschaert

Sampling Methods

Sampling was done using the protocol described in De Knijf et al. (2019) and explained to volunteers in Ledegen et al. (2017). 1. Gomphus flavipes (River Clubtail/ Rivierrombout): During a count of larval skins, the riparian bank is slowly crossed over a length of 500 m and every larval skin found is collected. The location is preferably read with a GPS. Each transect is visited once every 10 days and this in the period from 1 June to 15 August (6 visits in total).

Study Extent 1. Gomphus flavipes (River Clubtail / Rivierrombout) occurs in medium-sized to large rivers, preferably with sandy substrate. The habitat of the Flemish population is somewhat different as the species reproduces her in a busy canal with concrete banks (De Knijf et al. 2013). We follow up on this species by counting the larval skins.
Quality Control Data are collected using a predefined sampling protocol.

Method step description:

  1. Researchers from INBO and Natuurpunt Studie define and document the appropriate sampling protocol for the target species.
  2. Fieldwork is planned and coordinated by Natuurpunt Studie, using https://meetnetten.be.
  3. Data are collected in the field by specialized volunteers, using the predefined sampling protocol.
  4. Volunteers enter the collected data in https://meetnetten.be.
  5. A custom SQL view is created in the meetnetten.be database to map the original data to Darwin Core as an event core, occurrence extension and measurement or fact extension.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. De Knijf G, Ledegen H & Westra T (2019) Monitoringsprotocol Libellen. Versie – 2.0. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 2019 (49). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, Brussel. https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.17262395
  2. De Knijf G., Adriaens T., Vermylen R. & Van der Schoot P. 2013. Ontdekking van een populatie Rivierrombout (Gomphus flavipes) op het Albertkanaal (België), een van de drukst bevaren kanalen van Europa, en een overzicht van de status in West- en Midden-Europa. Brachytron, 16: 3-17.
  3. Ledegen H & De Knijf G (2017) Veldwerkhandleiding Libellen. Natuurpunt Studie, Mechelen.

Additional Metadata

We like to thank the "Libellenvereniging Vlaanderen” (https://www.odonata.be) for their input in creating this dataset.

Alternative Identifiers 64d7725a-4743-461a-ac17-956bffef577b
https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=meetnetten-libellen-larvenhuidjes-occurrences