{"title":"EDP Baixo Sabor: Exploration Phase \u2013 Vascular Flora and Habitats: Compensatory Measures Program, Compensatory Measure MC1: improvement and restoration of the riparian gallery [2015-2020]","id":{"prefix":"https:\/\/deims.org\/dataset\/","suffix":"bb0754dd-7e69-4b29-b348-3f8017f73d6b"},"type":"dataset","created":"2024-12-16T13:13:48+01:00","changed":"2024-12-16T13:21:05+01:00","attributes":{"general":{"abstract":"The dataset contains records of vascular plants collected in the Vilari\u00e7a stream valley (Sabor sub-basin, NE Portugal) in the scope of the long-term Ecological Compensatory Measures Monitoring Program (PMC) of the Baixo Sabor Hydroelectric Dams (AHBS), promoted by EDP \u2013 Energias de Portugal, S.A, to assess the temporal effects of the implementation of Compensatory Measure 1 (MC1): \u201cVilari\u00e7a Stream Compensatory Habitat (vegetation component)\u201d, namely the improvement (MC1.3) and the recovery (MC1.4) of the riparian gallery in the terminal stretch (2-5 kms) of the stream, following the dam construction. This dataset includes results of surveys made in ten sampling stations located along the Vilari\u00e7a stream (downstream and upstream the new adduction system implemented in the stream and in several water lines of the Sabor sub-basin, from June 2015 to July 2020. To promote synergies, some control sites were used for other Compensatory Measures involving flora, vegetation and habitats (MC2, and MC3). Plant inventories were produced at each sampling site.\r\n","keywords":[{"label":"Southern riparian galleries and thickets","uri":null},{"label":"plant cover","uri":null},{"label":"species richness","uri":null}],"inspire":null,"dateRange":{"from":"2015-06-15","to":"2020-07-13"},"language":"English","relatedSite":[{"type":"site","title":"LTSER-Sabor - Portugal","id":{"prefix":"https:\/\/deims.org\/","suffix":"45722713-80e3-4387-a47b-82c97a6ef62b"},"changed":"2025-01-07T11:14:56+0100"}]},"contact":{"corresponding":[{"type":"organisation","name":"Rui Cortes","url":null,"ror":null}],"creator":[{"type":"person","name":"Pedro Beja","email":"pbeja@cibio.up.pt","orcid":" https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8164-0760"}],"metadataProvider":[{"type":"person","name":"Tiago M\u00farias","email":"tdsantos@cibio.up.pt","orcid":null}]},"observations":{"parameters":[{"label":"ecosystem parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20939"},{"label":"plant cover","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22188"},{"label":"plant diversity","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22191"},{"label":"plant species presence","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/10341"},{"label":"plant species richness","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22196"}],"speciesGroups":null},"geographic":[{"boundaries":"POLYGON ((-7.190552 41.596959, -6.465454 41.596959, -6.465454 41.110399, -7.190552 41.110399, -7.190552 41.596959))","abstract":"The data was collected within the watershed of the lower reaches of the Sabor river (NE Portugal). Specifically, field surveys were made in the area to be flooded by the two reservoirs of the Baixo Sabor Hydroelectric dams, and within a 5-km buffer around each reservoir. The areas in the region of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, within the municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo, Alf\u00e2ndega da F\u00e9, Macedo de Cavaleiros and Mogadouro","elevation":{"min":null,"max":null,"unit":"msl"}}],"onlineDistribution":{"dataPolicyUrl":[{"title":" GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility Free and open access to biodiversity data ","value":"https:\/\/www.gbif.org\/"}],"doi":null,"onlineLocation":[{"function":"file_download","url":{"title":"EDP Baixo Sabor: Exploration Phase \u2013 Vascular Flora and Habitats: Compensatory Measures Program, Compensatory Measure MC1: improvement and restoration of the riparian gallery [2015-2020]","value":"https:\/\/www.gbif.org\/dataset\/a3a1803a-1185-4f44-9a54-4ac3cd7af02c"},"email":null}]},"legal":{"accessUse":null,"rights":["Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers"],"legalAct":null,"citation":"Cortes R, Jesus J, Cresp\u00ed A, Almeida P, Santos C, Rocha J, Reis J, M\u00farias T (2023). EDP Baixo Sabor: Exploration Phase \u2013 Vascular Flora and Habitats: Compensatory Measures Program, Compensatory Measure MC1: improvement and restoration of the riparian gallery [2015-2020]. EDP. Sampling event dataset https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15468\/u7bsxt accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-16. "},"method":{"instrumentation":null,"qualityAssurance":null,"methodUrl":null,"methodDescription":["Sampling was designed to cover the last 5 km of the Vilari\u00e7a stream, upstream and downstream the adduction system (intervention sites). The downstream sites (4) corresponded to the improvement of the riparian gallery (MC1.3, \u201cVGR\u201d points), whereas the upstream sites (4) were dedicated to the restoration of the riparian gallery (MC1.4, \u201cRGR\u201d points). A set of controls (10 of the \u201cM\u201d type and 8 of the \u201cD\u201d type) were located in the Vilari\u00e7a stream, north of the intervention plots (2 \u201cM\u201d sites), and in seven small streams in the lower Sabor sub-basin, upstream the dam (8 \u201cM\u201d plots and 8 \u201cD\u201d plots).\r\n\r\nPlant inventories were performed at each site, once per season, depending on the respective flowering period, from March to September, encompassing between 10 and 15 work-days. They were carried out on samples of 100 m2 (50 x 2 m). The sampling plots were delimited using a braided nylon rope, previously graded, which followed the line of the riparian corridor for 50 m, to which 1 m in width was added for each side.\r\n\r\nThe entire floristic list was listed up to the taxonomic category of species or subspecies, and through visual estimates a degree of coverage was assigned to each cast member, in percentage. These data were used in the calculation of several structure and composition parameters (not recorded in this dataset, which deals only with the plant inventories. Coverage estimates are presented up to the minimum area equivalent to 1% (i.e. 4 m2 in plots of 20 m x 20 m and 1 m2 in those measuring 50 m x 2 m) and take a standard minimum value of 0.5% when the cover is less than 1%. The coverage of the natural regenerated trees, less than 1.30 m was recorded separately. Specimens of doubtful identification were collected and pressed between two sheets of paper for later identification and deposit in the Herbarium of Vila Real (HVR -according to Index Herbarium codes -Thiers, 2010). A list was kept of all species RELAPE, as well as of invasive\/infesting species in each inventory.\r\n"],"samplingTimeUnit":{"label":"minutes","uri":null},"spatialDesign":{"label":"stratified random","uri":null},"spatialScale":{"label":"plot","uri":null},"temporalResolution":{"label":"seasonally","uri":null}}}}