Description
Records were compiled from a number of events primarily led by staff of the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) and White River Partnership (WRP). In 2005, VINS environmental citizenship program director Jenna Guarino worked with Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VTDEC) aquatic biologist Jim Kellogg and 6 local ‘Teen River Stewards’ to conduct the first sampling of portions of the White River mainstem and some of its major tributaries. After finding nearly 85% of the trapped crayfish were non-native rusty crayfish (Faxonius rusticus, formerly Orconectes rusticus), primarily from the mainstem of the White (rather than tributaries) the teen stewards worked with VINS, WRP and VTDEC staff to conduct an educational outreach and training at the White River National Fish Hatchery in Bethel.
In 2010 VTDEC aquatic biologists partnered with watershed education consultant Jenna Guarino to offer a workshop to White River watershed teachers who wanted to help track the spread of rusty crayfish. Six teachers participated in the workshop and implemented at least one day of trapping with their students. A first known occurrence of Bigwater crayfish (Cambarus robustus) in the White River watershed was documented during the workshop (several more occurrences have been documented since then). Quality-assured data collected by schools was shared with state biologist Jim Kellogg, who built a Vermont crayfish species database and distribution map.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence 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 428 records.
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
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Guarino J, Kellogg J, Russ M, Shands B, Miller E, Ruddel D, Arbruster J (2022): White River Partnership Vermont Crayfish Records. v1.1. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=wrpcrayfish&v=1.1
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Vermont Center for Ecostudies. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: d422028c-43cd-44af-8e8c-d3cf11dfe14c. Vermont Center for Ecostudies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.
Keywords
Occurrence; Observation
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Geographic Coverage
White River, Vermont, USA
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [43.549, -72.729], North East [43.945, -72.169] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
crayfish of Vermont
| Order | Decapoda (crayfish) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2011-01-01 / 2019-01-01 |
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Sampling Methods
Since 2010 WRP has worked with watershed teachers and students to monitor crayfish throughout the White River watershed. Typically baited, funnel-style minnow traps are placed overnight before sampling, and students supplement the trap catch with additional crayfish caught with small hand nets or bare hands.
| Study Extent | White River, Vermont |
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| Quality Control | WRP quality-assures data collected by teachers and students using a standardized field sheet (see https://whiteriverpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/WRP-crayfish-field-sheet-2015.pdf), and shares the data with the state for inclusion in the Vermont crayfish species database and distribution map. |
Method step description:
- see above
Bibliographic Citations
- Jennifer Guarino, Cristina Gastador, and Emily Miller (2012). Field Guide to the CRAYFISH OF THE WHITE RIVER WATERSHED, East-Central Vermont. https://whiteriverpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Field-Guide-to-the-Crayfish-of-the-White-River-Watershed.pdf
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | d422028c-43cd-44af-8e8c-d3cf11dfe14c |
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| https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=wrpcrayfish |