PIE LTER surveys of salt marsh breeding birds using point counts in Rowley and Newbury, Massachusetts (Reformatted to the ecocomDP Design Pattern)

• Main Authors: Robert Buchsbaum, Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2021
• Subjects: Population Dynamics; breeding birds; population dynamics; Parker River National Wildlife Refuge; PIE LTER; Plum Island; Plum Island Ecosystems; point counts; saltmarsh birds; saltmarsh sparrow; Mass Audubon; communities; community composition; community dynamics; community patterns; species composition; species diversity; species richness; ecocomDP; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; Accipiter Accipiter cooperii; Actitis Actitis macularius; Agelaius Agelaius phoeniceus; Anas Anas platyrhynchos; Anas Anas rubripes; Anas Anas strepera; Ardea Ardea alba; Ardea Ardea herodias; Baeolophus Baeolophus bicolor; Bombycilla Bombycilla cedrorum; Branta Branta canadensis; Buteo Buteo jamaicensis; Butorides Butorides virescens; Calidris Calidris minutilla; Cardinalis Cardinalis cardinalis; Cathartes Cathartes aura; Catharus Catharus fuscescens; Chaetura Chaetura pelagica; Charadrius Charadrius vociferus; Cistothorus Cistothorus palustris; Coccyzus Coccyzus americanus; Coccyzus Coccyzus erythropthalmus; Colaptes Colaptes auratus; Contopus Contopus virens; Corvus Corvus brachyrhynchos; Corvus Corvus ossifragus; Cyanocitta Cyanocitta cristata; Cygnus Cygnus olor; Dolichonyx Dolichonyx oryzivorus; Dumetella Dumetella carolinensis; Egretta Egretta thula; Empidonax Empidonax traillii; Gallinago Gallinago delicata; Geothlypis Geothlypis trichas; Haliaeetus Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Hirundo Hirundo rustica; Hylocichla Hylocichla mustelina; Icterus Icterus galbula; Icterus Icterus spurius; Larus Larus argentatus; Larus Larus marinus; Melanerpes Melanerpes carolinus; Meleagris Meleagris gallopavo; Melospiza Melospiza melodia; Mimus Mimus polyglottos; Molothrus Molothrus ater; Myiarchus Myiarchus crinitus; Pandion Pandion haliaetus; Passer Passer domesticus; Phalacrocorax Phalacrocorax auritus; Phasianus Phasianus colchicus; Pheucticus Pheucticus ludovicianus; Pipilo Pipilo erythrophthalmus; Piranga Piranga olivacea; Plegadis Plegadis falcinellus; Poecile Poecile atricapillus; Quiscalus Quiscalus quiscula; Rallus Rallus limicola; Sayornis Sayornis phoebe; Seiurus Seiurus aurocapilla; Setophaga Setophaga petechia; Setophaga Setophaga ruticilla; Sialia Sialia sialis; Sitta Sitta carolinensis; Spizella Spizella passerina; Sterna Sterna hirundo; Sternula Sternula antillarum; Sturnus Sturnus vulgaris; Tachycineta Tachycineta bicolor; Thryothorus Thryothorus ludovicianus; Toxostoma Toxostoma rufum; Tringa Tringa melanoleuca; Tringa Tringa semipalmata; Troglodytes Troglodytes aedon; Turdus Turdus migratorius; Tyrannus Tyrannus tyrannus; Vireo Vireo gilvus; Vireo Vireo olivaceus; Zenaida Zenaida macroura; Accipiter cooperii; Actitis macularius; Agelaius phoeniceus; Ammospiza maritima; Anas platyrhynchos; Anas rubripes; Anas strepera; Ardea alba; Ardea herodias; Baeolophus bicolor; Bombycilla cedrorum; Branta canadensis; Buteo jamaicensis; Butorides virescens; Calidris minutilla; Cardinalis cardinalis; Carduelis tristis; Carpodacus mexicanus; Cathartes aura; Catharus fuscescens; Ceryle alcyon; Chaetura pelagica; Charadrius vociferus; Cistothorus palustris; Coccyzus americanus; Coccyzus erythropthalmus; Colaptes auratus; Contopus virens; Corvus brachyrhynchos; Corvus ossifragus; Cyanocitta cristata; Cygnus olor; Dendroica petechia; Dolichonyx oryzivorus; Dumetella carolinensis; Egretta thula; Empidonax traillii; Gallinago delicata; Geothlypis trichas; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Hirundo rustica; Hylocichla mustelina; Icterus galbula; Icterus spurius; Larus argentatus; Larus marinus; Melanerpes carolinus; Meleagris gallopavo; Melospiza melodia; Mimus polyglottos; Molothrus ater; Myiarchus crinitus; Pandion haliaetus; Passer domesticus; Phalacrocorax auritus; Phasianus colchicus; Pheucticus ludovicianus; Picoides pubescens; Picoides villosus; Pipilo erythrophthalmus; Piranga olivacea; Plegadis falcinellus; Poecile atricapillus; Quiscalus quiscula; Rallus limicola; Sayornis phoebe; Seiurus aurocapilla; Setophaga petechia; Setophaga ruticilla; Sialia sialis; Sitta carolinensis; Spizella passerina; Sterna hirundo; Sternula antillarum; Sturnus vulgaris; Tachycineta bicolor; Thryothorus ludovicianus; Toxostoma rufum; Tringa melanoleuca; Tringa semipalmata; Troglodytes aedon; Turdus migratorius; Tyrannus tyrannus; Vireo gilvus; Vireo olivaceus; Zenaida macroura; Olor; Phoebe; Cygnus cygnus; Nelson Island
• Online Access: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/336/2

This data package is formatted as an ecocomDP (Ecological Community Data Pattern). For more information on ecocomDP see https://github.com/EDIorg/ecocomDP. This Level 1 data package was derived from the Level 0 data package found here: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-pie/175/8. The abstract below was extracted from the Level 0 data package and is included for context: This data set contains the results of point count surveys of breeding birds in the salt marshes of the Plum Island Estuary. Surveys have been carried out each year in June beginning in 2004 and are ongoing. Currently six circles of 100 m  radius are being surveyed. Three of the circles are in plots that had been regularly hayed and three in unhayed plots. Currently only one of the plots is regularly hayed. 85 species recorded as of 2020. Most frequently encountered are Agelaius phoeniceus, Ammospiza caudacuta, Tringa semipalmata. The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER is developing a predictive understanding of the response of a linked watershed-marsh-estuarine system in northeastern Massachusetts to rapid environmental change. Over the last 30 years, surface sea water temperatures in the adjacent Gulf of Maine have risen at 3 times the global average, rates of sea-level rise have accelerated, and precipitation has increased. Coupled with these changes in climate and sea level are substantial changes within the rapidly urbanizing watersheds that influence water, sediment, and nutrient delivery to the marsh and estuary. In PIE IV our focus is on: Dynamics of coastal ecosystems in a region of rapid climate change, sea-level rise, and human impacts. NSF OCE LTER-Plum Island Ecosystems: Dynamics of coastal ecosystems in a region of rapid climate change, sea-level rise, and human impacts.