Arthropod monitoring on Herschel Island

Modified Malaise traps are used to capture surface active and low-flying arthropods. Five-trap transects are established in two dominant shorebird foraging habitats that are used during the brood rearing period, i.e. wetlands and dry upland heath (1 transect/habitat), and run continuously from mid-J...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Donald Reid, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2015
Subjects:
Arthropods
Collembola
Diptera
Dry upland heath
Herschel Island
Insects
Lepidoptera
Malaise traps
Wetland
Yukon
International Polar Year-Arctic Wildlife Observatories Linking Vulnerable EcoSystems
Arctic
Herschel
International Polar Year
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/750
https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=750
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Summary:Modified Malaise traps are used to capture surface active and low-flying arthropods. Five-trap transects are established in two dominant shorebird foraging habitats that are used during the brood rearing period, i.e. wetlands and dry upland heath (1 transect/habitat), and run continuously from mid-June to early August. In 2009 we ran only 3 traps in a wetland habitat from mid-June to Mid-July. Traps are emptied every 48 hrs. Arthropods collected are classified to order. Some orders, such as Diptera and Collembola, are further classified to family and separated into size classes. Focussed collection of adult Lepidoptera is undertaken with hand nets, and specimens are identified to species. : Purpose: Record the seasonal variation in the abundance and activity of arthropods during the whole summer to (1) determine resource availability for shorebirds and (2) investigate the composition of the arthropod community. : Summary: Not Applicable

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