Status: 

Completed

Title

Bromeliad invertebrate counts at different elevations in the LEF
Summary

DOI: 

10.6073/pasta/2554442977cd67cbaccd60d7ca1e3638

Short name: 

LUQMetadata131

Data set ID: 

131

Abstract: 

Identification and number of invertebrates recovered from each bromeliad sampled. Collection details of bromeliads collected for invertebrate community and diversity analysis from 3 localities in the Luquillo Experimental Forest. Dates, elevations and forest types, plant size, amounts, pH and temp. of contained water, weights of debris retained by the bromeliads, and counts of organisms, identified to species or morphospecies, collected from each plant.

Dates
Date Range: 
1993-12-01 00:00:00 to 2010-02-28 00:00:00

Publication Date: 

2011-06-07 00:00:00
People

Owner/Creator: 

Barbara A. Richardson

Contact: 

Barbara A. Richardson

Additional Project roles: 

Name: Eda Melendez-Colom Role: Data Manager
Name: Frederick Scatena (In Memorium) Role: Associated Researcher
Methodology

Methods: 

Plants to be collected were measured and removed from the substrate. For the main data set [1993-1997] 20 plants were sampled on most occasions from each site at each sampling. To assess any change over a period of time 10 plants were sampled from the same areas in 2010.For 2010. Retained water and litter was collected and measured. Plants were dismantled in the laboratory and all animals from plants, water, and retained litter were recovered and preserved, and subsequently counted and identified. For details see Richardson, B.A. 1999. The bromeliad microcosm and the assessment of faunal diversity in a neotropical forest. Biotropica 31:321-336.

Status: 

Completed

Time Period: 

Long-Term
Related

Related publications: 

A new species of Omicrus Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Puerto Rico and its larva, the first known larva of Omicrini
The Bromeliad Microcosm and the assessment of faunal diversity in a Neotropical forest
Effects of nutrient availability and other elevational changes on bromeliad populations and their invertebrate communities in a humid tropical forest in Puerto Rico

Related sites: 

El Verde Research Area tabonuco forest bromeliad plant collection
Pico del Este Research Area Tradewind Trail in Palo Colorado forest invertebrate communities litter sample site
El Verde Research Area El Toro Trail in Palo Colorado forest bromeliads collection area
Pico del Este Research Area Tradewind Trail in Palo Colorado forest bromeliads collection area
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Table 4 Long-Term Classification: 

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Program: 

EML is valid: 

Yes

EML Link: 

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Variables Descriptions Data File Date Rangesort ascending
Bromeliad invertebrate data 2010 File BromelianInvertebrateSeriesData2010.csv 2010-01-01 to 2010-02-28
Bromeliad invertebrate data 1993 to 1997 File BromelianInvertebrateSeriesData1993-97_2.csv 1993-12-01 to 1997-03-31