PIE LTER surveys of salt marsh breeding birds using point counts in Rowley and Newbury, Massachusetts

Summary

Short name: 

HTL-MAR-BreedingBirds

Abstract: 

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.

Data set ID: 

175

EML revision ID: 

9
Published on EDI/LTER Data Portal

Citation Suggestion: 

Buchsbaum, R., 2022. PIE LTER surveys of salt marsh breeding birds using point counts in Rowley and Newbury, Massachusetts Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/9e12a38b5271480cceedde1849a5af12