Nariva Swamp
Basic information
Sample name: Nariva Swamp

Reference: W. A. Bonadie. 1998. The ecology of Roystonea oleracea Palm Swamp Forest in the Nariva Swamp (Trinidad). Wetlands 18(2):249-255 [ER 701]
Geography
Country: Trinidad and Tobago


Coordinate: 10° 25' N, 61° 5' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Nariva Swamp
elevation sea level to 8 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical wetland

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 27.4

CMT: 25.4

MAP: 1720.0

Habitat comments: climate data based on station 78970 (Piarco International Airport)

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 5

Site area: 0.25

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 95 individuals

Years: 1995

Size min: 10

Basal area: 7.1825

Sampling comments: "five plots of size 20 × 25 m"

Metadata
Sample number: 1015

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-07-13 13:30:17

Modified: 2014-07-13 05:18:58

Abundance distribution
7 species
2 singletons
total count 95
extrapolated richness: 11.3
Fisher's α: 1.743
geometric series k: 0.5160
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6227
Shannon's H: 1.2877
Good's u: 0.9789
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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