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East Twin Pond (larvae)
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Basic information
Sample name: East Twin Pond (larvae)

Reference: E. J. Kormondy and J. L. Gower. 1965. Life history variations in an association of Odonata. Ecology 46(6):882-886 [ER 1077]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Pennsylvania


Coordinate: 41° 39' N, 80° 25' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "five miles south of Linesville" (basis of coordinate)

Environment
Habitat: lake

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: open water

Habitat comments: the pond "arose about 50 years ago from the bisecting of a 0.7-acre impoundment by a roadway" and has "a maximum depth of 1.0 m and a surface area of 0.3 acres"

Methods
Life forms: odonates

Sampling methods: no design,sieves

Sample size: 229 individuals

Years: 1961, 1962

Sampling comments: "the larval population was sampled eight times. A square frame was constructed of two lengths of steel 25 X 4 mm hinged near their ends to enclose a basal area of .25 M2. Fine-mesh nylon was attached to the frame forming a bag about 1 m long. In operation, the opened frame was dropped into the water from a boat"

Metadata
Sample number: 1589

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-05-23 19:24:54

Modified: 2020-01-14 09:45:14

Abundance distribution
14 species
2 singletons
total count 229
extrapolated richness: 20.5
Fisher's α: 3.288
geometric series k: 0.7327
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8162
Shannon's H: 1.9401
Good's u: 0.9913
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Current reference: Shotwell 1968 (ER 3992)