Description
The first expedition to Nassau Mountain was carried out as a Rapid Assessment by Conservation International between 25 October and 6 November 2005. The RAP expedition visited both Nassau and Lely Mts. No personnel of NZCS was involved, however some specimens are stored in the NZCS collections. In 2006 NZCS was asked to be involved in a search for the micro-endemic Hartiella crassicauda that was found at Nassau Mt. This trip was carried out between 29 March and 4 April 2006. During this trip observations on amphibians and reptiles were done as well, and some were collected. The team for this trip consisted of Jan Mol, Frank van der Lugt, Kenneth Wan Tong You, Paul Ouboter and Adrian Flynn. Based on the findings of the above-mentioned surveys, a third trip was organized from 15 to 24 July 2006, resulting in many additions to the herpetofauna of the area. The team for this trip was made up of Paul Ouboter, Rawien Jairam and Kenneth Wan Tong You. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was carried out for the Nassau area between 10 and 23 May 2010 as a preparation for bauxite mining. NZCS was only involved in the herpetological part. The team consisted of Usha Satnarain, Rawien Jairam and Kenneth Wan Tong You. In December 2014 a forth trip to Nassau Mountain was carried out by Antoine Fouguet and Rawien Jairam to collect amphibians.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 39 records.
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How to cite
Please be aware, this is an old version of the dataset. Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Ouboter P, Ouboter D, Kadosoe V (2018): Nassau Mountain Expeditions 2005/2006/2010/2014. v1.0. National Zoological Collection of Suriname (NZCS). Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=nassau-expeditions-2005-2006-2010&v=1.0
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GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 4792ce42-563a-40a5-b961-fcd7efa64ba0. National Zoological Collection of Suriname (NZCS) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; Amphibia; Nassau Mountain; Expeditions; 2005; 2006; 2010; 2014; Specimen; Amphibia
Contacts
- Principal Investigator
- Custodian Steward ●
- Originator
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- Distributor ●
- Point Of Contact
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Geographic Coverage
The geographic coverage for the Nassau Moountain Expeditions 2005/2006/2010/2014 encompasses the area of the bauxite plateaus of the Nassau Mountain and the valley of the Paramaka Creek.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [4.745, -54.629], North East [4.926, -54.494] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
All specimens from this expeditions were identified either to family, genus or species level.
| Order | Anura (Amphibians) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2005-10-25 / 2005-11-06 |
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| Start Date / End Date | 2006-03-29 / 2006-03-04 |
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| Start Date / End Date | 2006-07-15 / 2006-07-24 |
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| Start Date / End Date | 2010-05-10 / 2010-05-23 |
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| Start Date / End Date | 2014-12-15 / 2014-12-21 |
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Project Data
The first expedition to Nassau Mountain was carried out as a Rapid Assessment by Conservation International between 25 October and 6 November 2005. The RAP expedition visited both Nassau and Lely Mts. No personnel of NZCS was involved, however some specimens are stored in the NZCS collections. In 2006 NZCS was asked to be involved in a search for the micro-endemic Hartiella crassicauda that was found at Nassau Mt. This trip was carried out between 29 March and 4 April 2006. During this trip observations on amphibians and reptiles were done as well, and some were collected. Based on the findings of the above-mentioned surveys, a third trip was organized from 15 to 24 July 2006, resulting in many additions to the herpetofauna of the area. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was carried out for the Nassau area between 10 and 23 May 2010 as a preparation for bauxite mining. NZCS was only involved in the herpetological part. In December 2014 a forth trip to Nassau Mountain was carried out to collect amphibians.
| Title | A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Lely and Nassau Plateaus, Suriname (with additional information on the Brownsberg Plateau); Assessment of the distribution of Hartiella crassicauda (2005); Herpetofauna survey of Nassau Mountain (2006); Environmental Impact Assessment of Nassau Mountain (2010); Biogeography and pace of diversification in the Guiana Shield (2014) |
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| Funding | The Rap of 2005, the first trip of 2006 and the EIA of 2010 ware funded by BHP Billiton Maatschappij Suriname and Suriname Aluminum Company LLC (Suralco). The second trip of 2006 was funded by NZCS. The 2014 expedition was funded by CNRS (Frans National Centre for Scientific Research). |
| Study Area Description | Mesophytic and xerophytic tropical rainforest on bauxite cap at an altitude of about 600m. Also included in the study area is the Paramaka Creek, which is a clear water creek. |
| Design Description | Areas were sampled for amphibians and reptiles during the day and in the evening while using line transects. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
- Principal Investigator
- Principal Investigator
- Principal Investigator
- Curator
- Curator
Sampling Methods
The sampling methods were specific for amphibians and reptiles and fishes, which included transect walks, hand sampling and seining.
| Study Extent | Nassau Mountain plateaus were sampled sampled five times. |
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| Quality Control | In some cases the identification of specimens was rechecked by foreign experts. |
Method step description:
- Amphibians and reptiles were collected using line transects during night and day surveys and were collected by hand when encountered; Fishes were collected using dip nets and seining. 2. The specimens were labeled in the field and after identification a collection number was assigned to each specimen. 3. The vertebrate specimens were first preserved in formaldehyde and then transferred into 70% Ethanol. 4. All specimens were identified to species using literature and keys. Some specimens were identified abroad.
Collection Data
| Collection Name | NZCS Amfibieën Collectie |
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| Parent Collection Identifier | NZCS Vertebraten Collectie |
| Collection Name | NZCS Vissen Collectie |
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| Parent Collection Identifier | NZCS Vertebraten Collectie |
| Specimen preservation methods | Alcohol |
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| Curatorial Units | Count 39 +/- 1 Jars |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=nassau-expeditions-2005-2006-2010 |
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