Description
A BioBlitz brings together taxonomic experts, citizen scientists and the general public to inventory all species (plants, animals, fungi and more) in a particular area over a 24 hour period. Participants record all the organisms they find, then experts verify their identity. As the Blitz proceeds and after it is done, the species records are compiled into a single data set- our species list. This resource represents all species sighted or collected from each of the flagship Ontario BioBlitz events hosted under the Ontario BioBlitz program. Records include observations or collections from the following BioBlitz events: Rouge Watershed BioBlitz 2012, Rouge Watershed BioBlitz 2013, Humber Watershed BioBlitz 2014, Don Watershed BioBlitz 2015, Credit Watershed BioBlitz 2016, and Rouge Watershed BioBlitz 2017. Species records may be modified as further information becomes available. Visit our website at www.ontariobioblitz.ca to learn more about the Ontario BioBlitz program!
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 5,414 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Telfer A (2015): Ontario BioBlitz Species Records. v4.6. Royal Ontario Museum. Dataset/Occurrence. http://doi.org/10.5886/mc7h1q
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Royal Ontario Museum. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 2c12acd9-1600-487d-a809-2c2743381112. Royal Ontario Museum publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Canada Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Observation
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| Canadensys Explorer | http://data.canadensys.net/explorer/en/resources/ontariobioblitz UTF-8 HTML |
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| GBIF data portal | http://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c12acd9-1600-487d-a809-2c2743381112 UTF-8 HTML |
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- User ●
- Point Of Contact
- Point Of Contact
Geographic Coverage
Data included in this release was collected from the Rouge River Watershed, Humber River Watershed, Don River Watershed, and Credit River Waterhsed from the Greater Toronto area of Ontario. Sector information is provided in the DwC file. For Rouge Watershed records, please refer to the map available at www.ontariobioblitz.ca to match sector numbers to their region of the watershed.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [43.38, -94.07], North East [55.91, -78.2] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Fungi, Animalia, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Ontario BioBlitz |
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| Funding | Funding and in-kind support for the Ontario BioBlitz program is provided its partner organizations, listed on the Ontario BioBlitz program under the Sponsors header. Partner organizations change each year depending on where the BioBlitz is hosted. Sponsers for the Ontario BioBlitz program include the Biodiversity Education and Awareness Network (BEAN), Pizza Pizza, Maple Lodge Farms, Weetabix, and Organic Meadow. In 2017, the Rouge Watershed BioBlitz was also supported as part of the BioBlitz Canada 150 initiative. |
| Study Area Description | Different locations within the Rouge River Watershed, Humber River Watershed, Don River Watershed and Credit River Watershed were selected based on expected biodiversity, availability to the public, and/or lack of data collection in a specific area. |
| Design Description | Expert taxonomists and naturalists survey a given area in an attempt to discover as many species as they can within a 24 hour time period. A great emphasis is placed on inclusion of the public, to increase awareness of and excitement about biodiversity. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Curator
Sampling Methods
Various methods were used to survey taxa across all kingdoms of life.
| Study Extent | All specimens were collected in a 24 hour time period. Some specimen identification took place within this 24 h time frame, however the specimen can be identified and verified at any point after the BioBlitz. BioBlitz dates are as follows: the first Rouge Watershed BioBlitz was June 15 to 16, 2012. The second Rouge Watershed BioBlitz occurred on September 13 and 14, 2013. The Humber Watershed BioBlitz occurred May 24 and 25, 2014. The Don Watershed BioBlitz occurred June 13 and 14, 2015, the Credit Watershed BioBlitz occurred June 11 and 12, 2016, and finally the third Rouge Watershed BioBlitz occurred June 24 and 25, 2017. |
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| Quality Control | Experts in their respective fields were responsible for leading a team of volunteers in the collection, identification, and verification of specimens. |
Method step description:
- Description of how to run a BioBlitz available at http://www.ontariobioblitz.ca/protocol-guide.html
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Royal Ontario Museum |
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| Collection Identifier | ROM |
| Parent Collection Identifier | Not applicable |
Additional Metadata
More information is available at our website, www.ontariobioblitz.ca
| Purpose | A BioBlitz brings together taxonomic experts, citizen scientists and the general public to inventory all species (plants, animals, fungi and more) in a particular area over a 24 hour period. Participants record all the organisms they find, then experts verify their identity. As the Blitz proceeds and after it is done, the species records are compiled into a single data set: the species list, which provides a snapshot of the biodiversity in that location on that date. The Ontario BioBlitz program is led by a partnership of some of the province's leading conservation, education and research organizations. Our collective goal is to connect scientists with the public, promote citizen science, and to work together to increase awareness of Ontario's biodiversity and encourage local surveys of familiar and little known organisms. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | doi:10.5886/mc7h1q |
| 2c12acd9-1600-487d-a809-2c2743381112 | |
| http://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=ontariobioblitz |