Field data for the Report on the 2005-2007 Survey of Selected Arthropods from Assateague Island National Seashore
Ries L. 2008. Field data for the Report on the 2005-2007 Survey of Selected Arthropods from Assateague Island National Seashore. National Park Service, Northeast Region, Inventory and Monitoring Program
A three year survey of the dragonflies, damselflies, butterflies, grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, leaf beetles and bees of Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) occurred from 2005 through 2007. Additional arthropod surveys were undertaken of the lower salt marsh (terrestrial environment) and the islanda??s freshwater ponds. Beyond these basic surveys all conspicuous arthropods when encountered were recorded and when possible photographed so that a "field guide" could be created for use by the general public. Information was organized in a detailed Project Database including those species that were photographed or kept as voucher specimens. A checklist of the dragonflies, damselflies and butterflies of the island was developed. The arthropods recorded from ASIS generally fell into three distinct categories. The first were the long-time resident species (barrier island specialists). These were the fewest in number but often had the highest numbers of individuals. The second were introduced mainland species that found suitable habitat on the island to maintain viable populations from a few years to a few decades or even longer. This category contained the most arthropod species found on the island. The final category were vagrants from either the adjacent mainland or north/south moving dispersals/migrants that did not establish a population, or succeeded in establishing a population for only a season or so.
- Type
- Geospatial Dataset
- Authors
- Ries, Lindsay
- Date of Issue
- 2008-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Northeast Region, Inventory and Monitoring Program
- Units
- ASIS
- Keywords
- Arthropods, ASIS, Assateague Island National Seashore, Bees, Biology, Butterflies, crickets, Damselflies, Dragonflies, Environment, grasshoppers, katydids, leaf beetles, Maryland