Critical Habitats and Key Biodiversity Features monitoring in the Cuenca Marina Austral-1 on-shore area, Tierra del Fuego, Total Austral

Sampling event Observation
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22 July 2025
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Description

The information in this dataset was collected during a campaign made by the biodiversity consultant "BIOSUM", which is in charge of the biodiversity assessment in the Cuenca Marina Austral-1 on shore (CMA-1 on-shore) The campaign was developed in the frame of the preparation of a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) for the area. A BAP is a mandatory document each Total Austral´s operational site has to prepare. It compiles conservation actions that then must be implemented. In order to be able to define these conservation actions, a first step is to collect high-quality scientific data of the area to analyze its current biodiversity status. Therefore, a critical habitat and key biodiversity features monitoring was conducted to this end. 

Data Records

The data in this sampling event 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 55 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
55
Occurrence 
396

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Austral S.A T, Gómez Arismendi M S (2025). Critical Habitats and Key Biodiversity Features monitoring in the Cuenca Marina Austral-1 on-shore area, Tierra del Fuego, Total Austral. Version 1.2. TotalEnergies. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.mincyt.gob.ar/resource?r=habitat-critico-se&v=1.2

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Keywords

Samplingevent; Observation

Contacts

Total Austral S.A
  • Originator
  • Affiliate
Total Energies
Ushuahia
Tierra del Fuego
AR
Total Austral S.A
  • Originator
BIOSUM S.R.L
Ushuahia
Tierra del Fuego
AR
María Sol Gómez Arismendi
  • Point Of Contact
TotalEnergies, Total Austral
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
AR
María Sol Gómez Arismendi
  • Point Of Contact
  • Biodiversity Intern
Total Austral
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
FR
Steve Dickinson
  • Point Of Contact
  • Group Biodiversity Specialist
Total Energies
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
AR

Geographic Coverage

The observations were made within the Cañadón Alfa-Ara deposit. This deposit is located in the northeast end of the Tierra del Fuego Great Island, bordering at the east with Chile, at approximately 130 km to the northeast of the locality of Río Grande. Only on-shore territory from said deposit was surveyed in this campaign.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-52.928, -68.605], North East [-52.667, -68.314]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Plantae, Animalia
Phylum Bryophyta, Tracheophyta, Chordata
Class Bryopsida, Magnoliopsida, Liliopsida, Aves
Order Asterales, Anseriformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes, Poales, Falconiformes, Gruiformes, Pottiales, Charadriiformes, Lamiales, Caryophyllales, Sphenisciformes, Rosales, Procellariiformes, Apiales
Family Troglodytidae, Laridae, Plantaginaceae, Rosaceae, Procellariidae, Thraupidae, Cyperaceae, Apiaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Spheniscidae, Poaceae, Thinocoridae, Juncaceae, Threskiornithidae, Charadriidae, Pottiaceae, Furnariidae, Phoenicopteridae, Passerellidae, Falconidae, Turdidae, Rallidae, Icteridae, Asteraceae, Anatidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2024-04-11 / 2024-04-15

Sampling Methods

On each of the sites identified, active routes were made, in order to describe the Key Biodiversity Features found and register those that may be more sensitive in the different Critical Habitats of the area. In each sector, areas of interest for conservation were visited. (interior lakes, coastal lakes, grassland and shrubland covered slopes, wandering rocks, shore cliff, estuaries, river, dunes) To test the floristic component, the quadrant and walking transect was used, randomly defined, for low-detectability individuals census. The faunistic component was surveyed using a combination of methods (vehicular transect census, walking transects, traces search on typical microhabitats, observation stations and traps (both phototrapping and live traps) In the dataset, there are some abbreviations regarding the different sampling spots. Here the specification of what each abbreviaton means: E = Wild fauna monitoring station (comes from Estación de monitoreo de fauna silvestre in spanish) C = Vegetation sampling cuadrant (comes from Cuadrante de muestreo de vegetación in spanish) VP = Vantage Point T =Transect TV = Vehicular transect

Study Extent In order to detect Key Biodiversity Features and Critical Habitats in the field, we used the delimitations of the three sectors that came from the diagnosis. In each sector, access roads, infraestructure, landscape units, morphoestructural units, vegetal formations and their spatial location were identified preliminarily.
Quality Control For the flora specific identification, the Flora del Cono Sur Documenta Flora Australis: http://conosur.floraargentina.edu.ar/) and Flora Vascular de la República Argentina Zuloaga y Belgrano, 2015) nomenclature was followed. The fauna specific identification was made, using the most recent online data bases for their correct nomenclature. In the case of reptiles, Uetz et al. (2023) was followed, for aves Remsen (2024) was followed for the scientific nomenclature and Monteleone y Pagano (2022) for the vernacular names. For the mammals identification, Teta et al. (2024) was followed.

Method step description:

  1. This campaign included two parts: the first one was the data collection, the second one included the Key Biodiversity Features sensitivity qualification and selection of those who were more sensitive, for a further characterization and definition of possible conservation actions. Maps georeferencing detection points of these Key Biodiversity Features and Key Biodiversity Features interest areas were confectioned.

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements The data collection for this dataset was made by BIOSUM S.R.L, which is the consultant in charge of both the environmental and biodiversity assesment in the CMA-1 on-shore area. 
Alternative Identifiers https://ipt.mincyt.gob.ar/resource?r=habitat-critico-se