Seasonal Spring Flora and Fauna Monitoring Campaign in Cuenca Marina Austral- 1 on-shore Tierra del Fuego, Argentina 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 several campaigns 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 campaigns were 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 the area. 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 seasonal flora and fauna spring monitoring campaign  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 133 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)
133
Occurrence 
963

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How to cite

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BIOSUM S.R.L, Austral S.A T, Gómez Arismendi M S (2025). Seasonal Spring Flora and Fauna Monitoring Campaign in Cuenca Marina Austral- 1 on-shore Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Total Austral. Version 1.1. TotalEnergies. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.mincyt.gob.ar/resource?r=informe-bio-biosum&v=1.1

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Keywords

Samplingevent; Observation

Contacts

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

Geographic Coverage

The survey was made within the CMA-1 on-shore area, particularly within the Cañadón Alfa deposit area.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-52.909, -69.609], North East [-52.665, -68.604]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Plantae, Animalia, Fungi
Phylum Bryophyta, Tracheophyta, Ascomycota, Chordata
Class Bryopsida, Lecanoromycetes, Magnoliopsida, Liliopsida, Aves, Reptilia, Mammalia
Order Santalales, Geraniales, Squamata, Asterales, Anseriformes, Artiodactyla, Ericales, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes, Ranunculales, Poales, Falconiformes, Asparagales, Lecanorales, Gruiformes, Gunnerales, Pottiales, Charadriiformes, Boraginales, Lamiales, Caryophyllales, Podicipediformes, Rosales, Fabales, Brassicales, Procellariiformes, Oxalidales, Maipighiales, Apiales
Family Oxalidaceae, Troglodytidae, Tyrannidae, Laridae, Plantaginaceae, Rosaceae, Procellariidae, Motacillidae, Ranunculaceae, Thraupidae, Cyperaceae, Podicipedidae, Apiaceae, Haematopodidae, Caryophyllaceae, Iridaceae, Polygonaceae, Gunneraceae, Plumbaginaceae, Calceolariaceae, Ericaceae, Scolopacidae, Poaceae, Geraniaceae, Brassicaceae, Juncaceae, Camelidae, Fabaceae, Violaceae, Threskiornithidae, Charadriidae, Liolaemidae, Parmeliaceae, Boraginaceae, Pottiaceae, Hirundinidae, Calyceraceae, Furnariidae, Schoepfiaceae, Passerellidae, Falconidae, Beberidaceae, Turdidae, Rallidae, Icteridae, Amaranthaceae, Asteraceae, Anatidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2024-11-21 / 2024-11-28
Start Date / End Date 2025-02-04 / 2025-02-11

Sampling Methods

The floral component was surveyed developing a stratified systematic survey. The surveying technique was the quadrant technique, assigning a cover percentage to each especies present in the quadrant. This variable is a non-destructive variable for measuring abundance. 50 quadrants were surveyed, which were already surveyed in previous campaigns. Each quadrant had a 25 m2 surface. The faunal component was surveyed using different techniques for each animal group particularly. The study had already been stratified in 6 biotic units, each of them being surveyed particularly with a systematic sampling technique. Moreover, for some animal groups, asystematic sampling was made, but those observatios were not taken into account for the abundance calculations, only for species richness. 51 sampling stations were surveyed. Reptiles The survey was made through free active searching of individuals and the exhaustive potential microhabitat checking the only reported reptile species in CMA-1, Liolaemus magallanicus. This method was repeated for the 51 stations. In each one of them, walking transects were done, each one longer than 200 m. The counting of individuals was made by visual encounter following the Ojasti and Dallmeier criterio. During the transect survey, indirect evidence of reptile presence was registered such as caves or stool. The individuals encountered were captured, sexed and its snout-vent length (SVL) was registered. Birdlife This group was surveyed using the Brandolin, et.al (2007) counting method on each station registering every individual seen or heard for 10 minutes. Associated to each sampling station, there was a walking transect, to identify and register individual which may be hidden. Asystematic sampling was also made, through vehicular travelling of the area. Individual sighting was made through fotographic cameras with a 300 m telephoto lens and binoculars.

Study Extent This campaign attempted to describe the local biodiversity in Cuenca Marina Austral- 1 on-shore, both flora and fauna from its different environmental strata. The study prioritizes both the communities´ structural description, from biological indices and dominance-abundance curves, as well as the detection of non-registered especies.
Quality Control Birdlife: Before starting the survey, there was a 1-minute habituation time to ensure the birds were not warded off. The field identification of the species was made using the field and song guides from Narosky and Yzurieta (2010) and López-Lanús (2020). Moreover for the orders, families, scientific names and vernacular names for the birds observed Monteleone and Pagano (2022) and Remsen et.al (2025) was consulted. Mammals: The individual and bone remains identification was made following Olrog and Lucero (1981) Redford and Eisenberg, (1992) and the keys from Braun and Díaz (1999), Díaz (2000) and the Jayap et al. (2006), Agnolin et al. (2008), Jayap et al. (2011) and Barquez and Díaz (2020) descriptions.

Method step description:

  1. Step description The survey was made following the steps on each sampling method already described.

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements
Alternative Identifiers https://ipt.mincyt.gob.ar/resource?r=informe-bio-biosum