Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Mount Mansfield Photostudy: Transect Identifying Data - General

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    Photodocument human impact on Mount Mansfield alpine trails. Provide a baseline photographic database of disturbed alpine communities in the trailside zones of the Mount Mansfield Natural Area. Use this study and follow-up studies to examine the progress of alpine community recovery and assess the effectiveness of current management practices.

People

  • Matt Larson: Content Provider

  • John Plummer: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • disturbance patterns, human disturbance, locations, photo point imagery, soil disturbance,

Organizations

  • Green Mountain Club : lead

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates

    Data Table

    • Title: Transect Identifying Data - General
    • Start Date: 2004-07-01
    • End Date: 2004-07-30
    • Description: General data to recognize transect

    • Purpose: Provide a baseline photographic database of disturbed alpine communities in the trailside zones of the Mount Mansfield Natural Area

    • Condensed Title: Z0169_TransectNarrative

    • Object Name: VMC.169.348

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Matt Larson. 2004. Transect Identifying Data - General. Green Mountain Club. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/manage/project/169/dataset/348/info

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/mount-mansfield-photostudy/dataset/transect-identifying-data-general

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Quadrat_Photo
      • Label: Quadrat Photo
      • Description: Quadrat photo file name
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Cluster_Num
      • Label: Cluster Number
      • Description: Unique cluster ID
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Date
      • Label: Photo Date
      • Description: Date photo was taken
      • Storage Type: datetime
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      • String Format: MM/DD/YYYY
      Attribute Name: Time
      • Label: Photo Time
      • Description: Time photo was taken
      • Storage Type: datetime
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      Attribute Name: Cam_Ht
      • Label: Camera Height
      • Description: Height of camera at which photo was taken
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Pin_Trail_Dist
      • Label: Pin to Trail Distance
      • Description: Distance from location pin to trail
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Pin_Corner
      • Label: Location Pin Corner
      • Description: Location of pin corner in quadrat frame
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Quadrat_Frame
      • Label: Quadrat Frame Bearing
      • Description: Quadrat frame bearing, NW to NE
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Standard Unit: degree
      • Precision: 10
      • Unit: degree
      • Number Type: real
      Attribute Name: Cam
      • Label: Camera Type
      • Description: Type of camera used to take photo
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Lens
      • Label: Lens Type
      • Description: Type of lens used to take photo
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Northing_Coord
      • Label: Northing GPS Coordinate
      • Description: Northward measured GPS coordinate
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Standard Unit: degree
      • Precision: 0.0000000001
      • Unit: degree
      • Number Type: real
      Attribute Name: Easting_Coord
      • Label: Easting GPS Coordinate
      • Description: Eastward measured GPS coordinate
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Standard Unit: degree
      • Precision: 0.0000000001
      • Unit: degree
      • Number Type: real

    Methods

    • Past Methods (no longer in use)
      • Transects
        • Started: 2000-01-01
          Ended: 2004-12-31
        • Method Description: Four transects on Mount Mansfield's chin with 1.5X1.5m quadrats every 50 meters.

      • Phototransect images
        • Started: 2004-07-01
          Ended: 2004-07-30
        • Method Description: Phototransect images were standardized by using a 35mm camera, a stock 50 mm lens, a precise focal distance (5 meters), a constant aperature (16 or 22), and an in-photo reference scale (a yellow and black striped meter board). Camera to meter board compass bearings were recorded for each transect.

      • Reference print
        • Started: 2004-07-01
          Ended: 2004-07-30
        • Method Description: A second camera was used to capture an image of the entire photo point landscape- camera, tripod, meter board and all- generating a reference print for each site to be used in the field to ensure follow up photomonitoring images depict the same scene

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • Site Description: Twenty-four 5 meter phototransects and sixty-four 50 cm by 50 cm photoquadrats were subjectively sited in trampling-disturbed trailside sectors of the Mount Mansfield Natural Area. Selection criteria include site homogeneity, ease of access, and ability to accurately relocate sites for comparitive purposes. All transects and quadrats showed evidence of trampling induced vegitation and/or soil loss loss with disturbance levels ranging from light to extreme