Poplar Island Environmental Restoration Project Nekton Data

The Poplar Island Environmental Restoration Project (PIERP) is a large scale 1,800 acres restoration project located in mid Chesapeake Bay. Fishery collections are conducted three times per year to assess fishery use of restored wetlands. Collection gear types used included fyke net, gill net, crab pot, and otter trawl all used to assess forage and predator fish abundances. Survey data is used to assess the functions of the restored PIERP wetlands, and adjacent shallow water habitats influenced by the PIERP, relative to reference habitats and to pre-construction conditions. Data from these collections will also help assess restored wetland maturity and its ability to maintain stable resident and predator fish populations.

To assess performance of wetland restoration related to fisheries.

dataset used for publications

Location Of The Main Office Of The South East Fisheries Science Center

The data will be available from a public web server once an access methodology has been developed.

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Specimens are verified via dichotomous keys, checked with reference specimens and/or verified by an expert. Data are entered into data bases and proofed until no errors are detected. Data are proofed one more time after no errors are found to ensure no errors are present.

Processing of field samples is time consuming and typically requires ~ 500 days from sample collection to computer data set files that are ready for analysis. This data is currently wavered under the current NOAA guidelines for relational databases.

The archival process is currently under development.

The data resides on a secure government network requiring multi-factor authentication for network access.

Field collected observational data are logged on data sheets. Field collected observational data are logged on data sheets. Information from data sheets is entered into the .xls file.