PINK - Amphibia monitoring for the permanent surveillance of coastal areas in Flanders, Belgium

Sam Provoost

doi:10.15468/jvtefa

PINK - Amphibia monitoring for the permanent surveillance of coastal areas in Flanders, Belgium

Citation

Provoost S, Brosens D (2021). PINK - Amphibia monitoring for the permanent surveillance of coastal areas in Flanders, Belgium. Version 1.9. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/jvtefa accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-24.

Description

'PINK - Amphibia monitoring for the permanent surveillance of coastal areas in Flanders, Belgium.' is a sample based species occurrence dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). The dataset contains over 1900 occurrences sampled between 2007-04-03 and 2016-07-05 from 243 ponds near the Belgian coast. The dataset includes over 10 species, collected in the PINK Amphibia subset. The monitoring of these coastal areas is needed to secure the nature conservation at the Belgian coast. Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/LifeWatchINBO/dataset-pink-amphibia-events.

The data are collected for the project PINK (Permanente Inventarisatie van de Natuurreservaten aan de Kust), which was commissioned by the Agency for Nature and Forest in 2007. The project started with the aim of mapping the natural values on the coast in a more systematic way. A first 3-year phase (PINK I) ran from 2008 to 2010, in which the methodology was set up and an initial assessment was conducted. A second phase (PINK II) ran from 2012 to 2014, which was a continuation of the main components of PINK I, with special attention for invasive species and grasshoppers. A third phase (PINK III) is running from 2014 to 2018. This dataset contains mainly Amphibia occurrences observed during PINK I and PINK II.

To allow anyone to use this dataset, we have released the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). We would appreciate however, if you read and follow these norms for data use (http://www.inbo.be/en/norms-for-data-use) and provide a link to the original dataset (https://doi.org/complete) whenever possible. If you use these data for a scientific paper, please cite the dataset following the applicable citation norms and/or consider us for co-authorship. We are always interested to know how you have used or visualized the data, or to provide more information, so please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata, opendata@inbo.be or https://twitter.com/LifeWatchINBO.

Purpose

The PINK data are collected in order to to map biodiversity values in nature reserves in coastal areas. This dataset contains the Amphibia subset.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Near the coastal and dunes of Belgium about 300 ponds and open waters could be found.

Sampling

The inventory of amphibians follows the guidelines of the pond inventory project coordinated by HYLA, LIKONA and INBO (Bauwens, 2006). Each pond was visited in three periods. During the first two periods, in April and May, pods are used. The visits consist of two fieldwork days: the first day, the pods are placed, the second day emptied and taken back. The content is emptied into a plastic bin filled with pool water so that species and gender of each of the captured specimen can be identified before release. The number of pods depends on the size of the pond. By default, three pods per pool are used. During each visit, we also look at the appearance of larvae or eggs and listened to any calling adults. The second day of the second visit also a scoop net was used to detect larvae. During the third visit in June, only the net is used. To get a good view of the occurrence of larvae, at least 1/3 of the surface of the pool should be sampled.

Quality Control

All records are validated by experts.

Method steps

1. Practical work 2. Validation 3. Research 4. Publication 5. Data Publication

Taxonomic Coverages

Most of the species in this dataset are amphibians. The taxa focused upon are Triturus cristatus, Epidalea calamita and Hyla arborea. (EU annex IV species).

Amphibia
common name: Amphibians rank: class
Actinopterygii
rank: class
Ranidae
rank: order
Reptilia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Ponds in coastal areas in Flanders, Belgium.

Bibliographic Citations

Provoost S, Van Gompel W, Feys S, Vercruysse W, Packet J, Van Lierop F, Adams Y en Denys L (2010). Permanente Inventarisatie van de Natuurreservaten aan de Kust. Eindrapport periode 2007-2010. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 2010 (19). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, Brussel. - https://www.vlaanderen.be/nl/publicaties/detail/permanente-inventarisatie-van-de-natuurreservaten-aan-de-kust
Provoost S, Van Gompel W, Vercruysse E, Packet J en Denys L (2015). Permanente Inventarisatie van de Natuurreservaten aan de Kust, PINK II. Eindrapport periode 2012-2014. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 2015 (8890955). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, Brussel. - https://www.vlaanderen.be/nl/publicaties/detail/permanente-inventarisatie-van-de-natuurreservaten-aan-de-kust-pink-ii-1
Bauwens D., Jooris R., Verbelen D. & Dochy O., 2006. Poelen en amfibieën in West-Vlaanderen. Resultaten van een grootschalig poelenonderzoek door vrijwilligers in 2000-2005. Provincie WestVlaanderen, Brugge, i.s.m. Instituut voor Natuur en Bosonderzoek, Brussel en Hyla, amfibieën- en reptielenwerkgroep van Natuurpunt, Mechelen. -

Contacts

Sam Provoost
originator
position: Researcher
INBO
Kliniekstraat
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: sam.provoost@inbo.be

Dimitri Brosens
metadata author
position: Data liaison officer
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116

Sam Provoost
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
INBO
Kliniekstraat
Brussels
1070
Brussels Capital Region
BE
email: sam.provoost@inbo.be