Survey guides and protocols

Protocol for Ground LiDAR Surveys in RAPELD Plots

The detailed protocol for ground LiDAR surveys in RAPELD plots covers all aspects necessary for the accurate and efficient collection and storage of LiDAR data. It includes a complete list of necessary equipment, such as the Riegl LD90-3100VHS-FLP sensor, setup instructions, and step-by-step procedures for data collection. In addition, it provides practical tips for field work, such as how to deal with weather conditions and maintain the equipment, ensuring correct and effective LiDAR data acquisition.
 

Terrestrial Molluscs Protocol

The objective of this text is to present the methodology developed by the Laboratory of Limnic and Terrestrial Malacology of UERJ, based on our experience in a RAPELD grid installed on Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, aiming at the standardization of terrestrial mollusc collections. We proposed the use of 10 collection points in each 250m plot. At each point, direct collection is carried out for 15 minutes by four collectors searching for shells and live animals in favorable microhabitats such as fallen logs and near rocks; the litter contained in 25x75 cm quadrats is also collected. At each collection point, abiotic data are obtained such as depth and humidity of the litter, soil temperature and pH, ambient temperature and humidity, light and canopy closure.
 

ESTIMATING DECOMPOSITION RATES AND LITTER STABILIZATION FACTOR USING TEA BAG INDEX (TBI)

Jafet Vieira da Silva UFRR/PRONAT, Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa INPA/CODAM, Arthur Camurça Citó INPA/NAPRR. March – 2019.
 

RAPELD in marine ecosystems.

The article discusses the use of the RAPELD environmental monitoring system for monitoring the Brazilian marine environment. It outlines the advantages of using a spatially standardized system, the emphasis on sampling associated with contour lines, the need for integrated sampling, and the challenges of financing such a system. It also addresses the similarities between marine and terrestrial surveys, and the need for optimized sampling frequencies for different organisms and variables.

 

Protocol for using Forest Densiometer in RAPELD Plots

Protocol developed by Maria Aparecida de Freitas, Gabriel Salles Masseli, Sulamita Marques and Flávia Costa. Translation: Manoela Borges
 

A guide to Surveying and Monitoring diurnal frogs in PPBio's RAPELD grids and modules in the Amazon.

Protocol developed by Pedro Ivo Simões, Albertina P. Lima and Maria Carmozina de Araújo. Translation: Tim Vincent
 
Protocol developed by MENDONÇA, F. P., W. E. MAGNUSSON & J. ZUANON. Translate by Tim Vincent
 
A protocol developed by Flávia Costa, Juliana Schietti, Thaise Emilio  and Lourens Poorter
 
By: Maria Aparecida de Freitas, Thaise Emilio e Demetrius Martins.
 
By: Maria Aparecida de Freitas, Francisco Villamarín, William Magnusson, Patricia da Silva Gomes, Tim Vincent
 
By: Maria Aparecida de Freitas, Francisco Villamarín e Patricia da Silva Gomes.
 
By: Maria Aparecida de Freitas e Juliana Schietti
 
By: Flávia Costa e William Magnusson (INPA, Coordenação de Pesquisas em Biodiversidade).
Protocol developed by Fabio Rohe (WCS), Adriane Morais and William Magnusson (INPA). Translated by Tim Vincent
By: Fabio Rohe (WCS), Adriane Morais e William Magnusson.
Link video Primates - Part 1 - Part 2
 
By: Anderson Saldanha Bueno, Marina Anciães, Patrícia da Silva Gomes Araújo e Maria Aparecida de Freitas.
 
(Modified from: MENDONÇA, F. P., W. E. MAGNUSSON & J. ZUANON. 2005. Relationships between habitat characteristics and fish assemblagesin smallstreams of Central Amazonia. Copeia,(4): 750–763.)
Links videos fish - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
 
 
By: Carolina Castilho, Maria Aparecida de Freitas, Juliana Schietti, Maria Carmozina de Araújo, Fernanda Coelho, Tim Vincent, Flávia Costa and William Magnusson

Manual for measuring Vegetation structure and marking of trees in grids and RAPELD modules

By: Carolina Castilho, Juliana Schietti, Maria Aparecida de Freitas, Maria Carmozina de Araújo, Fernanda Coelho, William Magnusson e Flávia Costa.
Links videos Vegetation Structure - Part 1 - Part 2
 
By: Fernanda Coelho, William Magnusson e Tatiana Gaui.
Links videos Commercial Trees - Part 1 - Part 2
 
Necromass Manual (Dead Biomass / Thick Litter)
This protocol is being tested in the grids of ESEC Maracá and PARNA Viruá.
 
By: José Luiz Purri da Veiga Pinto  - INPA/LBA- GEOMA
 
By: Antonio Rossano Mendes Pontes and tested on grids of ESEC Maracá, PARNA Viruá and Reserva Ducke.
 
By: Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa, Ana Claudia Oliveira Araújo and Mariana Cunha Melo.
 
Soil collection protocol in RAPELD installments. Developed by Gabriel Moulatlet and Thaise Emilio.
 
Thematic Soil and Plant Laboratory - INPA
 
By: Flávia Costa and Adriane Morais.

Manual of Measures Tilt RAPELD Plots

By: Flávia Costa and Adriane Morais.
 
By: Maria Aparecida Freitas and Juliana Schietti.
 
Script developed by David Valentim Dias and Adriane Morais

 

Protocol developed by Fabio Rohe (WCS), Adriane Morais and William Magnusson (INPA). Translate by Tim Vincent