Description
The dataset shows information on field records of the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis in Latvia by academic and non-academic partners of the project Emys-R led by Jean-Yves Georges. The data was collected by Dr Mihails Pupins and colleagues during regular capture-marking-recapture protocols, using floating baited traps that were deployed on fixed geolocated points.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence 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 71 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Pupins M, Škute A, Georges J, Theissinger K, Marushchak O (2025). Records of the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis in Sitas Lake area, Silene Nature Park (Silene, Latvia) by the Emys-R project (2022-2024). Version 1.2. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). Occurrence dataset. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=emysrprojectmonitoringinlatvia2022-2024&v=1.2
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 10963ed7-9421-4b2e-bfe7-ca4c2c85916f. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; Emys-R; Latvia; monitoring; European pond turtle; terrapins; herpetofauna; Emys orbicularis; tagging; recapturing method; Observation
Contacts
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5445-9250
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- Custodian Steward
- Custodian Steward
Geographic Coverage
The dataset covers the Sitas Lake area, Silene Nature Park, Silene, Latvia.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [55.684, 26.768], North East [55.694, 26.791] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The dataset consists of records of European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) as part of long term international monitoring program.
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Testudines |
| Family | Emydidae |
| Genus | Emys |
| Species | Emys orbicularis |
Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 2022/2024 |
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Project Data
Emys-R is a 3-year participatory transdisciplinary action-oriented research project based on seminal theories in humanities, social and natural sciences. It consolidates an existing international network of researchers and stakeholders from France, Germany, Latvia, Poland and Ukraine to share complementary knowledge and expertise on past, present and future wetlands, biodiversity and management. It aims at defining the most effective, socially-supported, ecological methods of wetland restoration in favour of the reintroduction of the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis, and for its associated biodiversity throughout Europe, based on all resources available from past and present programs of wetlands restoration and Emys reintroduction throughout Europe and long term monitoring on three study sites in France, Germany and Latvia. SEE-Life Neu-Woerr is a Long-term Study in Ecology and Evolution program of CNRS centered on the DE-FR cross-bordering Neu-Woerr site (Lauterbourg and Nauburg am Rhein) that aims at assessing long-term sociological and ecological processes involved in wetlands restoration, species reintroductions and collateral benefits and risks of management. It aims to contribute to build scenarios for forecasting the impacts of decision making and global change on socio-ecosystems and guide adapted sustainable decision-making for both nature, people and society.
| Title | Emys-R & SEE-Life Neu-Woerr |
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| Funding | Emys-R (https://emysr.cnrs.fr) is funded through the 2020-2021 Biodiversa+ and Water JPI joint call for research projects, under the BiodivRestore ERA-NET Cofund (GA N°101003777), with the EU and the funding organizations Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France, grant ANR-21-BIRE-0005), Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF, Germany, grant 16LW015), the State Education Development Agency (VIAA, Latvia, grant ES RTD/2022/2), and the National Science Center (NSC, Poland, grant 2021/03/Y/NZ8/00101). See-Life Neu-Woerr is funded through the Long-term Studies in Ecology and Evolution (SEE-Life) program of CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique). |
| Study Area Description | Emys-R operates on three study sites where EU-funded programs of wetland restoration and Emys reintroduction took place: France (Woerr, Lauterbourg), Germany (Neuburg am Rhein) and Latvia (Lake Sitas region, Silene). These sites show contrasting biophysical and socio-ecological contexts, providing ideal case studies to assess the common and specific processes involved in the ecological and sociological success of such conservation actions. See-Life Neu-Woerr comprises the neiboring French and German sites that operate as one single ecological system where operational scientific resources have been merged. |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Animals were monitored using a standard capture-marking-recapture protocol. This consisted in deploying floating baited numbered traps on fixed geolocalised points for 5-to-7 consecutive days per month during field season, when traps were checked daily for handling captured animals. The initial georeferencing of the traps was performed using a hand GPS. Every captured animal was identified by reading their individual subcutaneous PIT-TAG. Every captured animal was subject to biometry: structural measurements, body weighing and sexed (when body size and secondary sexual traits permitted; following Georges et al. 2025). Each animal was released at its capture location. All protocols were run in accordance to legals permits and authorizaions delivered to Dr. Mihails Pupins.
| Study Extent | The dataset represents information on records of Emys orbicularis made during field sessions from May 2022 to June 2024. |
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| Quality Control | The authors are fully responsible for the quality and accuracy of data provided within the published dataset. |
Method step description:
- At the beginning of the field session: deploying georeferenced floating baited traps.
- Checking traps regularly.
- Identifying the trap.
- Handling the animals captured in the trap.
- Identifying the species Emys orbicularis.
- Identifying each individual animal using the ID marks.
- Measuring and weighing each identified individual.
- Releasing each handled individual at its capture location.
- At the end of the field session: retrieving all traps.
- Organizing the dataset according to Darwin Core standards.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 10963ed7-9421-4b2e-bfe7-ca4c2c85916f |
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| https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=emysrprojectmonitoringinlatvia2022-2024 |