| State Biodiversity Database Survey |
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| Contact: Steven Carter-Lovejoy (Natural Heritage Information Manager) |
| Organization: VA Dept of Conservation & Recreation |
| State: VA |
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| NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?) |
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| NAME | Steven Carter-Lovejoy |
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| TITLE | Natural Heritage Information Manager |
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| AGENCY/ORGANIZATION | VA Dept of Conservation & Recreation |
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| ADDRESS | 1500 E Main St, Suite 312 |
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| CITY, STATE, ZIP | Richmond, VA 23219 |
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| TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILE | Phone: (804)786-8377 |
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| | Fax: (804)371-2674 |
| EMAIL/FTP/WWW | scarterlovejoy.dcr@state.va.us |
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| | http://www.state.va.us/~dcr/vahr.html |
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| ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) | VA Dept of Conservation & Recreation, Div of Natural Heritage |
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| DATABASE NAME | Biological and Conservation Data System |
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| DATABASE ACRONYMS | BCD |
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| DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set): |
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| Comprehensive dataset for elements of Virginia's biodiversity. |
| PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| To support the Virginia Natural Heritage Program in its mission to
identify, protect, and restore Virginia's natural heritage. |
| SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.): |
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| Virginia's BCD is supported in part with software from The Nature
Conservancy and the network of Natural Heritage Programs. |
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| DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: | 1800's-1996, present |
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| IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): | Yes |
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| EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: | |
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| HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED? |
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| Daily Updated |
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| WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?: | |
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| COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: | |
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SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.): | |
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| State of Virginia | |
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| BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS: |
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| THEME |
SPECIES |
TYPE |
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| Species Distribution |
Mammals |
Bibliography |
| Population Levels/Density |
Fish |
Surveys |
| Management |
Birds |
Museum Collections |
| Life History |
Reptiles |
Summary Data |
| Habitat Associations |
Amphibians |
Anecdotal |
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Plants |
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Terrestrial Invertebrates |
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Aquatic Invertebrates |
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PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location): |
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE |
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| Licensing agreements |
| Fees |
| Other; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: |
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| Access negotiated on an "as-needed" basis. A License is
required to receive digital data. |
| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| Citation requirements. |
| Distribution. |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS: |
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| No redistribution allowed. |
| DATA ACCURACY: |
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| DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?): |
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| Varies, but considerable time is spent in quality control,
assessing both legitmacy of source records and quality of data
entry. |
| QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED: |
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| Multiple reviews throughout data entry process. |
| ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE: |
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| DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING: |
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| DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?): |
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| YES, point/location information |
| YES, by administrative boundary; see comments |
| YES, by place; see comments |
| YES, other; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING: |
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Administrative boundary: county, district, quad, watershed
Place: Ecoregion, physiographic province
Other: Hydrologic unit, watershed, and managed areas. |
| ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured): |
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| Selected data, including state and global rarity ranks, for all
plants, vertebrates, major invertebrate groups, and natural
communities. For subset of "natural heritage resources,"
monitored rare plants and animals and exemplary communities,
more detailed data available for location and quality of
specific occurrences. |
| DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set): |
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| Steven Carter-Lovejoy, Natural Heritage Information Manager |
| VA Dept of Conservation and Recreation |
| 1500 E Main St., Suite 312 |
| Richmond, VA 23219 |
| Phone:( 804)786-8377 Fax:( 804)371-2674 |
| Email/FTP/WWW Address: scarterlovejoy.dcr@state.va.us |
| http:\\www.state.va.us\~dcr\vaher.html |
| CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.): |
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| On-line/Internet. |
| Other; see comments. |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM: |
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| Custom data sets on diskette. Selected data sets on the
Internet
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| DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.): |
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| Approx. 5 Megabytes |
| ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
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| Data Dictionaries |
| Precision |
| COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: |
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| Comments regarding metadata standards. |
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