Prairie Creek (Zone B)
Basic information
Sample name: Prairie Creek (Zone B)
Reference: R. L. Richards. 1992. Small mammals of the Prairie Creek Site, Daviess County, Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 101(3-4):245-278 [ER 3206]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Indiana
County: Daviess
Coordinate: 39° 43' 4" N, 87° 10' 55" W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3206
Unit number: 1
Unit order: above to below
Geography comments: "approximately 3 miles north of the city of Washington" according to Tomak (1974) (coordinate based on Prairie Creek Site)
asserted to be "4, 140 - 2, 880 B.P." but there are no direct dates
asserted to be "4, 140 - 2, 880 B.P." but there are no direct dates
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: Zone includes "remains of vertebrates living in and about Prairie Creek and marshlands of the former lake" that existed in the Pleistocene, "accumulated in the alluvial sediments of Prairie Creek"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, other small mammals, snakes, turtles, frogs, salamanders
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 3127 specimens
Years: 1974, 1975
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Materials were recovered by trowling, with all matrix dry screened through 1/4" hardware mesh"
fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and large mammals were to be described elsewhere
small mammals are documented by Richards (1992), and Holman and Richards (1993) document the amphibians and reptiles
fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and large mammals were to be described elsewhere
small mammals are documented by Richards (1992), and Holman and Richards (1993) document the amphibians and reptiles
Metadata
Sample no: 3525
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-11 15:03:59
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:46:58
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
36 species
10 singletons
total count 3127
geometric series index: 62.6
Fisher's α: 5.707
geometric series k: 0.8065
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5623
Shannon's H: 1.2291
Good's u: 0.9968
Register
| Didelphis virginiana | 4 | 1.0 kg |
| Blarina brevicauda | 2 | 15.1 g |
| Condylura cristata | 1 | 52.2 g |
| Scalopus aquaticus | 13 | 94.9 g |
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox) | 1 | 4.1 kg |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 15 | 5.5 kg |
| Pekania pennanti (fisher) | 6 | |
| "Martes pennanti" | ||
| Neogale vison (American mink) | 13 | |
| "Mustela vison" | ||
| Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk) | 1 | |
| Glaucomys cf. volans | 1 | 67.4 g |
| Marmota monax | 2 | 4.5 kg |
| Sciurus carolinensis | 14 | 519.0 g |
| Sciurus niger | 2 | 750.0 g |
| Peromyscus sp. | 3 | |
| Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus | 2 | 35.7 g |
| Microtus cf. pinetorum | 1 | |
| Ondatra zibethicus | 903 | |
| Sylvilagus sp. | 1 | |
| Siren intermedia | 3 | |
| Anaxyrus americanus | 1 | |
| "Bufo americanus" | ||
| Anaxyrus fowleri | 1 | |
| "Bufo woodhousii fowleri" | ||
| Lithobates catesbeianus | 6 | |
| "Rana catesbeiana" | ||
| Rana "pipiens-complex" | 6 | |
| Sternotherus odoratus | 1857 | |
| Chelydra serpentina | 32 | |
| Chrysemys picta | 73 | |
| Emydoidea blandingii | 7 | |
| Trachemys scripta | 71 | |
| Terrapene carolina | 37 | |
| Apalone sp. | 33 | |
| Coluber constrictor | 4 | |
| Elaphe obsoleta | 1 | |
| Lampropeltis getula | 3 | |
| Nerodia rhombifer | 4 | |
| Thamnophis sp. | 1 | |
| Crotalus horridus | 2 | |