BioBlitz 2014

BioBlitz Data Links

Data from the 2014 NYBG BioBlitz

You may want to supplement the data collected at BioBlitz with other data from iNaturalist

BioBlitz Image Galleries

2014 New York Botanical Garden common image gallery.

2013 Central Park BioBlitz common image gallery.

Search Instagram with #MHCBIOBLITZ

(NYC) Data Sets

Data.gov

NYC Open Data

NYC Dept. of Mental Health and Hygiene

Encyclopedia of Life – http://eol.org – A curated encyclopedia of every multicellular species on earth.

Arctos – http://arctosdb.org  – An access point to a number of online museum collections.

eBird – http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=Start – Data reported from citizen bird sightings.

USDA – http://plants.usda.gov/java/ – This is a database kept by the USDA that reports many useful characteristics about plant species, including their status as native or exotic/invasive.

PathoMap – supplemental microbial data for NYC

NYC Guides

A Seasonal Guide to New York City’s Invertebrates

Biodiversity Assessment Handbook for New York City

The Greenbelt Native Plant Center (GNPC)

New York City Soil and Water Conservation District

NYC Open Accessible Space Information System (OASIS)

New York Nature Explorer

Tools

GraphPad QuickCalcs for chi-square analysis

Bioinformatics software for Macs

BEAST

Large list of Mac-compatible phylogeny programs

Groups

Final Project Groups

Group Name Members Study Organism
Bat Bitties Claudia, Ziva, Ashley Bats
Dragon Tales Shawn, Damien, Brett Herps
Flappy Bird Yejoon, Carl Birds
Herps on Hold Sari, Lisa G., Kassandra Herps/Plants
MiniRobes Joyce, Zumana Microbes
Lisa M., Sara, Samantha Plants & Mammals
Jasmine, Ashwini, Sabrina Plants
David, Josh Birds