Biological and environmental datasets from the August 2017 total solar eclipse
Emma M. Brinley Buckley,
Andrew J. Caven,
Benjamin L. Gottesman,
Mary J. Harner,
Bryan C. Pijanowski,
Michael L. Forsberg
Affiliations
Emma M. Brinley Buckley
Department of Communication, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849, USA; Corresponding author.
Andrew J. Caven
The Crane Trust, Wood River, NE 68883, USA
Benjamin L. Gottesman
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Center for Global Soundscapes, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Mary J. Harner
Department of Communication, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849, USA; Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849, USA
Bryan C. Pijanowski
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Center for Global Soundscapes, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Michael L. Forsberg
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583, USA; Michael Forsberg Photography, Lincoln, NE 68542, USA
The datasets in this article are associated with the research article ‘Assessing biological and environmental effects of a total solar eclipse with passive multimodal technologies’ (Brinley Buckley et al., 2018). We documented biotic and abiotic changes during a total solar eclipse on 21 August 2017, in south-central Nebraska, USA, with a multimodal suite of tools, including time-lapse camera systems, data loggers, and sound recording devices. Time-lapse images were used to approximate changes in light, data loggers were used to record temperature and humidity, and sound recordings were used to calculate acoustic indices characterizing variation in the soundscape, as well as to manually identify and estimate avian vocalization activity.
