Amphibian Monitoring Methods Field Guide

Mitchell, Joseph

This program focuses on: 1 basic amphibian ecology,2 classifying and identifying individual species, 3anatomy and physiology, 4 developing effectivemonitoring programs to assess population change overtime and, 5 understanding current conservation concerns. The goal of this program is to give teachers theopportunity to bring textbooks-to-life by using real-worldsituations to teach scientific principles. Using the sametechniques and methodology employed routinely byscientists at the Smithsonian Institution and other researchorganizations, students will be able to census and monitoramphibian populations in their own local community whilelearning about worldwide amphibian conservation issues.This program focuses on: 1 basic amphibian ecology,2 classifying and identifying individual species, 3anatomy and physiology, 4 developing effectivemonitoring programs to assess population change overtime and, 5 understanding current conservation concerns.This manual is designed to assist educators with the development of inventory and monitoringprograms that focus on amphibian populations in northern Virginia and the surrounding area. Itprovides information on techniques used to identify larval and adult stages of the species most likely encountered in this area, and it describes several methodologies that will enable schools to accumulate data that can be used to examine future population trends. Teachers and others who engage in amphibian monitoring

Amphibian Monitoring Methods Field Guide

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