Anuran community monitoring at Congaree National Park, 2011: Supplemental monitoring to 2010 efforts
Smrekar BD, Byrne MW, Moore MN, Presnell AT. 2013. Anuran community monitoring at Congaree National Park, 2011: Supplemental monitoring to 2010 efforts. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2013/527. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report summarizes a 2011 supplementary-monitoring effort of the vocal anuran community at Congaree National Park in follow-up to the 2010 amphibian community monitoring work conducted and summarized in Byrne et al. (2011). During 2011, automated recording devices (ARDs) were deployed to collect auditory information at a subset of 12 of the 2010 sampling locations at Congaree National Park. Auditory recordings were collected from 3/2/2011 through 5/27/2011. A total of 133 detections were made, where each detection represents an identifiable observation of a species or species group during one night of monitoring at a sampling location. We found 12 species of anurans. Spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) and Southern leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus) had the highest frequency of occurrence at CONG in 2011. Southern chorus frog (Pseudacris nigrita) and bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) had the lowest frequency of occurrence. The Southern leopard frog had the highest relative frequency of detection of anuran vocalizations on the automated recordings. Spring peeper and Southern leopard frog were the most widely distributed species during our 2011 monitoring efforts at this subset of sampling locations. No non-native species were found. Amphibian communities will next be sampled in 2014.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Smrekar, Briana; Byrne, Michael; Moore, Marylou; Presnell, Aaron
- Date of Issue
- 2013-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CONG , NRSS , SECN
- Keywords
- Amphibian Monitoring