Monitoring Cave Aquatic Biota at Selected Parks in the Cumberland Piedmont Network: Standard Operating Procedures
Helf KL. 2018. Monitoring Cave Aquatic Biota at Selected Parks in the Cumberland Piedmont Network: Standard Operating Procedures. National Park Service
These standard operating procedures (SOPs) detail all aspects of implementation of the Cumberland Piedmont Network's (CUPN) Cave Aquatic Biota monitoring protocol. Topics covered include training personnel, safety, field sampling methods, post field sampling, data management, data analysis and reporting, and revising the protocol. Parks where this protocol is scheduled to be implemented include Cumberland Gap National Historic Park (CUGA), Mammoth Cave National Park (MACA), and Russell Cave National Monument (RUCA).
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Helf, Kurt
- Date of Issue
- 2018
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CUGA , CUPN , MACA , RUCA
- Keywords
- cave aquatic ecosystem, cave fauna, n-mixture model, occupancy modeling, standard operating procedure, stygobite
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Cave Communities