SCPN Springs Monitoring: Standard Operating Procedure #7. Associated Measures at Hanging Gardens: Endemic Plant Census
Southern Colorado Plateau Network. 2018. SCPN Springs Monitoring: Standard Operating Procedure #7. Associated Measures at Hanging Gardens: Endemic Plant Census. SCPN
This SOP includes instructions for monitoring endemic plant populations at hanging gardens. These measures should be taken during site establishment and during each revisit. When staff turnover results in a new observer, the new observer and another experienced vegetation monitoring observer should conduct independent counts at each site for one sample season to adjust discrepancies between long-time observer counts.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Southern Colorado Plateau Network
- Date of Issue
- 2018-09-27
- Publisher
- SCPN
- Units
- AZRU , BAND , CACH , CHCU , ELMA , ELMO , GLCA , GRCA , HUTR , MEVE , NAVA , PEFO , PETR , RABR , SAPU , SCPN , SUCR , WACA , WUPA , YUHO
- Keywords
- endemic plants, hanging gardens, hydrology, riparian vegetation, spring ecosystems, spring monitoring
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Groundwater Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Surface Water Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Invasive Species | Invasive/Exotic plants , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Invasive Species | Invasive/Exotic animals , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Riparian Communities