Gulf Coast Network Texas tortoise monitoring in Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park: Data quality standards
Granger W and Carlson J. 2018. Gulf Coast Network Texas tortoise monitoring in Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park: Data quality standards. Natural Resource Report. NPS/GULN/NRR—2018/1817. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
As part of the nationwide Inventory and Monitoring Program of the National Park Service, the Gulf Coast Network monitors the Texas tortoise population at Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park in Brownsville, Texas. The network’s monitoring objectives are to document the status of Texas tortoises across the park’s major lomas, using mark-recapture data, and to track changes in population parameters over time. Monitoring this population not only provides crucial information on the tortoises themselves, but can also be indicative of habitat changes in the park and surrounding region. The purpose of this report is to document the data quality standards used in the Gulf Coast Network Texas Tortoise Monitoring Protocol. This report and the associated quality assurance plan (QAP; forthcoming) are meant to serve as a single source, independent of the protocol, for understanding how data are collected, processed, reviewed, subjected to quality control, stored and presented—and to what standards of accuracy—so that any associated datasets can be analyzed and reported on correctly.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Granger, Whitney; Carlson, Jane
- Date of Issue
- 2018-11
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GULN , NRSS , PAAL
- Keywords
- GULN Final DQS