SECN Monitoring [Current]: Anurans
Parrish MC . SECN Monitoring [Current]: Anurans. 2014. National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) operates 32 Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) networks across the United States encompassing over 280 parks. Each I&M network has established "vital signs" monitoring in its parks. These vital signs represent elements and processes in park ecosystems that help indicate the overall health or condition of park resources. Network personnel monitor physical resources and processes (such as air, water, climate, fire, erosion), biological attributes (such as species and biological communities), and ecological processes (such as disturbance and productivity). The Southeast Coast Network (SECN) contains 15 parks containing natural resources, located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Each spring, SECN collects audio recording data during implementation of the SECN's Vocal Anuran Community Monitoring Protocol. Automated recording devices (ARDs) are used to capture one-minute recordings of anuran vocalizations every twenty minutes overnight, on every fourth night between March and June. Sampling takes place at up to 30 spatially-balanced random sampling locations per park. Five of the SECN's 15 parks are sampled each year on a three-year rotation. All discernable anuran vocalizations are reviewed from selected recordings and classified to species. These data address the following protocol objectives: (1) Evaluate status of vocal anuran community species richness during the spring breeding season and (2) assess vocal anuran occupancy and spatial distribution at sampling locations during the breeding season.
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- Parrish, Michael
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- National Park Service
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- Southeast Coast Network Anuran Monitoring in the Southeastern United States, January 2025 cumulative data package
- Standard Operating Procedure 1.4.01 Programming and Maintenance of Automated Recording Devices for Vocal Anuran and Landbird Monitoring—Version 2.1
- Standard Operating Procedure 1.4.22 Deployment and Retrieval of Automated Recording Devices for Vocal Anuran and Landbird Monitoring—Version 3.1
- Standard Operating Procedure 1.4.31 Navigation to Southeast Coast Network Sampling Locations for Landbird and Vocal Anuran Monitoring—Version 3.0
- Standard Operating Procedure 1.4.33 Classification of Anuran Vocalization Recordings—Version 1.1
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- Vocal Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network parks: 2022 Resource Brief for Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
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- Vocal Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network parks: 2022 Species Maps for Congaree National Park
- Vocal Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network parks: 2022 Species Maps for Fort Frederica National Monument
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- Vocal Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network Parks: Printed Species Maps 2016
- Vocal Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network Parks: Printed Species Maps 2017
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- Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network Parks: 2014 Data Summary for Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
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- Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network Parks: Printed Species Maps 2012 Cumberland Island National Seashore
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- Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network Parks: Printed Species Maps 2012 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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- Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network Parks: Printed Species Maps 2014 Moores Creek National Battlefield
- Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network Parks: Printed Species Maps 2014 Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
- Vocal Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network - Field Data Sheets
- Vocal Anuran Monitoring in Southeast Coast Network parks: 2023 Resource Brief for Cape Hatteras National Seashore
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