Assessing detection probabilities of larval amphibians and macroinvertebrates in isolated ponds

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 901-914

  Curtis, Annie E ^a,b   Paton, Peter W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Natural Resources Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrate; Pond breeding amphibians; Rapid assessment; Seasonal phenologies

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DETECTION METHOD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LARVA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHENOLOGY; POND; PROBABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBANIZATION;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 83155187252     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0088-9     Document Type: Article

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