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Protocols for Drawing Blood from the Brachial Plexus of Desert Tortoises

Instructions for ordering equipment and culture media; summary of how to draw blood and conduct nasal lavages; and information on how to contract for laboratory analysis and ship laboratory samples.

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Protocols Evaluation Program (Lee's Ferry Trout PEP) Final Report of the Lee's Ferry Rainbow Trout Monitoring Peer Review Panel

Lees Ferry was stocked with Rainbow Trout in the early 1960`s. Since then, it has been a nationally acclaimed and world renowned blue ribbon fishery. With its value as a recreational play land for fishermen and safe haven for wildlife, the function and impact of the Glen Canyon Dam has become increasingly important for study and monitoring.

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Guidelines for Long-term Monitoring Protocols

Guidelines for long-term monitoring protocols contains detailed study plans that explain how data are to be collected, managed, analyzed, and reported, and are a key component of quality assurance for natural resource monitoring programs.

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Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, North American Amphibian Monitoring Program

The NAAMP is a collaborative effort among regional partners, such as state natural resource agencies and nonprofit organizations, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to monitor populations of vocal amphibians. The USGS provides central coordination and database management. The regional partners recruit and train volunteer observers to collect More...

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Procedures for collection, analysis, and display of data collected at several geographic scales: Migratory Bird Research at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (The Maryland-Delaware Miniroute Project)

Procedures for collection, analysis, and display of data collected at several geographic scales for migratory bird research at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center is designed to provide regional estimates of relative abundance for mapping and other uses. This website links to a specific protocol for conducting bird counts, as well as color maps More...

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North American Bird Monitoring Projects Database

The North American Bird Monitoring Projects Database site is dedicated to bird monitoring in North America. It provides easy access to descriptions of all major bird monitoring projects in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The information will be used in designing new continental projects to insure that existing efforts are used to the More...

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North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS)

Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is a project monitored by the USGS and the Canadian Wildlife Service on the status and trends of North American bird populations. The data can be used to estimate population trends and relative abundances at various scales. The BBS is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research More...

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North American Bird Banding Program

Bird banding is a technique for studying the movements, survival, and behavior of birds. Wild birds are captured and a band containing a number and other information is place on the leg. This website for users who are looking for information about bird bands, along with a brief history of bird banding, information on who bands birds and why, More...

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Bison in Yellowstone National Park

A study overview related to the role of the National Bison Range in the long-term management of Federal bison herds. This research will provide the data necessary to assess the impacts of management actions implemented under the new management plan, and examine the plan`s underlying assumptions regarding demographic responses of the Yellowstone More...

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Effectiveness of Postfire Seeding to Reduce Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Growth and Reproduction in Recently Burned Sagebrush Steppe

This web resource addresses the positive relationship between cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and fire frequency as a major concern for land managers in semi-arid shrublands throughout western North America, particularly in Great Basin sagebrush steppe. Management tools are needed to break this cycle, and in this project we will evaluate the use of More...

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Protocols for Monitoring with Digital Video and a SONAR-based Locating System (FISC)

Coral Reefs in the Caribbean and western Atlantic are deteriorating in response to hurricanes, coral diseases, anchor damage, sedimentation, and other stresses. USGS biologists at the Caribbean Field Station are documenting the current status of coral reefs and the effects of some of these stresses. The primary objective of this issue overview is More...

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Ecological forecasting: A strategic partnership to predict and manage biological invasions

Research Spotlight on new supercomputer model that generates maps of invasives occurrence and areas of vulnerablity. This resource is a joint effort to combat invasive species in the U.S. and includes related resource links, collaborators, and example of the mapping and modeling process, and project details, combining resources and expertise in More...

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