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Amphibian monitoring in the Atchafalaya Basin

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3056/

They're abundant in this area, but hard to count reliably. We outline a procedure for estimating the population sizes so that we can determine whether they're increasing or dwindling. We must both listen for their calls and visually confirm them.

by Waddle, J. Hardin
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3056
This publication is available only as a PDF document.
Related topics:
Amphibians, Animal and plant census, Ecology, Herpetology, Population dynamics, Wildlife, Wetlands
States or counties
Assumption, Iberia, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, West Baton Rouge,
Hydrologic units
Atchafalaya

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