Pond Acoustic Sampling Scheme: A draft protocol for rapid acoustic data collection in small waterbodies.

ABSTRACT: Freshwater conservation is vital to the maintenance of global biodiversity. Ponds are a critical, yet often under-recognized, part of this, contributing to overall ecosystem functioning and diversity. They provide habitats for a range of aquatic, terrestrial, and amphibious life, often including rare and declining species.Effective, rapid, and accessible survey methods are needed to enable evidence-based conservation action, but freshwater taxa are often viewed as "difficult"-and few specialist surveyors are available. Datasets on ponds are therefore limited in their spatiotemporal coverage.With the advent of new recording technologies, acoustic survey methods are becoming increasingly available to researchers, citizen scientists, and conservation practitioners. They can be an effective an

SUBMITTER: Abrahams C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8216941 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature