• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-07-17T00:00:00Z

All field data will be collected by the PI and a team of four college students. Two full working days will be scheduled to perform a complete fish, invertebrate, and physical habitat survey at...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Summary of proposed field methods and activities: Methodology This project will engage citizen scientist to run camera traps, code images, and upload data that can be used to address our research...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Summary of proposed field methods and activities: Using data collected from NPS staff to analyze information on elk caving areas.

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-10-17T00:00:00Z

Field Methods: The following instruments provided by Handix Scientific will be installed at the Look Rock Site in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Open-Path Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Summary of proposed field methods and activities: With the assistance of Kim Delozier from Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, we will set 3-4 Reconyx Camera Traps on the ridges between the Cataloochee...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-10-17T00:00:00Z

Field Methods: We propose to make measurements of fine particle composition using FTIR, XRF, and AMS techniques as part of the SOAS campaign. The instruments are housed in a 20’x8’ trailer with 3...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-10-17T00:00:00Z

Field Methods: Each proposed well will need to be accessed, video-logged, and equipped with a locking cap. Video-logging will allow the North Carolina Division of Water Resources (NCDWR) to assess...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two species of sponge were detected in the park in the Abrams Creek embayment: Trochospongilla horrida and Radiospongilla crateriformes. These are both widely distributed and common sponges in...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-07-09T00:00:00Z

We will visit two 5k segments within GRSM as part of a larger research study on the Appalachian Trail to take an array of measurements on the condition of the A.T. tread and to map informal...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Summary of proposed field methods and activities: Several decayed wood logs (fallen trees) in the proposed collection site will be opened with hatchets or rock hammers to find the cockroaches...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Summary of proposed field methods and activities: We propose to sample aquatic insects from streams in various locations within the GSMNP. Sampling will occur with a D-frame kick net. Samples are...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-10-17T00:00:00Z

Field Methods: Undisturbed streams with easy access from parallel trails and crossings within the Smoky Mt National Park will be sampled from headwater (1 or 2 order stream reaches) to main valley...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-10-17T00:00:00Z

Field Methods: Specimens are found in the field, measured for basic morphometrics (snout-vent length, mass), and the tip of the tail is clipped and placed in 95% ethanol or an RNA-later solution....

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2019-01-29T00:00:00Z

Procedures are from the NRSA Field Operations Manual 1. In situ Measure in situ DO, pH, water temperature, and conductivity using a calibrated multi-parameter water quality meter (or sonde). Take...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2019-02-19T00:00:00Z

Field Methods: I will collect individual sample branches (one for each population to make specimens) and few leaves for the other species without hurting the plants. I would only need population...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2019-02-08T00:00:00Z

Field Methods: I will sample salamanders at five locations within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Collections will take place during June 2015. D. quadramaculatus and D. marmoratus will be...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-07-06T00:00:00Z

Briefly, sample collection will entail collecting soil samples at 5 sites within 1 suggested area, with each site being more than a quarter mile apart. Sample sites would be between 150 feet from...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2018-10-17T00:00:00Z

Field Methods: My work will test three predictions: (1) Hemlock decline alters nutrient cycling and decomposition rates. (2) Hemlock decline alters plant and soil communities, including microbial...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2019-02-08T00:00:00Z

Field Methods: Birds will be captured via passive mist netting as well as by using target taxa song playbacks. The use of species-specific song playbacks will reduce the potential for incidental...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2016-10-11T00:00:00Z

This report contains the first comprehensive study of the fauna of the insect Order Thysanoptera (thrips) in Great Smoky Mountains NP. Forty-nine species were identified at the filing of this...

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