Data from: Liming and spring salamander abundance

Edwards, Elise M.; Mosher, Brittany A.; Pauley, Thomas; Welch, Shane; Waldron, Jayme L.

Data from: Liming and spring salamander abundance

dc.contributor.author	Edwards, Elise M.
dc.contributor.author	Mosher, Brittany A.
dc.contributor.author	Pauley, Thomas
dc.contributor.author	Welch, Shane
dc.contributor.author	Waldron, Jayme L.
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-03T20:13:07Z
dc.date.available	2023-08-03T20:13:07Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.description	Please cite as: Elise Edwards, Brittany Mosher, Thomas Pauley, Shane Welch, Jayme L. Waldron. (2023) Data from: Liming and spring salamander abundance [Dataset] Cornell University eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/0e1s-mm78	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Environmental acidification is affecting ecosystems around the globe, and as a result, managers are using limestone applications to mitigate the effects of acid rain and acid mine drainage. Limestone applications attempt to reverse acidification by increasing stream pH, however, studies assessing how liming affects species have shown mixed results. We examined the effects of liming on Gyrinophilus porphyriticus (the spring salamander) abundance. From June 10th to September 1st, 2013, we used multiple methods (i.e., leaf litterbags, visual encounter surveys, and area constrained flip and search methods) to sample spring salamanders within 11 different streams in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. Using N-mixture models, which allow for estimation of abundance from count data and account for imperfect detection probabilities, we examined the effects of direct application liming (DAL) on spring salamander abundance and found that DAL and lime frequency had unexpected associations with spring salamander abundance. We found that a higher lime frequency resulted in lower spring salamander abundance, presumably due to the subsequent loss of spring salamander primary habitat when the hyporheic zone is filled. These results have and will continue to inform managers to the possible negative effects of high frequency liming on salamander communities and other stream organisms as well as inform adjustments that can be made to mitigate these impacts as a result of lime management.	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7298/0e1s-mm78
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/113355
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.references	Edwards, E., Pauley, T.K., and Waldron, J.L. 2016. Estimating spring salamander detection probability using multiple methods. Journal of Herpetology 50: 126–129, https://doi.org/10.1670/15-041
dc.relation.referencesuri	https://doi.org/10.1670/15-041
dc.rights	CC0 1.0 Universal	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/	*
dc.subject	detection probability	en_US
dc.subject	direct application liming	en_US
dc.subject	Gyrinophilus porphyriticus	en_US
dc.subject	N-Mixture	en_US
dc.subject	West Virginia	en_US
dc.title	Data from: Liming and spring salamander abundance	en_US
dc.type	dataset	en_US
schema.accessibilityHazard	none	en_US