Improving the Utility of Artificial Shelters for Monitoring Eastern Hellbender Salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)

Artificial shelters show great promise as novel, non-invasive tools for studying hellbenders, but their use thus far has faced several challenges. During initial trials in multiple river networks, artificial shelters routinely became blocked by sediment and dislodged during high stream discharge eve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Button, Sky Terryn Christopher
Other Authors: Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90388