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(Hadenoecus Subterraneus) at Mammoth Cave National Park Version 1.0 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Stewardship and Science A Protocol for Monitoring Cave Crickets (Hadenoecus subterraneus) at Mammoth Cave National Park Version 1.0 Natural Resource Report NPS/CUPN/NRR—2015/934 ON THE COVER Cluster of cave crickets captured within laser transect during strip adaptive cluster sampling at Mammoth Cave National Park. NPS photo A Protocol for Monitoring Cave Crickets (Hadenoecus subterraneus) at Mammoth Cave National Park Version 1.0 Natural Resource Report NPS/CUPN/NRR—2015/934 Kurt Lewis Helf National Park Service - Cumberland Piedmont Network Mammoth Cave National Park P.O. Box 8 Mammoth Cave, KY 42259 Tom Philippi National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Division Natural Resources Stewardship Science c/o Cabrillo National Monument 1800 Cabrillo Memorial Dr San Diego, CA 92106 Bill Moore National Park Service - Cumberland Piedmont Network Mammoth Cave National Park P.O. Box 8 Mammoth Cave, KY 42259 Lillian Scoggins National Park Service - Cumberland Piedmont Network Mammoth Cave National Park P.O. Box 8 Mammoth Cave, KY 42259 March 2015 U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Fort Collins, Colorado The National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science office in Fort Collins, Colorado, publishes a range of reports that address natural resource topics. These reports are of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Report Series is used to disseminate comprehensive information and analysis about natural resources and related topics concerning lands managed by the National Park Service. The series supports the advancement of science, informed decision-making, and the achievement of the National Park Service mission. The series also provides a forum for presenting more lengthy results that may not be accepted by publications with page limitations. All manuscripts in the series receive the appropriate level of peer review to ensure that the information is scientifically credible, technically accurate, appropriately written for the intended audience, and designed and published in a professional manner. This report received formal peer review by subject-matter experts who were not directly involved in the collection, analysis, or reporting of the data, and whose background and expertise put them on par technically and scientifically with the authors of the information. Views, statements, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and data in this report do not necessarily reflect views and policies of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U.S. Government. This report is available in digital format from Cumberland Piedmont Network website (http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/cupn/index.cfm), and the Natural Resource Publications Management website (http://www.nature.nps.gov/publications/nrpm/). To receive this report in a format optimized for screen readers, please email [email protected]. Please cite this publication as: Helf, K. L., T. Philippi, B. J. Moore, and L. Scoggins. 2015. A protocol for monitoring cave crickets (Hadenoecus subterraneus) at Mammoth Cave National Park: Version 1.0. Natural Resource Report NPS/CUPN/NRR—2015/934. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. NPS 135/128257, March 2015 ii Change History Version numbers will be incremented by a whole number (e.g., Version 1.3 to Version 2.0) when a change is made that significantly affect requirements or procedures. Version numbers will be incremented by decimals (e.g., Version 1.6 to Version 1.7) when there are minor modifications that do not affect requirements or procedures for publication in the series. Previous New Version # Date Revised by Changes Version # 1.0 iii Contents Page Figures.................................................................................................................................................. vii Tables ................................................................................................................................................... vii Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Associated with this Protocol Version.................................viii Appendices ............................................................................................................................................ ix Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. xi Acknowledgments ...............................................................................................................................xiii Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Background..................................................................................................................................... 1 Conceptual Models for Ecosystems ............................................................................................... 2 Ecosystem Drivers, Stressors, and Attributes ................................................................................. 2 Rationale for Monitoring Cave Crickets ........................................................................................ 3 Rationale for Monitoring Cave and Surface Meteorology in Connection to Cave Crickets ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Monitoring Goal and Objectives .................................................................................................... 4 Primary Monitoring Goal: ......................................................................................................... 5 Sampling Design .................................................................................................................................... 7 Sample Frame ................................................................................................................................. 7 Sampling within Cave Entrances .................................................................................................... 8 Adaptive Cluster Sampling........................................................................................................... 10 Strip Adaptive Cluster Sampling .................................................................................................. 12 Sampling Frequency and Replication ........................................................................................... 15 Adding Sites ................................................................................................................................. 16 Detectable Levels of Change ........................................................................................................ 16 Field Methods ...................................................................................................................................... 17 Pre-Field Season Preparation ....................................................................................................... 17 Permitting and Compliance ..................................................................................................... 17 iv Contents (continued) Page Safety ....................................................................................................................................... 17 Field Information Sheets, Pre-populated Field Data Sheets, and Baseline Maps ................... 18 Supplies and Equipment .......................................................................................................... 18 Pre-Field Season Preparation for Data Handling ......................................................................... 19 Strip Adaptive Cluster Sampling Procedure ................................................................................. 19 Digital Photography................................................................................................................. 19 Data Recording ........................................................................................................................ 19 Subsurface and Surface Meteorological Data .............................................................................. 21 Variables and Measurements ........................................................................................................ 23 Post-Sampling: Disposition of Field Equipment, Disposition of Field Data, Digital Image Analysis ............................................................................................................................. 24 Data Handling, Analysis, and Reporting ............................................................................................. 25 Data Acquisition and Processing .................................................................................................. 25 Overview of Database Approach .................................................................................................. 26 Entry ............................................................................................................................................
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