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Yuma Ridgway’s Rail (Rallus obsoletus yumanensis) Population Surveys, Rail Movement, and Potential Habitat at the Salton Sea of California

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2016-03-08
End Date
2016-11-17

Citation

Overton, C.T., Ricca, M.A., Anderson, T.W., Merritt, A.M., Harrity, E., Matchett, E.L., and Casazza, M.L., 2022, Yuma Ridgway’s rail (Rallus obsoletus yumanensis) population surveys, rail movement, and potential habitat at the Salton Sea of California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9JRP0L6.

Summary

Data were obtained as part of a project assessing risk to the federal and California listed endangered Yuma Ridgway's rail (Rallus obsoletus yumanensis) populations resulting from selenium contaminated agricultural runoff and to inform habitat restoration and management decisions. Four data sets were produced and used to analyze patterns of Yuma Ridgway’s rail (Rallus obsoletus yumanensis, renamed from Rallus longirostris yumanensis [R. longirostris yumanensis retained in taxonomy section until further updated in ITIS system, https://www.itis.gov/submit.html]) occupancy and inter-marsh movements and to estimate rail abundance and regional population size to assess extent of selenium exposure of Yuma Ridgway’s rail and support management [...]

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U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
Originator :
Cory T Overton, Mark Ricca, Thomas W Anderson, Angela M Merritt, Eamon Harrity, Elliott L Matchett, Michael L Casazza
Metadata Contact :
Cory T Overton
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :
Western Ecological Research Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Purpose

These data were obtained to assess relative risk of exposure of Ridgway's rail at the Salton Sea to selenium concentrations as a function of rail use of managed and unmanaged marshes.

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