Long-term monitoring of herpetofauna along the Salt and Gila Rivers in and near the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, ongoing since 2012

Waterways are often the focus of restoration efforts in urban areas. In arid regions, passive discharge of urban water sources may stimulate the recovery or growth of wetland and riparian features in dewatered or ephemeral aquatic systems. In the greater Phoenix metropolitan area (GPMA), sections of the Salt and Gila Rivers have been the targets of active restoration through seeding, planting, and irrigation. At the same time, revegetation has occurred in some sections of the rivers in response to runoff from urban water sources (e.g., storm drains). This dataset catalogs the results of herpetological surveys conducted at several locations along the Salt and Gila Rivers in and around the GPMA beginning in March 2012. Survey locations include riparian areas in urban and non-urban locations that have been (actively) restored or have revegetated in response to urban runoff, and that feature ephemeral or perennial sources of water. This is a long-term monitoring effort of the CAP LTER with on-going data collection.城市区域的河道修复工作通常以水系为核心实施对象。在干旱地区，城市水源的被动排放可促使脱水或暂时性水生生态系统中的湿地与河岸生境实现恢复或扩张。大凤凰城都会区（Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area, GPMA）内的盐河与希拉河部分河段，已成为通过播种、栽植与灌溉开展主动修复的目标河段。与此同时，部分河段因城市水源径流（例如雨水排水管网）的影响而发生植被恢复现象。本数据集收录了2012年3月起，在大凤凰城都会区及其周边范围内的盐河与希拉河沿岸多个点位开展的两栖爬行动物调查结果。调查点位涵盖城市与非城市区域的河岸生境，这些区域要么经过（主动）修复，要么因城市径流影响实现了植被恢复，且均具备暂时性或永久性水源供给。本数据集属于CAP LTER长期监测项目的组成部分，目前仍在持续进行数据采集工作。