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.

城市河道通常是城市区域生态修复工作的重点关注对象。在干旱地区，城市水源的被动排放可促进干涸或暂时性水生生态系统中湿地与河岸生境的恢复与发育。在大凤凰城都会区（GPMA）内，索尔特河与希拉河的部分河段已成为通过播种、栽植与灌溉开展主动生态修复的目标区段。与此同时，部分河段因城市水源径流（如雨水排水渠）的补给而出现了植被恢复现象。本数据集记录了2012年3月起，在GPMA境内及周边的索尔特河与希拉河沿线多个点位开展的两栖爬行动物调查（herpetological surveys）结果。调查点位涵盖城市与非城市区域的河岸生境，这些区域要么经主动生态修复，要么因城市径流实现了植被恢复，且均具备暂时性或永久性水源。本数据集属于CAP长期生态研究网络（CAP LTER）的长期监测项目，目前仍在持续进行数据采集工作。