The outline of those discussions will be expanded further into a paper that develops the statistical issues as well as lays out some potential monitoring protocols for commonly confronted monitoring situations. Streamside salamanders were defined as those species whose larval stages occur within 1st and second order streams and springs. This group is composed of the genera Desmognathus, Eurycea, Gyrinophilus, Pseudotriton, and Typhlomolge. Are accessible for sampling throughout a lengthy period of time within the year. Are the top predators in streams without fish Good potential for incorporation into evaluations of headwater and stream habitat quality.
Fecundity is low and their life cycle lengthy.
Thus, combined with a relatively low colonization ability makes the presence of all the life stages in a stream strong evidence for population stability and watershed quality. These techniques will be defined and explored in detail in a complete paper. A combination of litter refugia bags and opportunistic area searches were thought to have the most promise as sampling protocols in ongoing monitoring programs. CV's from long-term studies or technique evaluations need to be collected, summarized, and analyzed so that sample sizes can be estimated. Further investigations are needed to document the impacts of observer bias and bias associated with rock cover and differences in effort.