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Table III. Piping Plover - 113 -1 Data Needs and Monitoring Reference Codes <br />USFWS, r3 1 tabmref04l3.wpd Page 20 of 24 April 13, 2001 <br />Monitoring <br />Potential Sources <br />Possible Analysis <br />Reference Codes <br />of Current and <br />Methods' <br />Time Frame <br />Data Needs- sandbar /shoreline <br />vegetation: <br />Transects across <br />0 Trend analyses <br />pre -post land <br />Plant class composition (grass, <br />selected areas <br />0 Sediment/ vegetation <br />management <br />forbs, woody) <br />LT /PP - LANDS <br />affected by land <br />model <br />activity; post- land <br />Height <br />LT /PP - LANDS <br />management <br />management <br />Density <br />LT /PP - LANDS <br />activities- <br />repeated annually <br />upstream, through <br />and downstream of <br />treatment area <br />Data Needs: <br />0 USGS gaging <br />Discharge <br />✓ <br />station to nearest <br />( <br />• concurrent with <br />treatment) <br />above <br />• Along permanent <br />measurements <br />transects <br />B. Program effects on Piping Plover (Species <br />Response) <br />1) Land and water management/ breeding bird <br />distribution and abundance <br />Annually, 10 -13 <br />Data Needs: <br />Breeding bird <br />Trend analyses <br />Number of breeding pairs <br />LT /PP -0 1 -S <br />surveys in the <br />years <br />Distribution of breeding pairs <br />LT /PP -0 1 -S <br />central Platte <br />(riverine and <br />sandpit) <br />2) Program effects of changes in land and flow <br />management on tern reproductive rate <br />USFWS, r3 1 tabmref04l3.wpd Page 20 of 24 April 13, 2001 <br />