Date of Award
5-2021
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Academic Program
Biological Sciences BS
Department
Biological Sciences
First Advisor
Robert Turnbull, M.S.
Advisor Department
Biological Sciences
Abstract
This project originated through interest in pursuing a field-based research project involving vertebrates. After conducting literature reviews, it was found that the Bear Point Bayou running through the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park Campus has never been thoroughly surveyed for species richness (Mohrman et al. 2016). Four sites on the Gulf Park Campus were chosen and vertebrate species were documented and identified through observations, camera trapping, and vocalization recordings. These data, along with species previously recorded on campus, were combined, and compared to data from the Gulf Coast Phenology Trail of which the Gulf Park Campus was recently added as a partner site. A total of 82 vertebrate species were catalogued on this campus with species richness being greatest at the Bear Point Bayou observation site. Recommendations for future GCPT involvement as well as the promotion of field-based studies for students on the Gulf Park Campus with emphasis on those majoring in the Biological Sciences are proposed.
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Recommended Citation
McDuffie, Hannah, "Vertebrates at the University of Southern Mississippi: A Wildlife Survey of the Bear Point Bayou and Surrounding Gulf Park Campus" (2021). Honors Theses. 781.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/781