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BioBlitz! 2011, October 14-15

Chickasaw National Recreation Area


Record setting attendance and wonderful weather contributed to the success of this year's BioBlitz! Oklahoma. 333 citizen scientists and expert biologists scoured the drought stricken park to find over 880 species, from microscopic diatoms to the tracks of a black bear! The extra dry summer contributed to very low numbers of plants and aquatic invertebrates. Yet, we were able to find the virile crayfish - the species depicted in our 2011 logo! The bird, mammal, and fish counts were near average and, of course, the terrestrial invertebrates nearly doubled the count.


Schedule of Activities

Schedule (download PDF)



Taxa
Number of Species
Mammals
18
Birds
93
Amphibians & Reptiles
18
Fish
18
Aquatic invertebrates
26
Terrestrial invertebrates
still counting!
-- Odonata
29
-- Lepidoptera 72
Fungi
19
Diatoms & Algae
97
Vascular Plants
190
Lichens
21
GRAND TOTAL
877 +/-

Chickasaw NRA Website

BioBlitz! is a project of the Oklahoma Biological Survey and the University of Oklahoma. For more information contact the BioBlitz! Committee at prill@ou.edu or 405-325-7658.