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Budnik RR, Frank KT, Collis LM, Fraker ME, Mason LA, Muir AM, Pothoven SA, Clapp DF, Collingsworth PD, Hoffman JC, Hood JM, Johnson TB, Koops MA, Rudstam LG, Ludsin SA. Feasibility of implementing an integrated long-term database to advance ecosystem-based management in the Laurentian Great Lakes basin. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH 2024; 50:1-13. [PMID: 38783923 PMCID: PMC11110652 DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
The North American Great Lakes have been experiencing dramatic change during the past half-century, highlighting the need for holistic, ecosystem-based approaches to management. To assess interest in ecosystem-based management (EBM), including the value of a comprehensive public database that could serve as a repository for the numerous physical, chemical, and biological monitoring Great Lakes datasets that exist, a two-day workshop was organized, which was attended by 40+ Great Lakes researchers, managers, and stakeholders. While we learned during the workshop that EBM is not an explicit mission of many of the participating research, monitoring, and management agencies, most have been conducting research or monitoring activities that can support EBM. These contributions have ranged from single-resource (-sector) management to considering the ecosystem holistically in a decision-making framework. Workshop participants also identified impediments to implementing EBM, including: 1) high anticipated costs; 2) a lack of EBM success stories to garner agency buy-in; and 3) difficulty in establishing common objectives among groups with different mandates (e.g., water quality vs. fisheries production). We discussed as a group solutions to overcome these impediments, including construction of a comprehensive, research-ready database, a prototype of which was presented at the workshop. We collectively felt that such a database would offer a cost-effective means to support EBM approaches by facilitating research that could help identify useful ecosystem indicators and management targets and allow for management strategy evaluations that account for risk and uncertainty when contemplating future decision-making.
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Affiliation(s)
- Richard R. Budnik
- Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Evolution,
Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43212,
USA
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- Ocean Sciences Division, Bedford Institute of Oceanography,
Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada
- Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston,
ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Evolution,
Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43212,
USA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Great
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) and
Michigan Sea Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Great
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA
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- Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, MI 48105,
USA
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Great
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Lake Michigan Field Station, Muskegon, MI
49441, USA
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- Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station, Michigan Department
of Natural Resources, Charlevoix, Michigan,49720, USA
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources and
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
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- United State Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Research and Development, Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, Duluth,
Minnesota, 55804, USA
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- Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Evolution,
Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43212,
USA
- Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio 43212 USA
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- Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural
Resources and Forestry, Glenora Fisheries Station, Pickton, ON, Canada, K0K
2T0
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- Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, ON L7S 1A1,
Canada
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Evolution,
Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43212,
USA
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Laroche RAS, Weinersmith KL, Davis ML, Angeloni L, Baylis JR, Newman SP, Egan SP, Wiegmann DD. Size‐associated energetic constraints on the seasonal onset of reproduction in a species with indeterminate growth. OIKOS 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.09739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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- Dept of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State Univ. Bowling Green OH USA
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- Dept of Biology, Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins CO USA
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- Dept of Integrative Biology, Univ. of Wisconsin Madison Madison WI USA
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- Dept of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State Univ. Bowling Green OH USA
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Sax DF, Schlaepfer MA, Olden JD. Valuing the contributions of non-native species to people and nature. Trends Ecol Evol 2022; 37:1058-1066. [PMID: 36210286 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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While decision-making can benefit from considering positive and negative outcomes of change, over the past half-century, research on non-native species has focused predominately on their negative impacts. Here we provide a framework for considering the positive consequences of non-native species relative to relational, instrumental, and intrinsic values. We demonstrate that their beneficial outcomes are common and profoundly important for human well-being. Identified benefits include social cohesion, cultural identity, mental health, food and fuel production, regulation of clean waters, and attenuation of climate change. We argue that long-standing biases against non-native species within the literature have clouded the scientific process and hampered policy advances and sound public understanding. Future research should consider both costs and benefits of non-native species.
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- Dov F Sax
- Institute at Brown for Environment and Society & Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Wolf SL, Boren N, Vasquez B, Dudding J, Shields R. Population Structure, Diet, and Bioenergetics of Introduced Smallmouth Bass in an Intermountain West Reservoir. WEST N AM NATURALIST 2022. [DOI: 10.3398/064.082.0306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Skylar L. Wolf
- Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Fisheries Experiment Station, 1465 W. 200 N., Logan, UT 84321
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- Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Region Office, 318 N. Vernal Ave., Vernal, UT 84078
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- Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Region Office, 318 N. Vernal Ave., Vernal, UT 84078
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- Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Fisheries Experiment Station, 1465 W. 200 N., Logan, UT 84321
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- Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Fisheries Experiment Station, 1465 W. 200 N., Logan, UT 84321
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Assessing the Predatory Effects of Invasive Brown Trout on Native Rio Grande Sucker and Rio Grande Chub in Mountain Streams of New Mexico, USA. CONSERVATION 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/conservation2030035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Invasive predators pose a critical threat to native taxa. Body size plays an important role in mediating the interactions of predator and prey. For piscivorous fishes, increased predator body size can be accompanied by the selection of increasingly larger prey or may reflect a mix of small and large prey. Knowledge of such interactions helps determine how predation affects population vital rates. Here, we assessed the predatory effects of invasive Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) on populations of native Rio Grande Sucker (Catostomus plebeius) and Rio Grande Chub (Gila pandora) in streams of the Jemez River watershed (New Mexico, USA). Trout diets were sampled every two weeks during the 2020 growing season. Predator and prey body lengths were measured to examine relationships to better understand patterns of piscivory and quantify the threat Brown Trout pose to populations of Rio Grande Chub and Rio Grande Sucker. Across all streams and sampling dates, 7% of Brown Trout diets contained fish. Predator–prey length relationships reflected a ‘wedge’ pattern, indicating that Brown Trout consumed an increasing range of prey body sizes as they grew larger. Rio Grande Sucker and Rio Grande Chub comprised 46% of consumed fishes. The findings demonstrated that Rio Grande Sucker and Rio Grande Chub experience constant predation over the growing season by Brown Trout. Moreover, our study provides evidence that these invasive predators pose a threat to the viability of Rio Grande Chub and Rio Grande Sucker populations. Conservation efforts to protect these chub and sucker populations must account for and directly address predation by invasive Brown Trout.
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Golebie EJ, van Riper CJ, Arlinghaus R, Gaddy M, Jang S, Kochalski S, Lu Y, Olden JD, Stedman R, Suski C. Words matter: a systematic review of communication in non-native aquatic species literature. NEOBIOTA 2022. [DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.74.79942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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How scientists communicate can influence public viewpoints on invasive species. In the scientific literature, some invasion biologists adopt neutral language, while others use more loaded language, for example by emphasizing the devastating impacts of invasive species and outlining consequences for policy and practice. An evaluation of the use of language in the invasion biology literature does not exist, preventing us from understanding which frames are used and whether there are correlations between message framing in scientific papers and local environmental impacts associated with invasive species. Thus, we conducted a systematic literature review of 278 peer-reviewed articles published from 2008–2018 to understand communication styles adopted by social and natural scientists while reporting on aquatic non-native species research. Species-centered frames (45%) and human-centered frames (55%) were adopted to nearly equal degrees. Negative valence was dominant in that 81.3% of articles highlighted the negative risks and impacts of invasive species. Additionally, the use of terminology was found to broadly align with the stage of invasion, in that “invasive” was most commonly used except when the research was conducted at early stages of invasion, when “non-native” was most commonly used. Terminology use therefore enables readers of scientific papers to infer the status and severity of ongoing invasions. Given that science communication within the peer-reviewed literature affects public understanding of research outcomes, these findings provide an important point of reflection for researchers.
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Maine AN, O'Brien C. Use of Native and Nonnative Fish Hosts by the Freshwater Mussel Anodonta californiensis (California Floater) in the Columbia River Basin. MALACOLOGIA 2022. [DOI: 10.4002/040.064.0204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Alexa N. Maine
- Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Freshwater Mussel Research & Restoration Project, Walla Walla, Washington, U.S.A
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Peterson MI, Kitano S. Spawning season and nest guarding behavior of invasive smallmouth bass (
Micropterus dolomieu
) in a Japanese Lake. Ecol Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Miles I. Peterson
- Department of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology Shinshu University Nagano Japan
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- Nagano Environmental Conservation Research Institute Nagano Japan
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Banha F, Diniz AM, Olivo Del Amo R, Oliva-Paterna FJ, Anastácio PM. Perceptions and risk behaviors regarding biological invasions in inland aquatic ecosystems. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 308:114632. [PMID: 35123199 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Public engagement is vital to effectively manage Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and biosecurity campaigns directed to stakeholders are decisive to raise awareness regarding IAS regulations and problems. To design and implement adequate communication plans, stakeholders' perceptions and risk behaviors regarding IAS need to be monitored by surveys. IAS do not recognize borders and most countries are not biogeographically isolated. Therefore, international information and consensus are necessary when applying measures at a biogeographic scale. Our bilingual survey was performed at the Iberian Peninsula, targeting the general public, decision-makers and other stakeholders, covering all taxa associated to inland aquatic ecosystems. We found differences in IAS' awareness between countries, and between different stakeholder groups. Results showed that the awareness of socioeconomic and human health impacts is substantially lower when compared with impacts on biodiversity. We found that the perception regarding the predation impacts is consistent across groups and countries, while other perceptions differ. The negative socioeconomic impact on angling due to IAS introductions is widely recognized. However, angling is also the activity most referred as positively impacted by IAS due to fish introductions. Most responders knew what IAS are, providing correct species examples. For all three awareness types (Biodiversity, Socio-economic and Human health) the model regressions showed that the most important predictor was the country of provenance of the respondent, followed by Education level for the socio-economic and biodiversity regressions and the stakeholder group in the Human health regression. We can conclude that in Portugal and Spain the general public and other key target-groups have reduced understanding of some threats posed by IAS. We highlight that raising awareness about IAS impacts on humans, namely on socio-economic aspects and human health, may be more effective and it is certainly needed in education campaigns towards IAS.
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- Filipe Banha
- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Psicologia, Escola de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Campus de Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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Bell DA, Kovach RP, Muhlfeld CC, Al-Chokhachy R, Cline TJ, Whited DC, Schmetterling DA, Lukacs PM, Whiteley AR. Climate change and expanding invasive species drive widespread declines of native trout in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabj5471. [PMID: 34936455 PMCID: PMC8694593 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj5471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Climate change and invasive species are major threats to native biodiversity, but few empirical studies have examined their combined effects at large spatial and temporal scales. Using 21,917 surveys collected over 30 years, we quantified the impacts of climate change on the past and future distributions of five interacting native and invasive trout species throughout the northern Rocky Mountains, USA. We found that the occupancy of native bull trout and cutthroat trout declined by 18 and 6%, respectively (1993–2018), and was predicted to decrease by an additional 39 and 16% by 2080. However, reasons for these occupancy reductions markedly differed among species: Climate-driven increases in water temperature and decreases in summer flow likely caused declines of bull trout, while climate-induced expansion of invasive species largely drove declines of cutthroat trout. Our results demonstrate that climate change can affect ecologically similar, co-occurring native species through distinct pathways, necessitating species-specific management actions.
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- Donovan A. Bell
- Wildlife Biology Program, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
- Corresponding author.
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- Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, West Glacier, MT, USA
- Flathead Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT, USA
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- Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, West Glacier, MT, USA
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- Flathead Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT, USA
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- Wildlife Biology Program, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Wildlife Biology Program, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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Tiffan KF, Erhardt JM, Hemingway RJ, Bickford BK, Rhodes TN. Impact of smallmouth bass predation on subyearling fall Chinook salmon over a broad river continuum. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES 2020; 103:1231-1246. [PMID: 32863549 PMCID: PMC7443614 DOI: 10.1007/s10641-020-01016-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) predation on subyearling fall Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) was examined in the Snake River (USA) to identify seasonal and habitat-related changes in bass diets, and associated subyearling consumption and loss in various riverine and impounded reaches. Smallmouth bass diets reflected opportunistic foraging that at times showed predation on subyearlings is influenced by the consumption of other prey such as crayfish, sand roller (Percopsis transmontana), and smaller invertebrates. Estimated loss of subyearlings was influenced by bass abundance and consumption rates. The highest bass abundances (> 1,000 bass/river kilometer) were observed in the upper reach of Hells Canyon early in April and May, and in Lower Granite Reservoir. Peak consumption rates of subyearlings (≥ 0.12 subyearlings/bass/day) occurred in the upper reach of Hells Canyon during May and in most reservoir reaches in June. Predation losses accumulated evenly along the river continuum from riverine to reservoir habitats. We estimated that 869,371 subyearlings could be lost to smallmouth bass predation between riverine production areas and Lower Granite Dam in a given year. To provide a context for this estimated loss, we provide an illustration of its potential effect on the adult population. Assuming no juvenile mortality occurred downstream of the dam and depending on smolt-to-adult return rates, this represented up to 3.9-16.0% of the potential adult run that could have returned to Lower Granite Dam had no subyearling predation by smallmouth bass occurred upstream of the dam. Although this study was limited by a number of assumptions and constraints, it does provide an illustration of how predation affects juvenile and adult salmon loss over a broad, changing river landscape.
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- Kenneth F. Tiffan
- Western Fisheries Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 5501A Cook-Underwood Rd, Cook, WA 98605 USA
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- Western Fisheries Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 5501A Cook-Underwood Rd, Cook, WA 98605 USA
- Present Address: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Idaho Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, 276 Dworshak Complex Drive, Orofino, ID 83544 USA
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- Western Fisheries Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 5501A Cook-Underwood Rd, Cook, WA 98605 USA
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- Western Fisheries Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 5501A Cook-Underwood Rd, Cook, WA 98605 USA
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- Western Fisheries Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 5501A Cook-Underwood Rd, Cook, WA 98605 USA
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Hawkins BL, Fullerton AH, Sanderson BL, Steel EA. Individual‐based simulations suggest mixed impacts of warmer temperatures and a nonnative predator on Chinook salmon. Ecosphere 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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- B. L. Hawkins
- Ecology, Behavior and Evolution Section Division of Biological Sciences University of California San Diego San Diego California USA
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- Fish Ecology Division Northwest Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries ServiceNOAA Seattle Washington USA
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- Fish Ecology Division Northwest Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries ServiceNOAA Seattle Washington USA
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and Department of Statistics University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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Minder M, Arsenault ER, Erdenee B, Pyron M. Dietary specificity and overlap in endorheic river fishes: How do native and nonnative species compare? JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2020; 97:453-464. [PMID: 32418215 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The introduction of nonnative species is one of the most critical problems facing freshwater systems today. The rivers of the Great Basin (USA) have been particularly imperilled by nonnative species introductions and represent a valuable location to study the dietary trends of native and nonnative fishes in isolated, endorheic systems. We collected fish from 23 sites, spanning three Great Basin watersheds (Carson, Humboldt and Bear Rivers) and two elevation categories (upland and lowland). Only a single species (speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus) occurred in both elevation zones. Diet item analyses of over 500 fish stomachs indicated significant dietary overlaps between native and nonnative fishes and detailed dietary selectivity for all species. This finding, along with the low species diversity observed in the region, suggests low dietary niche diversity, which could have the potential to amplify the competitive impacts of nonnatives on native species. In upland sites, nonnative trouts were the dominant invaders, while in lowland sites warm-water nonnatives were prevalent. The management implications we recommend based on our results urge for continued monitoring of water temperature and species occurrences to predict if dietary overlaps observed in this study are likely to change in the future. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: The Great Basin is an ideal endorheic region to study dietary trends in native and nonnative fishes. These trends are important in predicting competitive interactions among fishes. By looking at the diets of fishes within this region we were able to identify multiple significant overlaps among native and nonnative fishes. These results represent a baseline for future studies in the region as well as being comparable to other regions with similar invasive/native overlaps.
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- Mario Minder
- Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA
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- Kansas Biological Survey and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA
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Camp EV, Kaemingk MA, Ahrens RNM, Potts WM, Pine WE, Weyl OLF, Pope KL. Resilience Management for Conservation of Inland Recreational Fisheries. Front Ecol Evol 2020. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rubenson ES, Olden JD. Growth and Recruitment of Nonnative Smallmouth Bass along the Upstream Edge of Its Riverine Distribution. NORTHWEST SCIENCE 2019. [DOI: 10.3955/046.093.0102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Erika S. Rubenson
- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, 1122 NE Boat Street, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, 1122 NE Boat Street, Seattle, Washington 98195
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van Poorten BT, Beck M, Herborg LM. Turning population viability analysis on its head: using stochastic models to evaluate invasive species control strategies. Biol Invasions 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-018-1890-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Franklin TW, Dysthe JC, Rubenson ES, Carim KJ, Olden JD, McKelvey KS, Young MK, Schwartz MK. A Non-Invasive Sampling Method for Detecting Non-Native Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu). NORTHWEST SCIENCE 2018. [DOI: 10.3955/046.092.0207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Thomas W. Franklin
- United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana 59801
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana 59801
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, 1122 NE Boat Street, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana 59801
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, 1122 NE Boat Street, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana 59801
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana 59801
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana 59801
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Sepulveda AJ, Ray AM. Guest Editorial: Aquatic Science in the Northwest. NORTHWEST SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.3955/046.091.0303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Adam J. Sepulveda
- United States Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, 2327 University Way, Suite 2, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA
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- National Park Service, Greater Yellowstone Network, 2327 University Way, Ste 2, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA
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Dynamism in the upstream invasion edge of a freshwater fish exposes range boundary constraints. Oecologia 2017; 184:453-467. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3885-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Humston R, Doss SS, Wass C, Hollenbeck C, Thorrold SR, Smith S, Bataille CP. Isotope geochemistry reveals ontogeny of dispersal and exchange between main-river and tributary habitats in smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2017; 90:528-548. [PMID: 27615608 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Radiogenic strontium isotope ratios (87 Sr:86 Sr) in otoliths were compared with isotope ratios predicted from models and observed in water sampling to reconstruct the movement histories of smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu between main-river and adjacent tributary habitats. A mechanistic model incorporating isotope geochemistry, weathering processes and basin accumulation reasonably predicted observed river 87 Sr:86 Sr across the study area and provided the foundations for experimental design and inferring fish provenance. Exchange between rivers occurred frequently, with nearly half (48%) of the 209 individuals displaying changes in otolith 87 Sr:86 Sr reflecting movement between isotopically distinct rivers. The majority of between-river movements occurred in the first year and often within the first few months of life. Although more individuals were observed moving from the main river into tributaries, this pattern did not necessarily reflect asymmetry in exchange. Several individuals made multiple movements between rivers over their lifetimes; no patterns were found, however, that suggest seasonal or migratory movement. The main-river sport fishery is strongly supported by recruitment from tributary spawning, as 26% of stock size individuals in the main river were spawned in tributaries. The prevailing pattern of early juvenile dispersal documented in this study has not been observed previously for this species and suggests that the process of establishing seasonal home-range areas occurs up to 2 years earlier than originally hypothesized. Extensive exchange between rivers would have substantial implications for management of M. dolomieu populations in river-tributary networks.
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- R Humston
- Biology Department, Washington and Lee University, 204 West Washington St, Lexington, VA, 24450, U.S.A
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- Biology Department, Washington and Lee University, 204 West Washington St, Lexington, VA, 24450, U.S.A
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- Biology Department, Washington and Lee University, 204 West Washington St, Lexington, VA, 24450, U.S.A
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- Environmental Studies Program, Washington and Lee University, 204 West Washington St, Lexington, VA, 24450, U.S.A
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, U.S.A
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- Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1132 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, U.S.A
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- Geology Department, University of North Carolina, 104 South Road, Mitchell Hall, Campus Box #3315, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, U.S.A
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Walrath JD, Quist MC, Firehammer JA. Population Structure and Dynamics of Northern Pike and Smallmouth Bass in Coeur d'Alene Lake, Idaho. NORTHWEST SCIENCE 2015. [DOI: 10.3955/046.089.0308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Lawrence DJ, Beauchamp DA, Olden JD. Life-stage-specific physiology defines invasion extent of a riverine fish. J Anim Ecol 2015; 84:879-888. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- David J. Lawrence
- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
- U.S. Geological Survey; Washington Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research Unit; School of Aquatic and Fishery Science; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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Ellender BR, Woodford DJ, Weyl OLF, Cowx IG. Managing conflicts arising from fisheries enhancements based on non-native fishes in southern Africa. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2014; 85:1890-1906. [PMID: 25256916 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Southern Africa has a long history of non-native fish introductions for the enhancement of recreational and commercial fisheries, due to a perceived lack of suitable native species. This has resulted in some important inland fisheries being based on non-native fishes. Regionally, these introductions are predominantly not benign, and non-native fishes are considered one of the main threats to aquatic biodiversity because they affect native biota through predation, competition, habitat alteration, disease transfer and hybridization. To achieve national policy objectives of economic development, food security and poverty eradication, countries are increasingly looking towards inland fisheries as vehicles for development. As a result, conflicts have developed between economic and conservation objectives. In South Africa, as is the case for other invasive biota, the control and management of non-native fishes is included in the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act. Implementation measures include import and movement controls and, more recently, non-native fish eradication in conservation priority areas. Management actions are, however, complicated because many non-native fishes are important components in recreational and subsistence fisheries that contribute towards regional economies and food security. In other southern African countries, little attention has focussed on issues and management of non-native fishes, and this is cause for concern. This paper provides an overview of introductions, impacts and fisheries in southern Africa with emphasis on existing and evolving legislation, conflicts, implementation strategies and the sometimes innovative approaches that have been used to prioritize conservation areas and manage non-native fishes.
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- B R Ellender
- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa; Centre for Invasion Biology, SAIAB, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
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Lawrence DJ, Stewart-Koster B, Olden JD, Ruesch AS, Torgersen CE, Lawler JJ, Butcher DP, Crown JK. The interactive effects of climate change, riparian management, and a nonnative predator on stream-rearing salmon. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2014; 24:895-912. [PMID: 24988784 DOI: 10.1890/13-0753.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Predicting how climate change is likely to interact with myriad other stressors that threaten species of conservation concern is an essential challenge in aquatic ecosystems. This study provides a framework to accomplish this task in salmon-bearing streams of the northwestern United States, where land-use-related reductions in riparian shading have caused changes in stream thermal regimes, and additional warming from projected climate change may result in significant losses of coldwater fish habitat over the next century. Predatory, nonnative smallmouth bass have also been introduced into many northwestern streams, and their range is likely to expand as streams warm, presenting an additional challenge to the persistence of threatened Pacific salmon. The goal of this work was to forecast the interactive effects of climate change, riparian management, and nonnative species on stream-rearing salmon and to evaluate the capacity of restoration to mitigate these effects. We intersected downscaled global climate forecasts with a local-scale water temperature model to predict mid- and end-of-century temperatures in streams in the Columbia River basin. We compared one stream that is thermally impaired due to the loss of riparian vegetation and another that is cooler and has a largely intact riparian corridor. Using the forecasted stream temperatures in conjunction with fish-habitat models, we predicted how stream-rearing chinook salmon and bass distributions would change as each stream warmed. In the highly modified stream, end-of-century warming may cause near total loss of chinook salmon-rearing habitat and a complete invasion of the upper watershed by bass. In the less modified stream, bass were thermally restricted from the upstream-most areas. In both systems, temperature increases resulted in higher predicted spatial overlap between stream-rearing chinook salmon and potentially predatory bass in the early summer (two- to fourfold increase) and greater abundance of bass. We found that riparian restoration could prevent the extirpation of chinook salmon from the more altered stream and could also restrict bass from occupying the upper 31 km of salmon-rearing habitat. The proposed methodology and model predictions are critical for prioritizing climate-change adaptation strategies before salmonids are exposed to both warmer water and greater predation risk by nonnative species.
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