Assessment of Restored Streamflow on Fish Communities in the Arkansas River of Southwestern Kansas

Eberle, Mark E.; Ernsting, Guy W.; Tomelleri, Joseph R.; Wells, Shelley L.

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“…Two species, plains minnow and shoal chub, had historic distributions across much of the study area. The plains minnow occurs in the major western tributaries of the Mississippi including the Missouri (Kelsch, ; Patton et al., ; Pegg & Pierce, ; Steffensen, Eder & Pegg, ), Niobrara (Hrabik et al., ), Platte (Hrabik et al., ; Lynch & Roh, ; Scheurer, Bestgen & Fausch, ; Yu & Peters, ), Republican (Hrabik et al., ), Kansas (Eberle, Wenke & Welker, ), Arkansas (Branson, ; Eberle et al., ; Kilgore & Rising, ) and Red River (Hubbs & Ortenburger, ; Pigg, ) basins. The species is also present in the Gulf Coast drainages of the Colorado and Brazos rivers (Al‐Rawi & Cross, ; Ostrand & Wilde, ; Ostrand, Wilde, Strauss & Young, ; Thomas et al., ).…”

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“…Beyond hydrologic disturbances, threats caused by habitat change or non‐native species invasions now exist within fragments of previously connected river in which alterations to demographic rates occur in isolation. The ratcheting mechanism is one explanation for why PBS assemblages do not recover when precipitation‐mediated surface flows are returned to regions historically supported by groundwater flow (Eberle et al., ) or when in‐channel flow is maintained but floodplain inundation and habitat maintenance are compromised (Cowley, ; Galat, Fredrickson & Humburg, ). Thus, because PBS fish populations are regulated and maintained across broad spatial scales (Chase et al., ; Perkin & Gido, ), isolated stream segments containing appropriate habitat can remain vacant if recolonization from distant source populations is not possible (Luttrell et al., ).…”

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“…The Red River shiner, which was historically more widely distributed in the Red River basin than the prairie chub ( Figure 8b; Buchanan, 1973;Hubbs et al, 2008;Miller & Robison, 2004;Wilde, 2015), is known in Arkansas from only two collections (Robison, 1974b) and none since impoundment of Lake Texoma in 1944 (Buchanan, Wilson, Claybrook & Layher, 2003). The peppered chub was historically found in the middle and upper reaches of the Arkansas River catchment (Figure 8c; Cross & Collins, 1995;Eisenhour, 1999;Luttrell, Echelle, Fisher & Eisenhour, 1999), but since the mid-20th century, has undergone large-scale declines and is extirpated from 90% of its historic range (Cross & Collins, 1995;Eberle, Ernsting, Tomelleri & Wells, 1993;Luttrell et al, 1999;Pigg, 1987). The species until recently was confined to two disjunct areas, a relatively stable population in the South Canadian River between Ute Lake, New Mexico and Lake Meredith, Texas (Bonner & Wilde, 2000), and a second potentially declining population in the Arkansas River in south-central Kansas (Luttrell et al, 1999;Perkin & Gido, 2011;Perkin, Gido, Costigan, Daniels & Johnson, 2015).…”

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The emblematic minnows of the North American Great Plains: A synthesis of threats and conservation opportunities

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Anthropogenic changes to the Great Plains rivers of North America have had a large, negative effect on a reproductive guild of pelagic‐broadcast spawning (PBS) cyprinid fishes. The group is phylogenetically diverse, with multiple origins of the PBS mode. However, because of incomplete life‐history information, PBS designation often relies only on habitat and egg characteristics. We identified 17 known or candidate PBS fishes and systematically synthesized the literature on their biology and ecology in relation to major threats to persistence. Research output on an individual species was unrelated to conservation status, but positively correlated with breadth of distribution. The PBS species have opportunistic life‐history strategies and are typically short‐lived (generally 1–3 years) fishes. Many PBS species have truncated ranges showing declines in both distribution and abundance, especially those endemic to the Rio Grande catchment. Fundamental habitat associations are unknown for many species, particularly regarding seasonal shifts and early life stages. Critical thermal tolerances have been quantified for five PBS species and are generally >35°C. Turbidity and salinity changes are linked to responses at multiple life stages, but information is lacking on interactions between water quality and quantity. Hydrologic alteration appears to be a primary threat to PBS species, through complex interactions with landscape fragmentation, and habitat change. We highlight areas where scientific and management communities are lacking information and underline areas of potential conservation gain.

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“…For example, fish communities in Kansas and the Central Plains area have been impacted by habitat alteration and degradation (Cross and Collins 1995). In larger streams, such changes include channel narrowing and flow modifications from dams that have stabilized previously variable hydrologic regimes to which Great Plains fish communities had adapted (Cross et al 1986, Eberle et al 1993, Cross and Collins 1995. In smaller streams as well, many problems arise from agricultural impacts.…”

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Interrelationships Among Landscapes, Ndvi, and Stream Water Quality in the U.S. Central Plains

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During late spring through summer of 1994 and 1995, 290 randomly selected stream sites in Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri were sampled once for several parameters including conductivity, turbidity, total phosphorus, nitrate-nitrite nitrogen, the index of biotic integrity, and a habitat index. Based on landscape data from watersheds that were delineated for each sampling location, interrelationships were examined between these water quality parameters and land use/land cover, the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and vegetation phenological metrics derived from the NDVI. Statistically significant relationships were found between NDVI values and the derived metrics with the stream condition parameters (r values to 0.8, ␣ ϭ 0.05). The NDVI or vegetation phenological metrics (VPMs) were more highly correlated to the selected stream condition parameters than were the land use/land cover proportions. Knowledge of the general land use/land cover setting within the watersheds, however, was important for interpreting these relationships. The most common variables associated with the stream data were early spring NDVI values or VPMs associated with the date of onset of greenness. These results demonstrate the utility of NDVI and VPMs as broad-scale environmental indicators of watershed conditions.

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“…The major stresses that have caused recent changes are construction of impoundments, decreased stream flows in certain semi-arid regions, and water quality decreases from agricultural, industrial and municipal activities (Cross and Moss 1987, Femngton and Goldhammer 1992, Eberle et al 1993, Sanders et al 1993, Cross and Collins 1995. For example, there are18 major reservoirs and over 13,000 smaller impoundments on the Kansas River system alone (Sanders et al 1993).…”

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Regions of High Fish Diversity for Conservation Concern within the U.S. Central Plains

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Fish samples from 300 stream sites in Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri were used to identify potential conservation areas based on (a) number of endemic species, (b) number of threatened and endangered species, c) Index of Biotic Integrity scores, and d) specieslfamily richness. Three areas emerged as potential high-priority conservation areas -the Ozark plateau, south-central Kansas and the Nebraska Sand Hills. The techniques used here can highlight watersheds and streams of potential management concern.

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Assessment of Restored Streamflow on Fish Communities in the Arkansas River of Southwestern Kansas

Cited by 7 publications

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The emblematic minnows of the North American Great Plains: A synthesis of threats and conservation opportunities

The emblematic minnows of the North American Great Plains: A synthesis of threats and conservation opportunities

Interrelationships Among Landscapes, Ndvi, and Stream Water Quality in the U.S. Central Plains

Regions of High Fish Diversity for Conservation Concern within the U.S. Central Plains

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