Condition of macroinvertebrate communities in the Buffalo River Area of Concern following sediment remediation

George, Scott D.; Duffy, Brian T.; Baldigo, Barry P.; Skaros, Damianos; Smith, Alexander J.

doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2021.11.002

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“…Lake Erie historically had a larger commercial fishery than all the other Great Lakes combined (Regier and Hartman, 1973). It experienced extensive pollution and habitat destruction up until the 1970s (George et al, 2022b; Koonce et al, 1996; Regier and Hartman, 1973), and the Buffalo River and the upper Niagara River in the eastern Lake Erie basin are both listed as Areas of Concern (AOCs) under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1972 (GLWQA, 1972). These factors make Lake Erie a likely candidate region for range expansions and contractions of freshwater fishes.…”

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Spotty distributions: Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) and Spotted Sucker (Minytrema melanops) range expansion in eastern Lake Erie

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Natural range expansions in warm-water freshwater fishes are currently not well understood, but shifts in native species distributions can be influenced by many factors, including habitat restoration or degradation and climate change. Here, we provide empirical evidence of range expansions observed in two native freshwater fish species in Lake Erie: the Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) and Spotted Sucker (Minytrema melanops). We confirmed our field identifications ofL. oculatusandM. melanopsusing mtDNA barcoding. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses reveal that our samples confidently resolve in theL. oculatusandM. melanopsclades respectively, with additional identification support from BLAST searches. Notably, we found no correlation between the increased detection rate of both species and an increase in sampling effort when compared to previous records. Historically, eastern Lake Erie experienced habitat degradation through channelization, siltation, dredging, and toxification of sediments. We hypothesize that recent habitat remediation efforts have provided suitable habitat for both species to recolonize shallow waters with densely vegetated habitat (>90% substrate coverage). Both species are likely to continue their northern expansion as habitats are restored and climatic changes favor warm-water fishes.

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Spotty distributions: Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) and Spotted Sucker (Minytrema melanops) range expansion in eastern Lake Erie

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“…Analyses of macroinvertebrate communities collected with HDs have proven useful for monitoring and assessing water quality and ecological health of a wide range of waterbodies, including those being remediated as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative [20]. Understanding methodological differences is necessary for understanding comparability of various sampling methods employed across the 43 Great Lakes AOCs, and for understanding how methodological differences affect monitoring and assessment results.…”

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A Comparison of Two Macroinvertebrate Multi-Plate Sampling Methods to Inform Great Lakes Monitoring and Remediation Efforts

Yeardley,

Duffy,

Kimbrough

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Hester-Dendy (HD) multi-plate samplers have been widely used by state and federal government agencies for bioassessment of water quality through use of macroinvertebrate community data. To help guide remediation and restoration efforts at the Niagara River Great Lakes Area of Concern site, a multi-agency study was conducted in 2014 to assess the contribution of seven major urban tributaries on the US side of the river toward the impairment of the Niagara River. As part of this study, macroinvertebrate communities were sampled using two co-located versions of HD samplers: one version used by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and another by the US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development. Samplers were deployed in tributaries in highly developed watersheds with high percent impervious surface. The two sampling methods varied in terms of number and size of plates, between-plate spacing, and deployment method. Comparison of the similarity/grouping of communities with multivariate ordination techniques, Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling and Multi-Response Permutation Procedure, showed that both methods were able to detect differences in communities at stations, despite some grouping by month and method. The indices and metrics derived from the two HD methods were found to give comparable but not identical assessments of water quality. Despite their differences, the methods were robust with respect to water quality categories derived from indices used nationally (HBI) and by NY state (BAP). For the common richness metrics, total taxa and EPT richness, there was no statistical difference between means from 3 samplings. Some metrics, especially percent tolerant collector-gatherer individuals, did

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A versatile and economical method for collecting macroinvertebrates using Hester-Dendy multiplate samplers

Rasmussen,

Orfinger

2023

Environ Monit Assess

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Condition of macroinvertebrate communities in the Buffalo River Area of Concern following sediment remediation

Cited by 9 publications

References 17 publications

Spotty distributions: Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) and Spotted Sucker (Minytrema melanops) range expansion in eastern Lake Erie

Spotty distributions: Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) and Spotted Sucker (Minytrema melanops) range expansion in eastern Lake Erie

A Comparison of Two Macroinvertebrate Multi-Plate Sampling Methods to Inform Great Lakes Monitoring and Remediation Efforts

A versatile and economical method for collecting macroinvertebrates using Hester-Dendy multiplate samplers

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