Potential Effects of Interspecific Competition on Neosho Madtom (Noturus placidus) Populations

Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Mark. L. Wildhaber, Ann L. Allert and Christopher J. Schmitt
Originator:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Columbia Environmental Research Center
Publication_Date: 1999
Title:
Potential Effects of Interspecific Competition on Neosho Madtom (Noturus placidus) Populations
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Columbia, Missouri
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Columbia Environmental Research Center
Description:
Abstract:
Previous research on the distribution of Neosho madtoms, which are Federally-listed as threatened, indicated a positive relationship between density of Neosho madtoms and cumulative density of other riffle-dwelling benthic fishes. This suggested that interspecific competition was not limiting Neosho madtom populations. Densities of fishes with habitat preferences similar to those of the Neosho madtom were positively correlated with Neosho madtom densities, whereas densities of fishes with different habitat preferences were negatively correlated. Slenderhead darter, suckermouth minnow, and juvenile channel catfish densities were positively correlated with Neosho madtom densities. Like the Neosho madtom, these species are found most often over gravel substrate with moderate flows; the suckermouth minnow is tolerant of high turbidities. Bluntnose minnow, western slim minnow, and bullhead minnow densities were negatively correlated with Neosho madtom densities. In contrast to the Neosho madtom, these species are found most often in pools or sluggish backwaters.
Purpose:
The purpose of the dataset is to provide evidence that interspecific competition is not limiting Neosho madtom populations. The primary intent of the study was to test relationships between Neosho madtoms and potential fish competitors.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19940829
Ending_Date: 19941022
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
The study area included the mainstems of the Neosho River and the Cottonwood River (Neosho River system) and the Spring River in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Part or all of the mainstems of all three rivers are located in the Prairie Parkland Province ecoregion. The Neosho River and the Cottonwood River drain mainly mixed-grass prairie with mature riparian vegetation along some sections, whereas the upper reaches of the Spring River and many of its tributaries primarily drain deciduous forests of the Ozark Uplands. The Spring River drains approximately half the area, has 70% of the discharge, and has 1.7 times the gradient of the Neosho River system; hovever, all three rivers possess similar riffle-pool habitats. The Neosho and Cottonwood Rivers are regulated by reservoirs. The Spring River is essentially unregulated except for a powerplant cooling reservoir on one of its lower reaches.
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -98
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -94
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.5
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: competition
Theme_Keyword: populations
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Neosho River system
Place_Keyword: Spring River
Place_Keyword: MO
Place_Keyword: Oklahoma
Place_Keyword: OK
Place_Keyword: Kansas
Place_Keyword: KS
Place_Keyword: Missouri
Taxonomy:
Taxonomic_Keywords: minnow
Taxonomic_Keywords: darter
Taxonomic_Keywords: catfish
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus: Ictalurus
Species: Ictalurus punctatus
Applicable_Common_Names: channel catfish
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus: Noturus
Species: Noturus exilis
Applicable_Common_Names: slender madtom
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pimephales
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Phenacobius
Species: Phenacobius mirabilis
Applicable_Common_Names: suckermouth minnow
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pimephales
Species: Pimephales notatus
Applicable_Common_Names: bluntnose minnow
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pimephales
Species: Pimephales t tenellus
Applicable_Common_Names: western slim minnow
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pimephales
Species: Pimephales vigilax
Applicable_Common_Names: bullhead minnow
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Aplodinotus grunniens
Species: Aplodinotus grunniens
Applicable_Common_Names: freshwater drum
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species: Cottus carolinae
Applicable_Common_Names: banded sculpin
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: Etheostoma blennioides
Applicable_Common_Names: greenside darter
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: Etheostoma f flabellare
Applicable_Common_Names: barred fantail darter
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus: Pylodictis olivaris
Species: Pylodictis olivaris
Applicable_Common_Names: flathead catfish
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Ermystax
Species: Ermystax x-punctatus
Applicable_Common_Names: gravel chub
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Notropis
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus: Noturus
Species: Noturus flavus
Applicable_Common_Names: stonecat
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus: Noturus
Species: Noturus miurus
Applicable_Common_Names: brindled madtom
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus: Noturus
Species: Noturus nocturnus
Applicable_Common_Names: freckled madtom
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: Etheostoma nigrum
Applicable_Common_Names: johnny darter
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: Etheostoma stigmaeum
Applicable_Common_Names: speckled darter
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: Etheostoma s spectabile
Applicable_Common_Names: northern orangethroat darter
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: Etheostoma whipplei
Applicable_Common_Names: redfin darter
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: Etheostoma zonale
Applicable_Common_Names: banded darter
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Percina
Species: Percina copelandi
Applicable_Common_Names: channel darter
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Percina
Species: Percina caprodes fulvitaenia
Applicable_Common_Names: Ozark logperch
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Percina
Species: Percina phoxocephala
Applicable_Common_Names: slenderhead darter
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Percina
Species: Percina shumardi
Applicable_Common_Names: river darter
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Cycleptus
Species: Cycleptus elongatus
Applicable_Common_Names: blue sucker
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Hypentelium
Species: Hypentelium nigricans
Applicable_Common_Names: northern hog sucker
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species: Moxostoma duquesnei
Applicable_Common_Names: black redhorse
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species: Moxostoma erythrurum
Applicable_Common_Names: golden redhorse
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species: Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Applicable_Common_Names: shorthead redhorse
Taxonomic_Coverage:
Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
Kingdom: Animal
Division-Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Mark L. Wildhaber
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources
Division, Columbia Environmental Research Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 4200 New Haven Road
City: Columbia
State_or_Province: Missouri
Postal_Code: 65201
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (573) 876-1847
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (573) 876-1896
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Mark_Wildhaber@usgs.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
The study was jointly funded and undertaken by many agencies. These are listed in Wildhaber et al, 1999.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Mark L. Wildhaber, Ann L. Allert, and Christopher J. Schmitt
Publication_Date: 199903
Title:
Potential Effects of Interspecific Competition on Neosho Madtom (Noturus placidus) Populations.
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Journal of Freshwater Ecology
Issue_Identification: 14(1)
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
In sampling fish, although the efficiency of capture may have varied among species, by collecting every species of fish using the same technique at all sites, density estimates of each species were consistent across sampling sites.
Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable
Completeness_Report:
Fish densities were analyzed at the site level to assess differences between the Neosho River system and the Spring River sites with and without madtoms.
Lineage:
Methodology:
Methodology_Type: Field
Methodology_Identifier:
Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Methodology_Keyword: gravel bar sampling
Methodology_Description:
Collection sites were selected to maximize the probability that Neosho madtoms would be selected. Twelve gravel bars (i.e. shoreline accumulations of stone, gravel, and sand generally < 38 mm in diameter which extended into the river) known to harbor Neosho madtoms were selected for study in the Neosho River system from Emporia, Kansas, Grand Lake of the Cherokees (U.S. FWS 1991). In Spring River, downstream from its confluence with its North Fork to Grand Lake of the Cherokees, 20 gravel bars were selected based on habitat characteristics favorable for Neosho madtoms (Moss 1983, U.S. FWS 1991, Wenke et al. 1992, Fuselier and Edds 1994). Collections at all sites occurred during daylight from August through October, after Neosho madtom young-of-year begin to be found on gravel bars (Fuselier and Edds 1994). Before sampling, three to five cross-channel transects perpendicular to the river channel were spaced equally along each gravel bar. In most instances, five stations were spaced equally along a transect with a minimum distance of 2 m between adjacent stations. Fewer than five stations were established when the river channel was less than 10 meters wide or when a station occured at an unseinable depth of greater than 1.25 m. Fish were collected from a 1.5 meter area by disturbing the gravel substrate. They started 3 meters upstream of a stationary 3.0 mm mesh seine and proceeded toward the seine (i.e., 4.5 meter square area). On each transect, stations were sampled in order collections generally proceeding from the downstream transect. All ictalurids and other identifiable fishes were counted and immediately released back into the river. Non-ictalurid voucher specimens and unidentifiable fishes were preserved in ethanol. The investigators wanted to test relationships between Neosho madtoms and Neosho madtom potential fish competitors. They assumed that fishes that were considered potential competitors to Neosho madtoms were equally vulnerable to capture by the sampling method. For most of the species that spend time stationary on the bottom, especially the small catfishes and darters, the density estimates were probably very comparable. For free-swimming species such as minnows they may have underestimated densities due to an avoidance response to the kick-seine.
Methodology_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication_Date: 1991
Title: Neosho Madtom recovery plan.
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Methodology_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Moss, R.E.
Publication_Date: 1983
Title: Microhabitat selection in Neosho River riffles
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Doctor of Philosophy dissertation
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Lawrence, Kansas
Publisher: University of Kansas
Methodology_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Wenke, T.L., M.E. Eberle, G. W. Ernsting, and W.J. Stark
Publication_Date: 1992
Title:
Winter collections of the Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus).
Series_Information:
Series_Name: The Southwestern Naturalist
Issue_Identification: 37
Other_Citation_Details: pp. 37:330-333.
Methodology_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Fuselier, L. and D.R. Edds.
Publication_Date: 1994
Title:
Seasonal variation in habitat use by the Neosho madtom(Teleostei: Ictaluridae: Noturus placidus).
Series_Information:
Series_Name: The Southwestern Naturalist
Issue_Identification: 39
Other_Citation_Details: pages 217-223.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The investigators calculated the mean site densities of Neosho madtoms and each potential competitor by dividing the total number of each species collected at a site by the total area sampled with the kick seine. The list of potential fish competitors to Neosho madtoms was based on habitat preferences and feeding habitats of each species as described by Pflieger (1975).
Process_Date: 1997
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The statistical methods used to make the primary comparisons included analysis fo variance (ANOVA), Fisher's Exact Test, and correlation analysis (SAS 1990). Separate one-way ANOVAs were performed to test differences between site means for river systems and for Spring River sites with and without Neosho madtoms. Before ANOVA could be performed, a species needed to be collected at a minimum of three sites with at least one site in each river system for river system comparisons and one site in Spring River sites with and without Neosho madtoms for within Spring River comparisons. Fisher's Exact Test was used to test the pairings of presence and absence of individual fish species with Neosho madtom presence and absence within the Spring River. For inclusion in Fisher's Exact Test, a fish species had to have been collected at nine or more sites in the Spring River for a valid comparison with Neosho madtom which were collected at nine sites in the Spring River. Correlation analyses were used to assess relationships between non-zero Neosho madtom densities and non-zero densities of other fish species. For correlation analyses to be acceptable, a fish species had to co-occur with the Neosho madtom at three or more sites.
Process_Date: 1997
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The distribution of sites means for each fish species was evaluated for normality using SAS (1990); all fish densities were log to the base 10 transformed. The issue of homogeneity of variance for river system differences was addressed using Levene's test as recommended by Milliken and Johnson (1984). For comparison between Spring River sites with and without Neosho madtoms, the investigators accepted the premise that F-statistics and t-tests used to compare means of normally distributed variable are effective whether or not variances were equal, especially when sample sizes were equal or almost so (Milliken and Johnson, 1984). There were nine sites with and 11 sites without Neosho madtoms in the Spring River. For the Spring River, having 11 sites with zero Neosho madtom densities precluded normal transformation of the full set of observations and forced the investigators to restrict correlations to sites with Neosho madtoms.
Process_Date: 1997
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Based on local reference names.
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Entity - Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus); Associated attributes - population densities
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: unknown
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources
Division, Columbia Environmental Research Center
Contact_Person: Christopher Henke
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Contact_Address:
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Address: 4200 New Haven Rd
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Postal_Code: 65201
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 573-875-5399
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 573-876-1896
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris_henke@usgs.gov
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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
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