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Endangered Aquatic Species in Pennsylvania

Endangered Aquatic Species in Pennsylvania. Toni Christopher Limnology Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Endangered Species in Pennsylvania. one fish one plant eight species of mussel. Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum. Listed since 1967

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Endangered Aquatic Species in Pennsylvania

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  1. Endangered Aquatic Species in Pennsylvania Toni Christopher Limnology Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  2. Endangered Species in Pennsylvania • one fish • one plant • eight species of mussel

  3. Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenserbrevirostrum • Listed since 1967 • Anadromous, long-lived, long generation times • Habitat loss/degradation, accidental mortality, pollution • Recovery plan -> 2024 http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/fish/shortnosesturgeon.htm

  4. Northeastern bulrush, Scirpusancistrochaetus • Also called barbedbristle bulrush • Listed since 1991 • Obligate wetland plant • habitat destruction, drawdown of the water table, disruption of water courses, invasive species, agricultural runoff, and natural events http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/rareplants/profiles/tep/scirpus_ancistrochaetus/index.shtml

  5. The mussels • Eight species, same characteristics • Listed since various years • All listed due to habitat loss, degradation, siltation, water pollution • Recovery plans in progress for all of them, only once close to being complete

  6. The Mussels • Clubshell, Pleurobemaclava • Pink mucket, Lampsilisabrupta • Rough pigtoe, Pleurobemaplenum • Orangefootpimpleback, Plethobasuscooperianus • Northern riffleshell, Epioblasmatorulosarangiana • Ring pink, Obovariaretusa • Dwarf wedgemussel, Alasmidontaheterodon • Cracking pearlymussel, Hemistenalata 1993 1976 1976 1989 1976 1993 1990

  7. Image References • http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/fish/shortnosesturgeon.htm • http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/rareplants/profiles/tep/scirpus_ancistrochaetus/index.shtml • http://miendangeredspecies.blogspot.com/2007/02/clubshell.html • http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/mussels/pinkmuk.html • http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/rough_fc.html • http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/orang_fc.html • http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/factsheets/12209.pdf • http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/ringp_fc.html • http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/42253.html

  8. Context references • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website Species Profile • See paper for full links

  9. Questions? 1991 1993 1976 1976 1989 1976 1993 1990 1967

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