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Progress and Future Direction of Aquatic GAP in Kansas

Progress and Future Direction of Aquatic GAP in Kansas. Keith Gido, Walter Dodds, Chris Guy, Jessica Kemp, and Bob Oakes. Outline. Aquatic conservation in Kansas Progress to date Meeting with local cooperators NHD reconstruction Compilation and evaluation of data sources

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Progress and Future Direction of Aquatic GAP in Kansas

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  1. Progress and Future Direction ofAquatic GAP in Kansas Keith Gido, Walter Dodds, Chris Guy, Jessica Kemp, and Bob Oakes

  2. Outline • Aquatic conservation in Kansas • Progress to date • Meeting with local cooperators • NHD reconstruction • Compilation and evaluation of data sources • Graduate student research projects • Future Direction

  3. Aquatic Conservation in Kansas Republican Blue Smoky Hill Marais Des Cygnes Arkansas Cimarron Neosho/ Verdigris

  4. Abiotic Gradients (Climate) Precipitation (inches)

  5. Abiotic Gradients (Topography) Western Streams Eastern Streams

  6. Kansas Aquatic Diversity • 116 Fishes (19 Introduced) (Cross and Collins 1995) • 37 in need of conservation • 46 Mussels (M. Eberle, web site) • 5 extirpated • 24 in need of conservation • 11 Crayfishes (Williams and Lenoard 1952)

  7. Patterns of Fish Species Diversity In Kansas 36 spp. 46 spp. 36 spp. 43 spp. 49 spp. 23 spp. 75 spp. 63 spp. Based on 800+ collections by Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks

  8. Correspondence Analysis of Kansas Fishes Based on Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Data Kansas Marais des Cygnes. Arkansas Cimarron Neosho/ Verdigris

  9. Conservation Concerns for Kansas Aquatic Systems

  10. Impoundments From Cross and Collins 1995

  11. Water Withdraws Total Withdraws Mgal/d

  12. Introduced Species

  13. General Patterns of Fish Invasions Bullhead minnow Western mosquitofish Red River Pupfish Red River Shiner Inland silverside

  14. Kansas Aquatic GAP 1. Define ranges all fish and mussel species within ecologically-distinct drainage basins using data compiled from known records. 2. Define habitat affinities for each species by valley segment characteristics. 3. Predict occurrence of each species to areas where collections have not occurred by extrapolation from habitat affinity database.

  15. Local Cooperators State Agencies State Universities Federal Agencies Private Agencies

  16. Potential Uses of Aquatic Gap in Kansas • Identify priority watersheds • Reintroduction of T&E species • Define Critical Habitat for T&E species • Assessment of impact for permitting • E.g, Gravel mining in Neosho madtom habitat • Stream lease program • Sport fish opportunities • Site selection • Land owner incentives (e.g., Conservation Reserve Program)

  17. National Hydrology Database Stream Order MoRAP stream classification • Temperature • Stream size -Stream order -Size of downstream valley segment - Link magnitude • Floodplain reach • Permanence of flow • Gradient • Geology 1 2 3 4 5 - 6

  18. National Hydrology Database • Develop amls to facilitate the reconstruction of NHD layers • These programs are available on our web site http://www.ksu.edu/ksaquaticgap/

  19. Showdis: Selects areas disconnected from stream network (in yellow).

  20. Showdis:

  21. Fixloop aml- identifies large loops in stream network Fixloop:

  22. Codeloop:

  23. Data sources: Mussels Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks

  24. Data Sources: Fishes Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks Tulane Natural History Museum

  25. Data Evaluation

  26. Data Evaluation

  27. Graduate Research Topics • Spatial Effects of Riparian Buffers on Stream Water Chemistry and Benthic Macroinvertebrates (Bob Oakes) • Zone of Influence of Reservoirs (Jessica Kemp)

  28. Effects of Riparian Buffers on Stream Water Chemistry and Macroinvertebrate Diversity • Where to restore buffers? • How does riparian cover affect water quality and insect diversity Kansas?

  29. Forested land Crop land Pasture land Methodology • Calculate riparian cover and land use from digitized layers • Use riparian buffers within a watershed to assess critical areas affecting water quality and insect diversity

  30. Riparian Cropland vs. Nitrate levels r2 = 0.28

  31. Riparian Native Pasture vs. Nitrate levels r2 = 0.22

  32. Zone of Influence of Reservoirs on Stream Fish Assemblages • What effects do reservoirs have on up and down stream fish assemblages? • How do these effects influence our ability to accurately predict species distributions?

  33. Distance to Reservoirs

  34. Distance to a Reservoir vs. Introduced Species Shape SS > random P = 0.021

  35. Distance to a Reservoir vs. White Crappie

  36. Distance to a Reservoir vs. Emerald Shiner

  37. Distance to a Reservoir vs. Green Sunfish

  38. Distance to a Reservoir vs. Red Shiner

  39. Future Direction • Complete habitat affinity database • Complete and refine predictive models • Work with local cooperators to establish classification schemes to suit particular conservation strategies

  40. Spatial Linkages Vannote et al. 1980

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