Robin D Calfee

Field Evaluation of chemical attractants to control Asian carp and development of protocols for field verification of response

Description of Work Initial tests of a variety of chemical stimuli identified a strong response to the algal food attractant. Field testing of chemical stimulants based on algae will seek to identify potent mixtures based on persistence and duration of attraction. These studies will include consideration of component chemicals such as amino acids produced by algae that enhance the attractiveness of the stimulus, based on carp smell and taste senses. Means of providing a sustained release of the stimulant will be explored through tests of various media. Tests will be conducted to confirm the possibility that carp can be conditioned to feeding stations that can be used to facilitate their capture. Relevance & Impact...

Categories: Project; Tags: Asian Carp, GLRI, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Invasive Species, Template 66, All tags... Template 673, Fewer tags

Invasive carp movement rates among five herding techniques using adaptive resolution imaging sonar on the Lower Perche Creek, Columbia, MO

Data represent a comparison of herding techniques commonly used by natural resource agencies and the public to increase removal or harvest of invasive carp (i.e., Silver Carp) from U.S. waterways. Sites on lower Perche Creek, Columbia, MO (2018 August 9th to 2018 October 26th) were contained using block nets and treated with one of five herding techniques: (1) method commonly used by commercial fishers in the U.S. (“commercial technique”), (2) pulsed-DC electrofishing (“electric technique”), (3) broadband sound administered with underwater speakers (“sound technique”), (4) both sound and electric in combination (“combination technique”), and (5) solely the boat with no added stimulus (“control”). Sites were administered...

Tags: Aquatic Biology, Boonville, Cooper county, Field inventory and monitoring, Fish herding, All tags... Fisheries Management, Hydroacoustics, Invasive Carp, Invasive species, Management methods, Missouri, Missouri river, Perche creek, Sonar methods, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), adaptive resolution imaging sonar, biota, Fewer tags

Telemetry evaluation of invasive carp herding in Jonathan Creek Embayment, Kentucky Lake, Kentucky

Data tables represents a telemetry study assessing the efficacy of sound and electricity used to herd Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix). The study occurred in Jonathan Creek Embayment of Kentucky Lake, Kentucky using 10 telemetered Silver Carp and 46 passive acoustic receivers. Two herding boats traveled at 2.22 meters per second along bank-to-bank transects through the study area (longitudinal progression rate = 0.37 meters per second) emitting sound and electricity (“stimulus”) or no added stimuli (“control”). Fish movement responses included fish presence in the refuge-zones located at either end of the embayment, fish presence fore of herding boats, and fish presence within 100 meters, 200 meters, 400...

Tags: Aquatic Biology, Jonathan Creek, Kentucky, Kentucky Lake, Marshall county, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), animal behavior, biota, electrofishing, fish, fish behavior, fish deterrence, fish herding, fish management, invasive species, natural resource management, silver carp, telemetry, Fewer tags

Physiological and behavioral responses of bighead and silver carp to chemicals associated with common carp sex pheromones

This dataset contains a combination of physiological and behavioral approaches for characterizing the response of bighead and silver carp to potentially attractive chemicals associated with sex pheromones identified in common carp. The dataset contains eight tables: 1) EOG responses from untreated and masculinized silver carp to prostaglandins, 2) mixture discrimination indices of the prostaglandins tested with the EOG, 3) relative distribution (percentage) of initial behavioral/attractiveness tests of individual PGF’s to silver carp, 4) release rates of prostaglandin mixtures from PGF2α-implanted bigheaded carps, 5) relative distribution (percentage) of masculinized silver carp to PGF2α-implanted carp odors, 6)...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Asian carp, Bighead Carp, Invasive species, Minnesota, All tags... Pheromones, Ramsey county, Silver Carp, Sorensen Lab, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aggregation, attractancy, attractant, biota, chemoreceptors, f prostaglandin blends, pheromone emission, pheromone receptors, sex pheromone, spawning, Fewer tags

Evaluation of an Integrated Pest Management approach to bighead and silver carp control

Description of Work Hydroacoustic surveys were used to characterize the distribution of fish within the backwater before, during and after the addition of algal feeding attractants, establishment of a water gun barrier and commercial fishing activities. Algal feeding attractants were injected at predetermined locations in the backwater to attract and concentrate Asian carp in the closed portion of the backwater. Nine days after the first algal feeding attractant was added, a water gun barrier was established at the narrowest location on the backwater. The water gun barrier was established about 14 hours before commercial fishers began 3 consecutive days of carp removal; the water gun barrier operated continuously...

Categories: Project; Tags: Asian Carp, GLRI, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Invasive Species, All tags... Template 66, Template 673, Fewer tags