Survey data of larval fish, zooplankton, and aquatic plants collected from the St. Clair River delta, MI (2010-2011)
Dates
Publication Date
2019-07-09
Start Date
2010-04-30
End Date
2011-07-26
Citation
Tucker, T.R., DeBruyne, R.L., Roseman, E.F., Larson, D., and McNaught, A.S., 2019, Survey data of larval fish, zooplankton, and aquatic plants collected from the St. Clair River delta, MI (2010-2011): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VDR3XG.
Summary
The St. Clair River delta, part of the St. Clair-Detroit River System (SCDRS), is the most fished coastal wetland area in the Laurentian Great Lakes and provides nursery habitat for a variety of fish species; however, few large-scale surveys of early fish life stages have been performed since the 1980s. Larval fish, zooplankton, and aquatic plants were sampled at 21 sites in delta channels and backwaters of the St. Clair-Detroit River System (SCDRS; USA/CAN) from May to July in 2010 and 2011 to characterize the habitats and resources used by larval fish in the delta. Larval fish were captured using conical nets and light traps, and diets from larval white sucker (Catostomus commersonii) were collected at three sites.
Summary
The St. Clair River delta, part of the St. Clair-Detroit River System (SCDRS), is the most fished coastal wetland area in the Laurentian Great Lakes and provides nursery habitat for a variety of fish species; however, few large-scale surveys of early fish life stages have been performed since the 1980s. Larval fish, zooplankton, and aquatic plants were sampled at 21 sites in delta channels and backwaters of the St. Clair-Detroit River System (SCDRS; USA/CAN) from May to July in 2010 and 2011 to characterize the habitats and resources used by larval fish in the delta. Larval fish were captured using conical nets and light traps, and diets from larval white sucker (Catostomus commersonii) were collected at three sites.
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SCDRS_Delta_Metadata-v2.xml Original FGDC Metadata
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SCDRS_Delta_Abiotic.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_Abiotic_Log.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_Fish.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_Fish_lengths.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_Plants.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_Plants_Log.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_Rotifers.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_Sites.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_Trip.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_White_Sucker_Diets.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_White_Sucker_Diets_Log.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_Zooplankton_Counts.csv
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SCDRS_Delta_Zooplankton_Log.csv
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RevisionHistory_20191017.txt
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Related External Resources
Type: Related Primary Publication
Taaja R. Tucker, Robin L. DeBruyne, Edward F. Roseman, Douglas Larson, A. Scott McNaught, Assessment of larval fish assemblages and nursery habitat in the St. Clair River delta, Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2019.03.010.
Larval fish, zooplankton, and aquatic plants were sampled to characterize the habitats and resources used by larval fish in delta channels and backwaters of the St. Clair-Detroit River System (SCDRS; USA/CAN). Due to the high connectivity and advective nature of the SCDRS, understanding the larval fish community dynamics of the delta can help inform the productivity in the system as a whole. This survey data can be used as a baseline for comparison to future studies of biodiversity in the St. Clair River delta.
Metadata were updated on October 17, 2019 to add additional authors to the data release. To review the changes that were made, see "RevisionHistory_20191017.txt” in the attached files section.
