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This SSP project resulted in one publication. Carbon storage was compared between impounded and naturally tidal freshwater marshes along the Lower Waccamaw River in South Carolina, USA. Soil cores were collected in (1) naturally tidal, (2) moist soil (impounded, seasonally drained since ~1970), and (3) deeply flooded "treatments" (impounded, flooded to ~90 cm since ~2002). Cores were analyzed for % organic carbon, % total carbon, bulk density, and 210Pb and 137Cs for dating purposes. Carbon sequestration rates ranged from 25 to 200 g C m-2 yr-1 (moist soil), 80-435 g C m-2 yr-1 (naturally tidal), and 100-250 g C m-2 yr-1 (deeply flooded). The moist soil and naturally tidal treatments were compared over a period...
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This report serves as metadata and a user guide for five out of six hydrologic and landscape databases developed by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to describe data-collection, data-reduction, and data-analysis methods used to construct the databases and provides statistical and graphical descriptions of the databases. Six hydrologic and landscape databases were developed: (1) the Cache River and White River National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) and contributing watersheds in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, (2) the Cahaba River NWR and contributing watersheds in Alabama, (3) the Caloosahatchee and J.N. “Ding” Darling NWRs and contributing watersheds in Florida, (4)...
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The objective of this SSP project is to Conduct an inventory of diamondback terrapins on Harris Neck, Blackbeard Island, Wassaw Island, and Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuges. Specific Objectives are to: Compile all existing records of diamondback terrapins from the refuges and surrounding area. Conduct systematic surveys using boat-based head counts on each refuge. Generate a map of terrapin relative densities and associated GIS files with all appropriate data. Cooperator Report Abstract – The diamond-backed terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) is a small estuarine turtle distributed along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the USA. Terrapin populations are declining throughout their range and one of the main causes...
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This QR project contributed to the production of a scientific investigations report. From 1954 to 2004, water levels declined in the nontidal reach of the Apalachicola River, Florida, as a result of long-term changes in stage-discharge relations. Channel widening and deepening, which occurred throughout much of the river, apparently caused the declines. The period of most rapid channel enlargement began in 1954 and occurred primarily as a gradual erosional process over two to three decades, probably in response to the combined effect of a dam located at the head of the study reach (106 miles upstream from the mouth of the river), river straightening, dredging, and other activities along the river. Widespread recovery...
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This SSP project resulted in a dissertation: A Dynamic Model of Semipalmated Sandpiper Migration:Implications For Conservation. By Jeffrey Allan Hostetler Abstract I developed a stochastic dynamic programming model of adult female Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) spring migration for the purpose of adaptive management of wetlands along their migratory route. Semipalmated Sandpipers are small abundant shorebirds that migrate through Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, FL, Yawkey Reserve, SC, Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, NC, and Delaware Bay on their way from the Caribbean and South America to arctic North American breeding grounds. The first three stopover sites mentioned include managed wetlands....
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No products for this SSP project are available at this time This project involves the development of a management strategy for oak (Quercus spp.) scrub that will maximize the long-term demographic performance of Florida scrub-jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens). The project focuses on the Happy Creek Scrub Reserve Unit of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which is an area with an ecological legacy of fire suppression. The objective of this project is to determine how creation of bare ground by plowing could supplement prescribed burning to help maintain better habitat conditions for Florida scrub-jays.
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This SSP project resulted in a final report and two publications. The effective conservation and management of at risk mussels in the lower Flint River Basin requires a credible assessment of the suitability of specific areas (habitats) to support each species and means to assess the potential risks, such as extinction due to fragmentation and isolation of populations. Such an approach should also allow for the integration of monitoring data so that reliable information on the status and distribution of at risk taxa can be updated as data are collected. The timely integration of monitoring data also is crucial for evaluating the success or failures of management actions to recover existing populations. The ultimate...
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A final report was produced for this SSP project. The general objectives to this study were threefold, as follows: 1. To determine the environmental presence and abundance of Bden in headwater regions of river systems in the Southeastern United States through water samples evaluated for the presence of environmental DNA (eDNA). 2. To determine the presence of Bden infection in fauna of these headwater regions, including larval and adult amphibians as well as other potential reservoirs of infection. 3. To determine whether any association exists between water flow rate and associated stream parameters in headwater systems versus the presence/prevalence of Bden both in the environment and infecting amphibian host...
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This SSP project resulted in a final report and two publications (Nest occurrence and survival of King Rails in fire-managed coastal marshes in North Carolina and Virginia, King Rail (Rallus elegans) Occupancy and Abundance in Fire Managed Coastal Marshes in North Carolina and Virginia). The project explored this use of Bayesian network modeling using the King Rail as a case study. Although Bayesian network (BN) models have been promoted to the conservation community as models well-suited to support adaptive management strategies, there have been few tests of these claims. To test the value of BNs to support U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Service's Strategic Habitat Conservation approach to...
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This SSP project resulted in two publications Two New Sculpins of the Genus Cottus (Teleostei: Cottidae) from Rivers of Eastern North America David A. Neely, James D. Williams, and Richard L. Mayden Copeia 2007 2007:3, 641-655 Two new species of freshwater sculpins are herein described from the Gulf Slope of the southeastern United States. The Tallapoosa Sculpin, Cottus tallapoosae, is restricted to the Tallapoosa River drainage, a tributary to the Mobile Basin, above the Fall Line in Alabama and Georgia, while the Chattahoochee Sculpin, Cottus chattahoochee, is restricted to the Chattahoochee River drainage, a tributary to the Apalachicola River, above the Fall Line in Georgia. Both differ from other North American...
There are no reports available for this SSP project at this time.
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This QR project provided support to help complete the work for a manuscript: Reconstructing Vegetation Response to Altered Hydrology and its Use for Restoration, Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida that was published in Wetlands. We present reconstructed hydrologic and vegetation trends of the last three centuries across the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida in order to understand the effects of 20th century water management. We analyzed pollen assemblages from cores at marsh sites along three transects to document vegetation and infer hydroperiod and water depth both before and after human alteration of Everglades hydrology. In the northern and central...
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This SSP project produced a final report on abundance of mallards in the MAV. In 1995, breeding habitat conditions improved and populations of most prairie-nesting ducks increased. Also in 1995, the Adaptive Harvest Management (AHM) program was initiated to select hunting regulations that maximized long-term harvest of mid-continent mallards. Generally, AHM has provided liberal harvests and hunting opportunity. The Lower Mississippi Valley (LMV) Joint Venture partnership has acquired new wildlife management areas and encouraged more private landowners to flood croplands to accommodate increased waterfowl populations envisioned in the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP). Together, these developments...
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This SSP project resulted in thesis' and a publication on habitat use and movement of pallid and shovelnose sturgeon in the lower Mississippi River.
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This SSP project resulted in a final report that addressed two objectives: (1) to develop nonbiased methods for estimating stream-fish distribution and abundance and (2) to develop a prioritized GIS inventory of manmade culverts, dams, and other structures impeding fish passage in priority sub-watersheds of the Upper Coosa Basin. These data were collected to assist the Service and Partners in better protecting and recovering the six listed fish, 6 listed mussels, and other rare species in the Upper Coosa Basin. The report included a publication: Price, A.L. and J.T. Peterson. 2010. Estimation and Modeling of Electrofishing Capture Efficiency for Fishes in Wadeable Warmwater Streams. NOrth American Journal of...
map background search result map search result map The First Step in Defining Sustainable Aquascapes: Spatially-explicit Quantification of Water Quantity, Timing and Distribution on Southeast Region National Wildlife Refuges Movements and Habitat Use of Pallid and Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Lower Mississippi River Aerial transect surveys to compare abundance of mallards in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) between winters 1988-1990 and the present Paleoecology of tree islands in Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR: understanding fire and water cycles in the context of current and future water management Science Support for the Upper Coosa Basin Phase I Development of population and habitat objectives for FWS Trust Resources in the Roanoke-Tar-Neuse-Cape Fear (RTNCF) Ecoregion of the South Atlantic Migratory Bird Initiative (SAMBI) Project Area Decision support models for the conservation and recovery of imperiled mussels Carbon sequestration rates in managed and tidal freshwater marshes in the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina Risk Analysis for Diamondback Terrapins on Wassaw, Blackbeard, Wolf, and Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuges Coosa River fauna cryptic biodiversity Dynamic models of shorebird migration and their application to shorebird conservation in the Southeastern United States: an adaptive management framework Strategic Habitat Conservation for the Florida Scrub Jay at the Merritt Island NWR Evaluation of Stream Reaches for Mussel Reintroduction in the Upper Coosa Watershed, NW GA Science-based needs of 2 broad-partnership-based conservation initiatives in the Lower Mississippi Valley Collection of Hydrologic Information to Delineate the Extent of Local Water Recharge to Selected Caves in the Ozark Plateaus of Arkansas and Oklahoma Altered habitat of endangered or threatened freshwater mussels in the Apalachicola River floodplain, Florida, due to changes in river channel morphology and discharge Using environmental DNA analysis to determine the presence and distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Southern Appalachian headwater streams Paleoecology of tree islands in Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR: understanding fire and water cycles in the context of current and future water management Strategic Habitat Conservation for the Florida Scrub Jay at the Merritt Island NWR Risk Analysis for Diamondback Terrapins on Wassaw, Blackbeard, Wolf, and Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuges Movements and Habitat Use of Pallid and Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Lower Mississippi River Carbon sequestration rates in managed and tidal freshwater marshes in the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina Science Support for the Upper Coosa Basin Phase I Decision support models for the conservation and recovery of imperiled mussels Evaluation of Stream Reaches for Mussel Reintroduction in the Upper Coosa Watershed, NW GA Aerial transect surveys to compare abundance of mallards in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) between winters 1988-1990 and the present Science-based needs of 2 broad-partnership-based conservation initiatives in the Lower Mississippi Valley Coosa River fauna cryptic biodiversity Altered habitat of endangered or threatened freshwater mussels in the Apalachicola River floodplain, Florida, due to changes in river channel morphology and discharge Development of population and habitat objectives for FWS Trust Resources in the Roanoke-Tar-Neuse-Cape Fear (RTNCF) Ecoregion of the South Atlantic Migratory Bird Initiative (SAMBI) Project Area Collection of Hydrologic Information to Delineate the Extent of Local Water Recharge to Selected Caves in the Ozark Plateaus of Arkansas and Oklahoma Dynamic models of shorebird migration and their application to shorebird conservation in the Southeastern United States: an adaptive management framework Using environmental DNA analysis to determine the presence and distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Southern Appalachian headwater streams The First Step in Defining Sustainable Aquascapes: Spatially-explicit Quantification of Water Quantity, Timing and Distribution on Southeast Region National Wildlife Refuges