Jon M Vallazza

Upper Mississippi River water and bigheaded carp otolith chemistry data

Data set includes water Sr:Ca, Ba:Ca, and δ18O for the Upper Mississippi River and tributaries and otolith Sr:Ca, Ba:Ca, and δ18O data from bigheaded carp collected in pools 19-21 of the Upper Mississippi River. Abstract from manuscript: Knowledge of environments used during early life history and movement patterns of Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) and Silver Carp (H. molitrix), collectively termed bigheaded carps, in the Upper Mississippi River (UMR) would be valuable for informing control measures to limit further population expansion and impacts of these species. Lock and Dam 19 (LD19) is a high-head dam on the UMR that delineates downriver areas where bigheaded carps are well-established from upriver...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Asian Carp, Hypophthalmichthys, Pools 19-21 of the Upper Mississippi River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... microchemistry, otoliths, stable isotopes, Fewer tags

In 2013 and 2014, standardized electrofishing was conducted above and below Lock and Dam 19 (i.e., in Pools 19 and 20 respectively) of the Upper Mississippi River (UMR). Sampling was consistent with the UMR Restoration program’s Long Term Resource Monitoring element (LTRM) and The Illinois Natural History Survey’s Long Term Electrofishing program (LTEF) allowing for standardized comparisons among the reaches we sampled and those sampled by the LTRM (Pools 4, 8, 13, and 26) and LTEF (Pools 16-21, and Pool 25). Data in this file is includes A) new data from Pools 19 and 20 and B) data compiled from public sources for other pools (LTRM and LTEF). Generally, data codes are intended to match formatting conventions from...

Categories: Data; Tags: Illinois, Impoundments, Missouri, Navigation Pool 19, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Upper Mississippi, biota, community ecology, fish community, fish community composition, fisheries, Fewer tags

Data Release for Multimodal Invasive Carp Deterrent Study at Barkley Lock and Dam: Status Update through 2022

The BioAcoustic Fish Fence (BAFF; Fish Guidance Systems Ltd.) is a multi-modal deterrent that utilizes a combination of lights, sound, and bubbles to guide fish away from a location. An experimental deployment of a BAFF is currently ongoing at Barkley Lock and Dam on the Cumberland River near Grand Rivers, KY. This dataset includes information derived from two telemetry arrays (i.e., VEMCO and HTI) deployed in the vicinity of Barkley Lock and Dam to evaluate fish movement and response to the BAFF. Silver carp, grass carp, and native fish species were detected with this system. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Barkley Lock, BioAcoustic Fish Fence, Cumberland River, Deterrent, All tags... Invasive Carp, Telemetry, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, biota, Fewer tags

Data Release for Lock 19 Underwater Acoustic Deterrent System (UADS) Study: Interim Project Update

The Underwater Acoustic Deterrent System is an experimental deterrent that utilizes underwater sounds to deter invasive carps. An experimental deployment and evaluation of a UADS is currently being conducted at Lock 19 on the Mississippi River, near Keokuk, Iowa. This dataset includes information derived from two telemetry arrays (i.e., 307 kHz HTI and 69 kHz VEMCO) deployed at and around Lock 19 to evaluate fish movement and response to the UADS in 2021 and 2022. Silver Carp, Bighead Carp, Grass Carp, and a variety of native fish species were tagged and monitored with the telemetry arrays. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Deterrent, Invasive Carp, Lock 19, Mississippi River, All tags... Telemetry, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Underwater Acoustic Deterrent, Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, biota, Fewer tags

Fish sampling data in La Grange Pool of the Illinois River during 2015 to determine largemouth bass and silver carp population size structure and size-selective largemouth bass piscivory

Dataset contains sampling information (site, location, and date of sampling) for largemouth bass and silver carp captured in La Grange Pool of the Illinois River during 2015 used to determine the population size structure of both species for analyzing size-specific feeding of largemouth bass on young-of-year and Age-1 silver carp. The dataset also contains information on fish prey items found in largemouth bass stomachs for diet analysis.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Illinois River, La Grange Pool, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, All tags... invasive species, none, size-selective predation, Fewer tags