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Invertebrate community data from native trout lakes and streams in the Southern Rocky Mountains

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Publication Date
Start Date
2014-07-21
End Date
2017-09-12

Citation

Miller, J.L., Roberts, J.J., Schmidt, T.S., and Walters, D.M., 2020, Invertebrate community data from native trout lakes and streams in the Southern Rocky Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OBCCXQ.

Summary

Native trout in the West suffer a high degree of vulnerability, as highlighted by cutthroat trout, a group of 14 subspecies, most of which have been petitioned for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In the Southern Rocky Mountains, greenback cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias; GBCT) are listed as threatened under the ESA, and few populations remain, in part because of the invasion of nonnative fishes (for example, brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis). In an effort to restore GBCT to their native range, chemical treatments (piscicides) are often used as a tool to remove nonnative fishes prior to reintroducing native fish. However, the influence of the piscicides on nontarget organisms, such as benthic macroinvertebrates [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
James J Roberts
Originator :
Janet L Miller, James J Roberts, Travis S Schmidt, David M Walters
Metadata Contact :
James J Roberts
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Colorado Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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Reclamation data release.xml
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View 		149.49 KB application/fgdc+xml
Reclamation_macroinvertebrate_data.csv 1.16 MB text/csv
Reclamation_zooplankton_data.csv 293.34 KB text/csv
Reclamation_site_info.csv 1.38 KB text/csv

Purpose

These data were collected to quantify the response of nontarget aquatic invertebrates to piscicide (rotenone) treatments in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Streams and lakes were sampled for macroinvertebrates and (or) zooplankton pre- and post-piscicide treatment employing a variety of sampling methods along an elevation gradient. These data are intended to help better understand the effects of piscicides on aquatic invertebrates and help inform conservation efforts of greenback cutthroat trout.

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