Fin ray microchemistry of native fishes to evaluate upstream fish passage at Brandon Roads Lock and Dam in Illinois: 2017-2018

Start Date

2013-09-01

End Date

2018-09-01

Publication Date

2021-11-16

Snyder, C., 2021, Fin ray microchemistry of native fishes to evaluate upstream fish passage at Brandon Roads Lock and Dam in Illinois: 2017-2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NIH1WC.

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Fish and water samples were collected to assess if fin ray microchemistry can be used to determine the extent that native fishes pass through Brandon Roads Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River. A similar microchemistry approach was used successfully at Lock and Dam 19 on the upper Mississippi River (Whitledge et al. 2019). The installation of behavioral deterrents at Brandon Roads Lock and Dam has been proposed to help prevent invasive carp from invading the Great Lakes. These behavioral deterrents would also presumably impact native species passage upstream through the dam, but little empirical data exists on native fish passage making it difficult to assess possible impacts. Information from these data and future data derived in a similar manner could be used to inform decisions regarding impacts of deterrents on native fish passage at Brandon Roads Lock and Dam. Citation for Whitledge et al. 2019: Whitledge, G. W., B. Knights, J. Vallazza, J. Larson, M. J. Weber, J. T. Lamer, Q. E. Phelps, and J. D. Norman. 2019. Identification of Bighead Carp and Silver Carp early-life environments and inferring Lock and Dam 19 passage in the Upper Mississippi River: insights from otolith chemistry. Biological Invasions 21: 1007–1020.

• USGS Data Release Products
• Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC)