An effects-based assessment of slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus) populations in agricultural regions of northwestern New Brunswick

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-27

  Gray, Michelle A ^a   Munkittrick, Kelly R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Effects based assessment; Non point source pollution; Slimy sculpin

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; FOOD PRODUCTS; FORESTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURAL CULTIVATION; POTATO FARMING; SLIMY SCULPIN; STORM EVENTS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; FISH; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FISHES; FORESTRY;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COTTUS COGNATUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 18344374673     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2005.002     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Allan JD. 1995. Stream ecology: structure and function of running waters. Chapman & Hall, London, U.K.
2. Barbour MT, Gerritsen J, Snyder BD, Stribling JB. 1999. Rapid bioassessment protocols for use in streams and wadeable rivers: periphyton, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish, 2nd ed. EPA 841-B-99-002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. Washington, D.C.
3. Cunjak RA, Guignion D, Angus RB, MacFarlane R. 2002. Using incubation baskets to assess salmonid egg/alevin survival in relation to fine sediment deposition, p. 82-91. In Cairns DK (ed.), Effects of land use practices on fish, shellfish, and their habitats on Prince Edward Island. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. Vol. 2408.
4. Curry RA. University of New Brunswick. Personal Communication.
5. Curry RA, MacNeill S. 2004. Population-level responses to sediment during early life in brook trout. J. N. Am. Benth. Soc. 23:140-150.
6. Environment Canada. 2001a. Canadian daily climate data. CD-ROM.
7. Environment Canada. 2001b. Threats to sources of drinking water and aquatic ecosystem health in Canada. NWRI Scientific Assessment Report Series No. 1. National Water Research Institute. Burlington, Ontario.
8. Ernst B. Environment Canada. Personal communication.
9. Fitzgerald DG, Lanno RP, Dixon DG. 1999. A comparison of a sentinel species evaluation using creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) to a fish community evaluation for the initial identification of environmental stressors in small streams. Ecotoxicology 8:33-48.
10. Galloway B, Munkittrick KR, Currie S, Gray M, Curry RA, Wood C. 2003. Examination of the responses of slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus) and white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) collected on the Saint John River downstream of pulp mill, paper mill, and sewage discharges. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22:2898-2907.
11. Gibbons WN, Munkittrick KR. 1994. A sentinel monitoring framework for identifying fish population responses to industrial discharges. J. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health 3:227-237.
12. Gibbons WN, Munkittrick KR, McMaster ME, Taylor WD. 1998. Monitoring aquatic environments receiving industrial effluents using small fish species. 1: response of spoonhead sculpin (Cottus ricei) downstream of a bleached-kraft pulp mill. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17:2227-2237.
13. Gray MA. 2003. Assessing non-point source pollution in agricultural regions of the upper St. John River basin using the slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus). Ph.D. thesis, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B.
14. Gray MA, Cunjak RA, Munkittrick KR. 2004. Site fidelity of slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus): insights from stable carbon and nitrogen analysis. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 61(9):1717-1722.
15. Gray MA, Curry RA, Munkittrick KR. 2002. Non-lethal sampling techniques for assessing fish populations for environmental assessment. Water Qual. Res. J. Canada 37:195-211.
16. Greeley MS. 2002. Reproductive indicators of environmental stress, p. 312-377. In Adams SM (ed.), Biological indicators of aquatic ecosystem stress. Am. Fish. Soc., Bethesda, Md.
17. Hamilton H, Paine MD, Gibson W, Conley D. 1993. 1992 Operational monitoring survery of the Lesser Slave River. Vol. VI. Prepared for the Slave Lake Pulp Corporation by EVS Consultants Ltd., North Vancouver, B.C.
18. Karr JR, Schlosser IJ. 1978. Water resources and the land-water interface. Science 201:229-234.
19. Munkittrick KR, McMaster ME. 2000. Effects-driven assessment of multiple stressors using fish populations, p. 27-65. In Ferenc SA, Foran JA (ed.), Multiple stressors in ecological risk and impact assessment: approach to risk estimation. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Press, Pensacola, Fla.
20. Munkittrick KR, McMaster ME, Van Der Kraak G, Portt C, Gibbons WN, Farwell A, Gray M. 2000. Development of methods for effects-driven cumulative effects assessment using fish populations: Moose River project. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, Fla.
21. Mutch JP, Savard MA, Julien GRJ, MacLean B, Raymond B, Doull J. 2002. Pesticide monitoring and fish kill investigations on Prince Edward Island, 1994-1999, p. 94-115. In Cairns DK (ed.), Effects of land use practices on fish, shellfish, and their habitats on Prince Edward Island. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. No. 2048.
22. NB DAFA. 2000. Annual report 1999-2000. New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Fredericton, N.B.
23. NB DAFA. 2002. Annual report 2000-2001. New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Fredericton, N.B.
24. Otto RG, Rice JO. 1977. Responses of a freshwater sculpin (Cottus cognatus gracilis) to temperature. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 106:89-94.
25. Rand GM, Wells PG, McCarty LS. 1995. Introduction to aquatic toxicology, p. 3-67. In Rand GM (ed.), Fundamentals of aquatic toxicology. Taylor Francis, Washington D.C.
26. Rees H. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Personal communication.
27. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ. 1995. Biometry, 3rd ed. WH Freeman and Co., New York.
28. Symons PEK, Metcalfe JL, Harding GD. 1976. Upper lethal and preferred temperatures of the slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus. J. Fish. Res. Board Canada 33:180-183.
29. Teather KL, Harris M, Boswell JL, Gray MA. 2001. Effects of Acrobat-MZ® and Tattoo-C® on Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) development and adult male behaviour. Aquat. Toxicol. 51:419-430.
30. Vannote RL, Sweeney BW. 1980. Geographic analysis of thermal equilibria: a conceptual model for evaluating the effect of natural and modified thermal regimes on aquatic insect communities. Amer. Nat. 115:667-695.
31. Van Vliet WH. 1964. An ecological study of Cottus cognatus (Richardson) in northern Saskatchewan. M.A. thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
32. Waters TF. 1995. Sediment in streams: sources, biological effects and control. Amer. Fish. Soc. Monograph 7, Bethesda, Md.