Multispatial-scale variation in benthic and snag-surface macroinvertebrate assemblages in mid-continent US great rivers

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-141

  Angradi, Ted R ^a   Bolgrien, David W ^a   Jicha, Terri M ^a   Pearson, Mark S ^a   Taylor, Debra L ^a   Hill, Brian H ^a  

^a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Filterers; Great rivers; Longitudinal patterns; Macroinvertebrates; Mississippi River; Missouri River; Ohio River; Snags; Wood

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL A; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMPOUNDMENT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESERVOIR; SNAG; TAXONOMY; WATER DEPTH; WOOD;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSOURI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CAENIS; CHIRONOMINI; CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS; LIMNODRILUS; NEMATODA; RHEOTANYTARSUS; TANYTARSUS; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 61449167922     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-149.1     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. ANDERSON, R. V., AND D. M. DAY. 1986. Predictive quality of macroinvertebrate-habitat associations in lower navigation pools of the Mississippi River. Hydrobiologia 136:101-112.
2. ANGRADI, T. R. (EDITOR). 2006. Environmental monitoring and assessment program, Great River ecosystems field operations manual. EPA/620R/06/002. Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. (Available from: http://www.epa.gov/emap/greatriver/ fom.html)
3. ANGRADI, T. R., D. W. BOLGRIEN, T. M. JICHA, M. S. PEARSON, B. H. HILL, D. L. TAYLOR, E. W. SCHWEIGER, L. SHEPARD, A. R. BATTERMAN, M. F. MOFFETT, C. M. ELONEN, AND L. E. ANDERSON. 2008. A bioassessment approach for mid-continent great rivers: the Upper Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio (USA). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (in press).
4. ANGRADI, T. R., E. W. SCHWEIGER, AND D. W. BOLGRIEN. 2006. Inter-habitat variation in the benthos of the Upper Missouri River (North Dakota, USA): implications for Great River bioassessment. River Research and Applications 22:755-773.
5. ANGRADI, T. R., E. W. SCHWEIGER, D. W. BOLGRIEN, P. C. ISMERT, AND T. SELLE. 2004. Bank stabilization, riparian land use and the distribution of large woody debris in a regulated reach of the Upper Missouri River, North Dakota, USA. River Research and Applications 20:829-846.
6. th edition. American Public Health Association, American Waterworks Association, and Water Environment Federation, Washington, DC.
7. BATTLE, J. M, J. K. JACKSON, AND B. W. SWEENEY. 2007. Annual and spatial variation for macroinvertebrates in the Upper Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 168:39-54.
8. BECKETT, D. C., AND J. L. KEYES. 1983. A biological appraisal of the water quality in the Ohio River using macroinvertebrate communities, with special emphasis on the Chironomidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 34:15-33.
9. BECKETT, D. C., AND M. C. MILLER. 1982. Macroinvertebrate colonization of multiplate samplers in the Ohio River: the effect of dams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39:1622-1627.
10. BENKE, A. C. 2001. Importance of flood regime to invertebrate habitat in an unregulated river-flood-plain ecosystem. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 20: 225-240.
11. BENKE, A. C., AND C. E. CUSHING (EDITORS). 2005. Rivers of North America. Elsevier Academic Press, Burlington, Massachusetts.
12. BENKE, A. C., R. L. HENRY, D. M. GILLESPIE, AND R. J. HUNTER. 1985. Importance of snag habitat for animal production in southeastern streams. Fisheries 10:8-13.
13. BENKE, A. C., T. C. VAN ARSDALL, D. M. GILLESPIE, AND F. K. PARRISH. 1984. Invertebrate productivity in a subtropical blackwater river: the importance of habitat and life history. Ecological Monographs 54:25-63.
14. BENKE, A. C., AND J. B. WALLACE. 2003. Influence of wood on invertebrate communities in streams and rivers. Pages 149-177 in S. V. Gregory, K. L. Boyer, and A. M. Gurnell (editors). The ecology and management of wood in world rivers. Symposium 37. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
15. BERNER, L. M. 1951. Limnology of the Lower Missouri River. Ecology 32:1-12.
16. BLOCKSON, K. A., AND J. E. FLOTEMERSCH. 2005. Comparison of macroinvertebrate sampling methods for nonwadable streams. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 102:243-262.
17. BODMER, K. 1833. "Snags on the Missouri", watercolor and pencil on paper. D. C. Hunt and M. V. Gallagher (annotators). Karl Bodmer's America (1984). University of Nebraska Press, Omaha, Nebraska.
18. BROWN, L. R., AND J. T. MAY. 2000. Macroinvertebrate assemblages on woody debris and their relations with environmental variables in the lower Sacramento and San Joaquin river drainages, California. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 64:311-329.
19. CHITTENDEN, H. M. 1962. History of early steamboat navigation on the Missouri River: life and adventures of Joseph La Barge. Ross and Haines, Minneapolis, Minnesota (reprint).
20. CLARKE, K. R., AND R. N. GORLEY. 2006. PRIMER v6: user manual/tutorial. PRIMER-E Ltd., Plymouth, UK.
21. nd edition. PRIMER-E Ltd., Plymouth, UK.
22. CUDNEY, M. D., AND J. B. WALLACE. 1980. Life cycle, microdistribution, and production dynamics of six species of net-spinning caddisflies in a large southeastern (USA) river. Holarctic Ecology 3:169-182.
23. DAVIS, P. J. 1998. Invertebrate communities on large woody debris in the St. Croix River. MS Thesis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
24. DELONG, M. D. 2005. Upper Mississippi River Basin. Pages 427-480 in A. C. Benke and C. E. Cushing (editors). Rivers of North America. Elsevier, Burlington, Massachusetts.
25. DELONG, M. D., AND J. H. THORP. 2006. Significance of instream autotrophs in trophic dynamics of the Upper Mississippi River. Oecologia (Berlin) 147:76-85.
26. DELONG, M. D., J. H. THORP, AND K. H. HAAG. 1993. A new device for sampling macroinvertebrates from woody debris (snags) in nearshore areas of aquatic systems. American Midland Naturalist 130:413-417.
27. ELOSEGI, A., AND L. B. JOHNSON. 2003. Wood in streams and rivers in developed landscapes. Pages 337-353 in S. V. Gregory, K. L. Boyer, and A. M. Gurnell (editors). The ecology and management of wood in world rivers. Symposium 37. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
28. FREMLING, C. R. 2005. Immortal river: the Upper Mississippi in ancient and modern times. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin.
29. GALAT, D. L., C. S. BERRY, E. J. PETERS, AND R. G. WHITE. 2005. Missouri River Basin. Pages 427-480 in A. C. Benke and C. E. Cushing (editors). Rivers of North America. Elsevier, Burlington, Massachusetts.
30. GOULD, G. R. 1975. Macroinvertebrate aufwuchs communities on natural substrates in the unchannelized Missouri River, South Dakota. MS Thesis, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota. Grigorovich, I. A., T. R. Angradi, E. B. Emery, and M. W. Wooten. 2008a. Invasion of Upper Mississippi River system by saltwater amphipods. Fundamental and Applied Limnology (in press).
31. GRIGOROVICH, I. A., T. R. ANGRADI, AND C. A. STEPIEN. 2008b. Occurrence of the quagga mussel (Dreissena bugensis) and the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in the Upper Mississippi River System. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 23:429-425.
32. GROWNS, J. E., A. J. KING, AND F. M. BETTS. 1999. The snag bag:a new method for sampling macroinvertebrate communities on large woody debris. Hydrobiologia 405:67-77.
33. HUMPHRIES, P., J. E. GROWNS, L. G. SERAFINI, J. H. HAWKING, A. J. CHICK, AND P. S. LAKE. 1998. Macroinvertebrate sampling methods for lowland Australian rivers. Hydrobiologia 364:209-221.
34. JOHNSON, L. B., G. E. HOST, J. H. OLKER, AND C. RICHARDS. 2006. Landscape- and reach-scale predictors of large wood abundance in low-gradient streams. Pages 151-173 in R. M. Hughes, L. Wang, and P. W. Seelbach (editors). Landscape influences on stream habitats and biological assemblages. Symposium 48. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
35. MAGOULIK, D. D. 1998. Effect of wood hardness, condition, and substrate type on community structure of stream invertebrates. American Midland Naturalist 139:187-200.
36. th edition. Kendall Hunt Pubhshing, Dubuque, Iowa.
37. MESTLE, G. E., AND L. W. HESSE. 1993. Secondary production in aquatic insects in the unchannelized Missouri River, Nebraska. National Biological Survey Report 19:341-349.
38. MOULTON, S. R., J. G. KENNON, R. M. GOLDSTEIN, AND J. A. HAMBROOK. 2002. Revised protocols for sampling algal, invertebrate and fish communities as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-150. US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
39. NORD, A. E., AND J. C. SCHMULBACH. 1973. A comparison of the macroinvertebrate aufwuchs in the unstabilized and stabilized Missouri River. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 52:127-139.
40. NRC (NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL). 2002. The Missouri River ecosystem: exploring the prospects for recovery. National Research Council, National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
41. O'CONNOR, N. A. 1991. The effects of habitat complexity on the macroinvertebrates colonizing wood substrates in a lowland stream. Oecologia (Berlin) 85:504-512.
42. O'CONNOR, N. A. 1992. Quantification of submerged wood in a lowland stream. Freshwater Biology 27:387-395.
43. PIÉGAY, H. 2003. Dynamics of wood in large rivers. Pages 109-133 in S. V. Gregory, K. L. Boyer, and A. M. Gurnell (editors). The ecology and management of wood in world rivers. Symposium 37. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
44. POULTON, B. C., M. L. WILDHABER, C. S. CHARBONNEAU, J. F. FAIRCHILD, B. G. MUELLER, AND C. J. SCHMITT. 2003. A longitudinal assessment of the aquatic macroinvertebrate community in the channelized lower Missouri River. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 85:25-53.
45. SALTER, J. 2004. Multiyear synthesis of the Macroinvertebrate Component from 1992-2002 for the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program. Technical Report LTRMP 2004-T005. US Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin. (Available from: http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/documents/reports/2004/04t005.pdf)
46. SEDELL, J. R., AND J. L. FROGGATT. 1984. Importance of streamside forests to large rivers: the isolation of the Willamette River, Oregon, U.S.A., from its floodplain by snagging and streamside forest removal. Verhandlungen der Intemationalen Vereinigug für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 22:1828-1834.
47. SEDELL, J. R., J. E. RICHEY, AND F. J. SWANSON. 1989. The River Continuum Concept: a basis for the expected ecosystem behavior of very large rivers? Pages 49-55 in D. P. Dodge (editor). Proceedings of the International Large River Symposium. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 106.
48. SHELDON, F., AND K. F. WALKER. 1988. Spatial distribution of littoral invertebrates in the lower Murray-Darling River system, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 49:171-182.
49. THORNE, R. S. J., W. P. WILLIAMS, AND Y. CAO. 1998. The influence of data transformations on biological monitoring studies using macroinvertebrates. Water Research 33:343-350.
50. THORP, J. H., A. R. BLACK, K. H. HAAG, AND J. D. WEHR. 1994. Zooplankton assemblages in the Ohio River: seasonal, tributary, and navigation dam effects. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51:1634-1643.
51. THORP, J. H., AND M. D. DELONG. 2002. Dominance of autotrophic autochthonous carbon in food webs of heterotrophic rivers. Oikos 96:543-550.
52. UGLAND, K. I., J. G. GRAY, AND K. I. ELLINGSON. 2003. The species-accumulation curve and estimation of species richness. Journal of Animal Ecology 72:888-897.
53. USEPA (US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY). 2006. Wade-able streams assessment: a collaborative survey of the nation's streams. EPA/841/B06/002. Office of Research and Development, Office of Water, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
54. USGS (US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY). 2007a. Water-data reports. US Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, Reston, Virginia. (Available from: http://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/)
55. USGS (US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY). 2007b. National Hydrography Dataset. US Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, Reston, Virginia. (Available from: http://nhd. usgs.gov/index.html)
56. VANNOTE, R. L., G. W. MINSHALL, K. W. CUMMINS, J. R. SEDELL, AND C. W. CUSHING. 1980. The River Continuum Concept. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37:130-137.
57. WANG, L., B. W. WEIGEL, P. KANEHL, AND K. LOHMAN. 2006. Influence of riffle and snag habitat specific sampling on stream macroinvertebrate assemblage measures in bioassessment. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 113:245-273.
58. WEHR, J. D., AND J. H. THORP. 1997. Effects of navigation dams, tributaries, and littoral zones in phytoplankton communities in the Ohio River. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54:378-395.