Proceedings of the

Desert Fishes Council

VOLUME XXX

1998 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM

12 - 15 November

Wahweap Lodge

Page, Arizona

 

Edited by

Dean A. Hendrickson

Texas Natural History Collection

University of Texas at Austin

J. J.Pickle Research Campus, Building 176

10100 Burnet Road

Austin, Texas 78758-4445

 

published: November 15, 1999 ISSN 1068-0381

P.O. Box 337 u Bishop, California 93515-0337 u 760-872-8751 Voice & Fax u e-mail: phil at desertfishes dot org


MISSION / MISION

The mission of the Desert Fishes Council is to preserve the biological integrity of desert aquatic ecosystems and their associated life forms, to hold symposia to report related research and management endeavors, and to effect rapid dissemination of information concerning activities of the Council and its members.

OFFICERS / OFICIALES

President: Michael E. Douglas, Dept. Zoology and Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1501

President-elect: Gary P. Garrett, HOH Research Station, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Ingram, Texas 78025

Executive Secretary: E. Phil Pister, Bishop, California, P.O. Box 337, Bishop, California 93515-0337

COMMITTEES / COMITES

Executive Committee: Michael E. Douglas, Gary P. Garrett, Dean A. Hendrickson, Nadine Kanim, Paul C. Marsh, E. Phil Pister

Area Coordinator: Nadine Kanim

Awards: David Propst

Membership: Paul C. Marsh

Proceedings Editor: Dean A. Hendrickson

Proceedings Reviewers (this volume): James E. Brooks and Robert J. Edwards

Proceedings Translation: Translations to Spanish by Lloyd Findley and Miguel-Angel Cisneros, assisted by Natalie Findley and Gabriela Montemayor

Program: Michael E. Douglas (Chair), Dean A. Hendrickson, Nadine Kanim

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Membership in the Desert Fishes Council is open to any person or organization interested in or engaged in the management, protection, or scientific study of desert fishes, or some related phase of desert fish conservation. Membership includes subscription to the Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council. Annual dues are $25 (regular: domestic or foreign), $15 (student), $35 (family: 1 Proceedings), >$35 (sustaining) and $1,000 (patron: single payment). Send dues payments and general contributions along with address information (including affiliation, voice, fax, and e-mail) and indication of permission to include this information in a published directory of the Desert Fishes Council to: Paul C. Marsh, Membership Chair, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-3211 USA; fish.dr_at_asu.edu (602/965-2977; FAX 602/965-8087).

ABOUT PROCEEDINGS OF THE DESERT FISHES COUNCIL / SOBRE PROCEDIMIENTOS DEL CONSEJO DE PECES DEL DESIERTO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS / TABLA DE CONTENIDOS

MISSION / MISION inside front cover

OFFICERS / OFICIALES inside front cover

COMMITTEES / COMITES inside front cover

MEMBERSHIP / MEMBRESIA inside front cover

ABOUT PROCEEDINGS OF THE DESERT FISHES COUNCIL / SOBRE PROCEDIMIENTOS DEL CONSEJO DE PECES DEL DESIERTO inside front cover

Abstracts Alphabetized By First Author / Resumenes en Orden Alfabetico por Primer Autor *

SYMPOSIUM / SIMPOSIO *

POSTERS / CARTELES *

MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS MEETING / MINUTAS DE LA REUNION DE NEGOCIOS *

RESOLUTIONS / RESOLUCIONES *

DFC Hydrologic Basin and Agency Report Coordinators *


Abstracts Alphabetized By First Author / Resumenes en Orden Alfabetico por Primer Autor

Bestgen, K. R.*; Beyers, D. W.; Haines, G. B.; Rice, J. A.

(KRB and DWB - Larval Fish Laboratory, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University; GBH - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado River Fishery Project; JAR - Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University)

Abstract

Resumen

Brunner, P. C.*; Douglas, M. R.; Douglas, M. E.

(Department of Biology and Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe)

Abstract

Resumen

Deason, B. P.

(Northern Arizona University)

Abstract

Resumen

Douglas, M. E.*; Douglas, M. R.; Brunner, P. C.

(Department of Biology and Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe)

Abstract

Resumen

Dowling, T. E.*; Marsh, P. C.; Tibbets, C. A.; Secor, C. L.

(Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)

Abstract

Resumen

Dudley, R. K.; Platania, S. P.

(Department of Biology, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Fishes, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM)

Abstract

Resumen

Echelle, A. A.*; Van Den Bussche, R. A.; Minckley, C. O.; Malloy, T.; Marsh, P. C.

(AAE, RVDB and TM - Zoology Dept., Okla. State Univ., Stillwater, OK; COM - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Parker AZ; PCM - Zoology Dept., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ)

Abstract

Resumen

Foster, D. K.*; Mueller, G. A.

(Northern Arizona University; USGS Biological Resources Division)

Abstract

Resumen

García de León, F. J.; Rodríguez Castro, J. H.; Banda Valdez, A.; González García, L.; Herrera Castillo, J. M.

(FJGL, JHRC, LGG and JMHC - Laboratorio de Zoología, Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas; ABV - Dirección General de Pesca, Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas)

Abstract

Resumen

Garrett, G. P.

(Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept., HOH Research Station, Ingram, TX)

Abstract

Resumen

Two federally endangered fishes (Comanche Springs pupfish, Cyprinodon elegans, Leon Springs pupfish, C. bovinus) and one that is currently proposed for listing as endangered (Pecos pupfish, C. pecosensis) are threatened by hybridization with sheepshead minnow (C. variegatus). The sheepshead minnow is a non-native fish that was inadvertently introduced into Lake Balmorhea, Reeves County, Texas more than 30 years ago and has since been moved throughout the region by bait-bucket transfer. A project to remove sheepshead minnow from Lake Balmorhea was undertaken in August 1998 to remove this source of endangered species problems in West Texas.

Eliminating sheepshead minnow from Lake Balmorhea would remove the primary source of this noxious species from West Texas, thus eliminating the hybridization threat and vastly reducing the likelihood of this fish threatening additional species (e.g., Conchos pupfish, C. eximius and Red River pupfish, C. rubrofluviatilis) and necessitating more listings of endangered species in Texas. In addition, removing sheepshead minnow from the lake would make that habitat available for Comanche Springs pupfish, thereby helping to insure the survival of an already endangered species. This would not only provide additional insurance against extinction, but also would benefit the local agricultural community. Not only do Comanche Springs pupfish depend on spring flows for survival, the spring flows are also essential to local farmers for irrigation water. In recent years, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has developed a cooperative alliance with farmers through an understanding that the Endangered Species Act will protect spring flows for the pupfish, but once the water has moved through their habitat it is then available for irrigation. Thus, the farmers see the pupfish as their insurance against "extinction".

Cooperation and assistance by the local community was essential and by renovating the impoundment, we were also afforded the opportunity to vastly improve sport fishing and bird watching opportunities at the reservoir. Thus, the benefits of the project were not only in conservation of natural resources, but also included the reduction or elimination of potentially burdensome regulations on the local agricultural community and provision of enhanced recreational opportunities for people throughout the trans-Pecos region of Texas and beyond.

Lake Balmorhea is an irrigation water storage impoundment. Water is supplied primarily by spring flows from San Solomon Springs (approximately 75,708,240 liters/day) located in Balmorhea State Park. Water conveyance is by a concrete flume winding approximately 7 km from the spring to the reservoir. The water drops 0.5 m from the flume into a small pool and flows 1,100 m through an inflow canal to the reservoir.

The process of removing sheepshead minnow from Lake Balmorhea necessitated the elimination of all fishes in the lake. This opportunity allowed TPWD to restore a sport fishery by stocking the lake in a way that would benefit recreational fishing in the area. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was developed with the local water authority, Reeves County Water Improvement District, for close coordination of renovation efforts. They agreed to lower the reservoir level from 200 surface hectares to 40 surface hectares in order to enhance our efforts. In so doing it also provided the opportunity to build islands on the exposed lake bottom to provide additional habitat for migratory waterfowl. When lowered to 40 surface hectares, more than 95% of the impoundment was less than 0.3 m deep and a small channel leading to the dam outflow was the deepest part at approximately 2 m. The Reeves County Water Improvement District is to be commended for their progressive actions in not only recognizing innovative ways to protect their spring flows, but also in helping to eliminate a source of endangered species problems in West Texas. Our efforts were also greatly enhanced by assistance of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In addition to planning and manual labor, they provided the rotenone necessary to renovate the lake.

On 21 August 1998, water entering the inflow canal into the lake was diverted in order to reduce the size of the reservoir as well as to assure no additional fresh water dilution of the rotenone during and following application. Fish in the inflow canal area were stranded in isolated, drying puddles and on the morning of 24 August we observed the vast majority of fishes (>99%) in this area were already dead.

Renovation began at 10:00 a.m., 24 August 1998 with rotenone applied by crop duster at a calculated rate of 3 ppm. The applicator followed a GPS-guided grid to assure even and complete coverage of all wetted areas of the reservoir as well as the damp perimeter. Additional rotenone was injected by pump into the small, 2 m deep channel at the dam outlet. On 25 August 1998, the wetted areas below the dam were treated by backpack spray application.

Fish counts on shoreline segments and transects through the lake were made by the TPWD Fish Kill Monitoring Team. Of 7,879,597 total fish estimated to have been killed in Lake Balmorhea, Table 1 indicates the distribution among species. Dead fish were collected on 24, 25 and 26 August 1998 by personnel from TPWD, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Texas-Pan American and local volunteers. Fish were loaded into a dump truck provided by Reeves County and moved to trenches dug in the dried lake bottom. In this way a large volume of dead fish was removed from the water, but would provide nutrient input to the lake as it refilled. On 26 August 1998, inflow to the reservoir was restored and the lake began to fill.

Three weeks after the fish kill, selected locations around the impoundment and the entire inflow canal were seined and no fish were collected. Seven weeks after the kill, our seining collections revealed the presence of C. variegatus in the lake and inflow canal. Estimated densities of all C. variegatus were: 0 on the east side of lake; 2/m2 on the west side of the lake, near the inflow canal; 3/m2 in the lower section of the inflow canal; 14/m2 in the upper section of the inflow canal, and 200/m2 in the upper-most pool of the inflow canal. We re-applied rotenone to the inflow canal, killing everything in it. The next day we returned and made transect counts. An estimated 70,000 C. variegatus were killed in the inflow canal area. Most were 15 – 25 mm SL and approximately 5% were adults, 25 - 37mm SL.

How C. variegatus reappeared in the lake is unclear. Some possible explanations are:

  1. There is a source of C. variegatus upstream and some event caused all these fish to wash down over a short period of time. This is unlikely because so many fish appeared so rapidly and because the entire upstream area was surveyed before and after the rotenone operation and no potential source was located.
  2. The operation was sabotaged by someone stocking sheepshead minnow in the inflow canal. Although the inflow canal is obscured from view by dense vegetation, it is unlikely that someone would go to that much trouble to move that many fish.
  3. Some fish in the lake somehow survived the treatment and moved into the inflow canal and congregated at high densities. This explanation is odd, because the upper end of the inflow canal is the center of abundance, with density dropping as one moves downstream into the lake (200/m2 to 14/m2 to 3/m2 to 2/m2). Also, abundance is inversely correlated with preferred habitat (flowing, gravel-bottomed pool to flowing, gravel canal to shallow, muddy, vegetated expanse of shoreline).

In order to maintain our MOA commitment, as well as relations with the local community, seven weeks after rotenone application we began restocking Lake Balmorhea with sportfish. The initial stocking was: 2,420 channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus, average 0.4 kg), 844 blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus, average 0.3 kg) and 144 large, adult channel catfish (average 5.4 kg). We will follow in December 1998 with 29,000 more channel catfish (average 254 mmTL). In the spring of 1999 we will begin the remainder of the stocking program which will include more channel catfish, largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides salmoides and triploid M. s. floridanus), bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), white crappie (Pomoxis annularis) and gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum).

Despite the lack of success in complete eradication of sheepshead minnow, other benefits from the overall effort were attained. The partially drained lake allowed us to build islands for bird habitat. These islands will benefit migratory and nesting birds as well as provide enhanced opportunities for bird watchers in this popular birding spot. Vegetation was planted in some of the exposed areas. This vegetation will provide improved habitat for small fishes when the lake rises as well as a feeding area for migratory waterfowl.

Monitoring of the pupfishes in Lake Balmorhea will continue in order to determine the ultimate effect of our renovation project. The large number of sport fishes that will be stocked in the reservoir will likely have an impact on sheepshead minnow through piscivory, particularly during the annual irrigation draw-down when fishes will be concentrated in the remaining water. Unfortunately, as long as sheepshead minnow remains in Lake Balmorhea there will be a hybridization threat to the endemic pupfishes. Plans for more restrictive bait fish regulations and public education are being formulated.

Table 1. Fish kill estimates from the renovation of Lake Balmorhea

Species

Estimated Number Killed

%

Gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum)

709,164

9.0

Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

15,759

0.2

Misc. cyprinids

1,024,348

13.0

Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

23,639

0.3

Sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus)

5,310,000

67.4

Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis)

39,398

0.5

Inland silversides (Menidia beryllina)

709,164

9.0

Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

5

<0.1

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

1,576

<0.1

Misc. centrarchids

47,278

0.6

Total

7,879,597

100

 

 

Garrett, G. P.*; Allan, N.; Edwards, R. J.; Hubbs, C.

(GPG - Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept., HOH Research Station, Ingram, TX; NA - USFWS, Ecological Services, Austin, TX; RJE - UT-Pan American, Edinburg, TX; CH - UT-Austin, Austin, TX)

Abstract

Resumen

Gorman, O. T.*; Bramblett, R. G.; Van Haverbeke, D. R.; Stone, D. M.; Van Hoosen, R. R.

(OTG, RGB, DRV and DMS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Grand Canyon Fishery Resources Office, Flagstaff, AZ; RRH - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery, Willow Beach, AZ)

Abstract

Resumen

Hendrickson, D. A.*; Stephens, M. J.

(Texas Natural History Collection, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)

Abstract

Resumen

Hoagstrom, C. W.*; Brooks, J. E.

(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Mexico Fishery Resources Office, Albuquerque, NM)

Abstract

Resumen

Hoffnagle, T. L.*; Valdez, R. A.

(TLH - Research Branch, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Flagstaff, AZ; RAV - SWCA, Inc., Logan, UT)

Abstract

Resumen

Hogrefe, T. C.; Toline, C. A.; Seamons, T. R.; Lentsch, L.

(TCH, CAT and TRS - Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University, Logan, UT; LL - Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Salt Lake City, UT)

Abstract

Resumen

Holden, P. B.; Abate, P. D.*; Ruppert, J. B.; Heinrich, J. E.

(PBH, PDA, and JBR - BIO/WEST, Inc.; JEH - Nevada Division of Wildlife)

Abstract

Resumen

Holden, P. B.

(BIO/WEST, Inc., Logan, UT)

Abstract

Resumen

Hubbs, C.

(University of Texas, Austin)

Abstract

Resumen

Hubbs, C.

(University of Texas, Austin)

Abstract

Resumen

Johnson, J. E.*; Hines, R. T.

(USGS, Biological Resources Division, Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit)

Abstract

Resumen

Klocek, R.

(Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL)

Abstract

Resumen

Marsh, P. C.*; Pacey, C. A.; Minckley, W. L.

(Arizona State University, Department of Biology, Tempe, AZ)

Abstract

Resumen

McKinney, T.*; Persons, W. R.; Rogers, R. S.

(Arizona Game and Fish Department, Research Branch, Phoenix)

Abstract

Resumen

Miller, R.; Wong, D.; Threloff, D.; Keeney, S.

(R.M. - Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA; D.W. - Department of Fish and Game, Bishop, CA; D.T. - National Park Service, Death Valley, CA; S.K. - Department of Fish and Game, Chino, CA)

Abstract

Resumen

Minckley, C. O.*; Thorson, M.; Doelker, A.

(COM - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; MT - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; AD - Bureau of Land Management, Lake Havasu City, AZ)

Abstract

Resumen

Modde, T.*, Muth, R. T.; Haines, G. B.

(TCM and GBH - Colorado River Fish Project, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vernal, UT; RTM - Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Salt Lake City, UT)

Abstract

Resumen

Pacey, C. A.*; Marsh, P. C.

(Arizona State University, Department of Biology, Tempe)

Abstract

Resumen

Parmley, D. D.*; Brouder, M. J.

(Research Branch, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix)

Abstract

Resumen

Pfeifer, F. K.

(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado River Fishery Project Office, Grand Junction, CO)

Abstract

Resumen

Propst, D.; McCarthy, P.; Brooks, J.; Platania, S.

(DP - New Mexico Department of Game and Fish; PM - The Nature Conservancy of New Mexico; JEB - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; SPP - University of New Mexico)

Abstract

Resumen

Redondo, D. C.

(M.S. Forestry, Northern Arizona University; USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station)

Abstract

Resumen

Reynoso-Mendoza, F.*; Karbach, A.

(FRM - Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, B.C.S., México.; AK - Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth, TX)

Abstract

Resumen

Rinne, J. N.

(USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station)

Abstract

Resumen

Robertson, M. S.

(Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX)

Abstract

Resumen

Rosenfield, J.

(Department of Biology, University of New Mexico)

Abstract

Resumen

Ruppert, J. B.*; Holden, P. B.; Abate, P. D.

(BIO/WEST, Inc.)

Abstract

Resumen

Secor, C. L.

(Department of Biology, Arizona State University)

Abstract

Resumen

Sponholtz, P. J.*; Hoffnagle, T. L.

(PJS - Arizona Game and Fish Department, Habitat Branch, Phoenix, Arizona; TLH - Arizona Game and Fish Department, Research Branch, Flagstaff, Arizona)

Abstract

Resumen

Stefferud, J. A.*; Young, K. L.; Clarkson, R. W.; Minckley, C. O.; Simms, J. R.; Sillas, A.

(JAS - Tonto National Forest, Phoenix, AZ; KLY - Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ; RWC - USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix, AZ; COM - USDI Fish and Wildlife Service, Parker, AZ; JRS - USDI Bureau of Land Management, Tucson, AZ; AS - Prescott National Forest, Camp Verde, AZ)

Abstract

Resumen

Stefferud, S. E.*; Meador, M. R.

(SES - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Phoenix, AZ; MRM - U.S. Geological Survey, Raleigh, NC)

Abstract

Resumen

 

 

Transfer of aquatic species via interbasin water transfers: Case history review

Project Connected Basins Species Transferred References
Chicago Diversion Great Lakes to Mississippi River zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) USBR 1990
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (Illinois and Michigan Canal) Lake Michigan to Illinois River (Mississippi drainage) rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) USBR 1990, Burr and Mayden 1980
Chicago River Canal Lake Huron to Lake Michigan gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) Miller 1957
Chicago Drainage Canal Mississippi River to Great Lakes "several species" of fishes Hubbs and Lagler 1958
Erie Canal/New York Barge Canal Great Lakes to Hudson and Mohawk Rivers zebra mussel USBR 1990
  Hudson River to Great Lakes alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)

white perch (Morone americana)

Scott and Crossman 1973

Scott and Christie 1963 (as cited in Schmidt 1986)

  Hudson River to Cayuga Lake gizzard shad Miller 1957, Scott and Crossman 1973
Trent-Severn Waterway Great Lakes to Kawartha and Muskoka Lakes zebra mussel USBR 1990
Rideau Canal Great Lakes to Rideau Lakes zebra mussel USBR 1990
  Great Lakes to Ottowa River yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis) McAllister and Coad 1974
Champlain Canal Hudson River to Lakes Champlain and Richeleau pickerel (Esox americanus)

blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis)

logperch (Percina caprodes)

sand shiner (Notropis stramineus)

Scott and Crossman 1973

Plosila and LaBar 1981

Schmidt 1986

Schmidt 1986

Welland Canal Lake Ontario to upper Great Lakes alewife

sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

Miller 1957, Hubbs and Lagler 1958

Hubbs and Lagler 1958, USBR 1990

  Lake Erie to Lake Ontario gizzard shad Miller 1957
Misc. hydroelectric connectives Hudson Bay streams to Lake Superior fallfish (Semotilus corporalis) Hubbs and Lagler 1958
Fox-Wisconsin Canal Mississippi River to Great Lakes shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus) USBR 1990
Tenn-Tom Waterway Tombigbee River (Mobile Bay) to Tennessee River (Mississippi drainage) (TN/AL) blacktail shiner (Cyprinella venusta stigmatura)

weed shiner (Notropis texanus)

Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina)

Etnier and Starnes 1993
  Tennessee River to Tombigbee River yellow bass (Morone mississippiensis)

yellow perch (Perca flavescens)

Boschung, 1992 (as cited in Mettee et al. 1996)

Mettee et al. 1996

Coachella Canal Colorado River to Coachella Valley (southern CA) striped bass (Morone saxatilis) Swift et al. 1993
All-American Canal Colorado River to Imperial Valley (southern CA) Rio Grande leopard frog (Rana berlandieri) J. Rorabaugh, USFWS, pers. comm. 1998
Los Angeles Aqueduct Owens River to Santa Clara River (southern CA) Owens sucker (Catostomus fumeiventris) Moyle 1976
California Aqueduct Central and northern inland California drainages to southern California coastal drainages Sacramento squawfish (Ptychocheilus grandis), striped bass, interior prickly sculpin (Cottus asper), inland silverside (Menidia beryllina), white catfish (Ameirus catus), tule perch (Hysterocarpus traski), bigscale logperch (Percina macrolepida), chameleon goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus), Sacramento blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus) Swift et al. 1993
Colorado River Aqueduct Colorado River to San Diego coastal drainages goldfish (Carassius auratus)

common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Swift et al. 1993
Central Arizona Project Colorado River to Gila River (AZ) striped bass Arizona Game and Fish Department unpublished data
Morenci Diversion Black River to Eagle Creek (AZ) smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) Marsh et al. 1990
Ely Ouse to Essex Transfer Great Ouse to River Stour (Great Britain) diatom (Stephanodiscus sp.)

zander (Stizostedion lucioperca)

Guiver 1976 (as cited in Meador 1992)
Severn-Thames Transfer Thames River to River Severn (Llandegfedd Reservoir) (Great Britain) roach (Rutilis rutilus)

dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)

Mann 1988, Solomon 1975
Tajo-Segura Transfer Tajo to Segura River (Spain) gudgeon (Gobio gobio) García de Jalon 1987
numerous canals in Russia and Europe Aral, Black and Caspian drainages to Atlantic Ocean and North and Baltic drainages zebra mussel Garton et al. 1993
Orange River Project (Orange-Fish Tunnel) Orange River to Great Fish River and Sundays River (South Africa) sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

smallmouth yellowfish (Barbus aeneus)

rock barbel (Austroglanis sclateri)

Orange R. mudfish (Labeo capensis)

Macdonald et al. 1986, Laurenson and Hocutt 1985, Petitjean and Davies 1988
Panama Canal Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean Atlantic pipefish (Oostethus brachyurus lineatus) Chickering 1930
  Pacific Ocean to Atlantic Ocean goby (Lophogobius cristulatus) Rubinoff and Rubinoff 1968
  Caribbean Ocean to Gatun Lake snook (Centropomus sp.)

tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)

Rubinoff 1970
Suez Canal Red Sea to Mediterranean Sea algae - 2 species, plants - 12 species, invertebrates - 72 species, fishes - 27 species Por 1978
  Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea algae - 1 species, invertebrates - 44 species, fishes - 15 species Por 1978

 

 

 

Especies acuáticas transferidas debido al intercambio de agua entre cuencas: Revisión histórica de casos

Proyecto Cuencas conectadas Especies transferidas Referencias
Desviación de Chicago Grandes Lagos al Río Mississippi mejillón cebra (Dreissena polymorpha) USBR 1990
Canal Sanitario y de Barcos de Chicago (Canal de Illinois y Michigan) Lago Michigan al Río Illinois (drenaje del Mississippi) osmérido arcoiris (Osmerus mordax) USBR 1990, Burr y Mayden 1980
Canal del Río Chicago Lago Hurón al Lago Michigan sardinita molleja (Dorosoma cepedianum) Miller 1957
Canal de Drenaje de Chicago Río Mississippi a los Grandes Lagos "varias especies" de peces Hubbs y Lagler 1958
Canal Erie/Canal para Lanchones de N. Y. Grandes Lagos a los Ríos Hudson y Mohawk mejillón cebra USBR 1990
  Río Hudson a los Grandes Lagos sábalo (Alosa pseudoharengus)

perca blanca (Morone americana)

Scott y Crossman 1973

Scott y Christie 1963 (citado en Schmidt 1986)

  Río Hudson al Lago Cayuga sardinita molleja Miller 1957, Scott and Crossman 1973
Canal Trent-Severn Grandes Lagos a los Lagos Kawartha y Muskoka mejillón cebra USBR 1990
Canal Rideau Grandes Lagos a los Lagos Rideau mejillón cebra USBR 1990
  Grandes Lagos al Río Ottowa bagre amarillo (Ameiurus natalis) McAllister y Coad 1974
Canal Champlain Río Hudson a los Lagos Champlain y Richeleau lucio (Esox americanus)

sábalo azul (Alosa aestivalis)

perca (Percina caprodes)

carpa arenera (Notropis stramineus)

Scott y Crossman 1973

Plosila y LaBar 1981

Schmidt 1986

Schmidt 1986

Canal Welland Lago Ontario a los Grandes Lagos superiores sábalo (Alosa pseudoharengus)

lamprea marina (Petromyzon marinus)

Miller 1957, Hubbs y Lagler 1958

Hubbs y Lagler 1958, USBR 1990

  Lago Erie al Lago Ontario sardinita molleja Miller 1957
Varias interconexiones hidroeléctricas Arroyos de la Bahía Hudson al Lago Superior ciprínido (Semotilus corporalis) Hubbs y Lagler 1958
Canal Fox-Wisconsin Río Mississippi a los Grandes Lagos catán hocico corto (Lepisosteus platostomus) USBR 1990
Canal Tenn-Tom Río Tombigbee (Bahía Mobile) al Río Tennessee (drenaje del Río Mississippi) (TN/AL) carpa cola negra (Cyprinella venusta stigmatura)

carpa de Texas (Notropis texanus)

pez aguja del Atlántico (Strongylura marina)

Etnier y Starnes 1993
  Río Tennessee al Río Tombigbee lobina amarilla (Morone mississippiensis)

perca amarilla (Perca flavescens)

Boschung, 1992 (citado en Mettee et al. 1996)

Mettee et al. 1996

 

 

 

 

Especies acuáticas transferidas debido al intercambio de agua entre cuencas: Revisión histórica de casos. Continuación.

Proyecto Cuencas conectadas Especies transferidas Referencias
Canal Coachella Río Colorado al Valle Coachella (sur de California) lobina rayada (Morone saxatilis) Swift et al. 1993
Canal All-American R. Colorado al V. Imperial (sur de CA) rana leopardo del Río Bravo (Rana berlandieri) J. Rorabaugh, USFWS, com. pers. 1998
Acueducto Los Ángeles R. Owens al R. Santa Clara (sur de CA) matalote del Owens (Catostomus fumeiventris) Moyle 1976
Acueducto California Drenajes tierra adentro del centro y norte de California a drenajes costeros del sur de California carpa gigante del Sacramento (Ptychocheilus grandis), lobina rayada, cótido espinoso del interior (Cottus asper), charal plateadito (Menidia beryllina), bagre blanco (Ameirus catus), perca del tule (Hysterocarpus traski), perca escamuda (Percina macrolepida), gobio camaleón (Tridentiger trigonocephalus), carpa negra del Sacramento (Orthodon microlepidotus) Swift et al. 1993
Acueducto del Río Colorado Río Colorado a drenajes costeros de San Diego pez dorado (Carassius auratus)

carpa común (Cyprinus carpio)

Swift et al. 1993
Proyecto de Arizona Central Río Colorado al Río Gila (Arizona) lobina rayada Datos no publicados del Departamento de Caza y Pesca de Arizona
Desviación Morenci Río Black al Arroyo Eagle (Arizona) lobina boca chica (Micropterus dolomieu) Marsh et al. 1990
Trasnferencia de Ely Ouse a Essex Gran Ouse al Río Stour (Gran Bretaña) diatomea (Stephanodiscus sp.)

zander (Stizostedion lucioperca)

Guiver 1976 (citado en Meador 1992)
Transferencia Severn-Thames Río Thames al Río Severn (Reservorio Llandegfedd) (Gran Bretaña) carpa (Rutilis rutilus)

carpita (Leuciscus leuciscus)

Mann 1988, Solomon 1975
Transfer. Tajo-Segura Tajo al Río Segura (España) carpa (Gobio gobio) García de Jalon 1987
Numerosos canales en Rusia y Europa Drenajes de los Mares Aral, Negro y Caspio al Océano Atlántico y drenajes de los Mares Norte y Báltico mejillón cebra Garton et al. 1993
Proyecto del Río Orange (Túnel Orange-Fish) Río Orange a los Ríos Great Fish y Sundays (Sudáfrica) bagre diente agudo (Clarias gariepinus)

carpa amarilla de sudáfrica (Barbus aeneus)

bagre de roca (Austroglanis sclateri)

carpa lodera del Orange (Labeo capensis)

Macdonald et al. 1986, Laurenson y Hocutt 1985, Petitjean y Davies 1988
Canal de Panamá Océano Atlántico al Océano Pacífico pez pipa (Oostethus brachyurus lineatus) Chickering 1930
  Océano Pacífico al Océano Atlántico gobio (Lophogobius cristulatus) Rubinoff y Rubinoff 1968
  Mar Caribe al Lago Gatun robalo (Centropomus sp.)

tarpón (Megalops atlanticus)

Rubinoff 1970
Canal de Suez Mar Rojo al Mar Mediterráneo algas - 2 especies, plantas - 12 especies, invertebrados - 72 especies, peces - 27 especies Por 1978
  Mar Mediterráneo al Mar Rojo alga - 1 sp., invertebrados - 44 spp., peces 15 spp. Por 1978

Stein, J. R.; Heinrich, J. E.; Hobbs, B. M.; St. George, D.

(JRS and BMH - Nevada Division of Wildlife, Region III, Las Vegas, NV; JEH - Nevada Division of Wildlife, Region III, Boulder City, NV; DS - Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada)

Abstract

Resumen

Stockwell, C. A.*

(Department of Zoology, North Dakota State University)

Abstract

Resumen

Toline, C. A.; Seitz, A. M.; Lentsch, L.

CAT and AMS - Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah Sate University, Logan, UT; LL - Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Salt Lake City, UT)

Abstract

Resumen

Unmack, P. J.*; Minckley, W. L.; Fry, J.

(PJU and WLM - Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; JF - GIS Laboratory, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)

Abstract

Resumen

Wilcox, J.

(University of Colorado, Boulder, Dept. of EPO Biology)

Abstract

Resumen

Young, D. A.*; White, R. G.; Buettner, M. E.

(DAY - Central Oregon Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bend, OR; RW - Oregon State Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR; MEB - Klamath Area Office, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Falls, OR)

Abstract

Resumen

SYMPOSIUM / SIMPOSIO

Douglas, M. E.

(Department of Biology and Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe)

Abstract

Resumen

Holden, P. B.

(BIO/WEST, Inc., Logan, UT)

Abstract

Resumen

Wegner, D. L.

(Glen Canyon Institute, Flagstaff, AZ)

Abstract

Resumen

POSTERS / CARTELES

Snyder, D. E.

(Larval Fish Laboratory, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado)

Abstract

Resumen

Unmack, P. J.; Minckley, W. L.; Fry, J.

(PJU and WLM - Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; JF - GIS Laboratory, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)

Abstract

Resumen

Valdez, R. A.; Carothers, S. W.; Leibfried, W. C.

(SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants; Flagstaff, AZ)

Abstract

Resumen

MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS MEETING / MINUTAS DE LA REUNION DE NEGOCIOS

13 November 1998

Executive Secretary Phil Pister reviewed administrative business of the Council and relevant correspondence from the last year. Attendance at this year's meeting was 180.

In order to more efficiently answer questions and requests for comments, Phil will call upon the Area Coordinators for input and help in developing responses. Area Coordinators should develop committees (~ 5 members) to assure full coverage in their respective areas.

Phil will write a letter of appreciation to the USFWS for the timely manner in which they approved travel requests by their employees for the 1998 meeting.

Doug Threloff told the Council of the Spring 1998 workshop that was held on concerns over low population size of the Devil's Hole pupfish. They are looking at bioenergetics, water quality, contaminants and disease as potential problems. He solicited further input from Council members and noted that data will appear on their web site and input could be provided by that route as well.

Phil reviewed the financial status of the Desert Fishes Council. There is currently about $9,000 in the bank account and after paying the remainder of costs for this year we should be left with a balance of approximately $6,000.

Nadine Kanim noted that the Northern and Southern California area coordinators would be combined into one unit.

Dean Hendrickson has agreed to serve in the position of Proceedings Editor.

Francisco García de León extended an advanced welcome to next year's meeting in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas and provided relevant details (all of which are available on the DFC web site).

Phil Pister proposed that we use some of the interest from the DFC account to cover expenses for an occasional guest speaker. The idea was well received, particularly in the form of a 1st day mini-symposium, possibly every 2-3 years.

David Propst announced that the Carl L. Hubbs Student Paper Award was a tie. The two best student papers (both to receive certificates) were:

Jennifer Wilcox (University of Colorado, Boulder) - Conservation of small populations: Why isn't Cyprinodon diabolis extinct?

Jonathan Rosenfield (University of New Mexico) - Sexual selection plays a role in the introgression between Pecos pupfish and sheepshead minnow.

 

RESOLUTIONS / RESOLUCIONES

No resolutions were brought before the council at this meeting.

 


DFC Hydrologic Basin and Agency Report Coordinators

Oregon (State of)

Northern California (north of the Tehachapi Mountains, exclusive of the east side of the Sierra Nevada south of Lake Tahoe)

Southern California (south of the Tehachapi Mountains and the east side of the Sierra Nevada to Lake Tahoe)

Northern Nevada (North of Tonopah, except for the White Rive Drainage)

Southern Nevada (including Ash Meadows)

Bonneville Basin (northern Utah and southern Idaho)

Upper Colorado River (upstream of Glen Canyon Dam on Powell Reservoir, including Green, Gunnison, Dolores, and San Juan rivers)

Lower Colorado River (including Little Colorado, Virgin, Bill Williams, and Gila rivers)

Texas (State of)

New Mexico (State of)

Northwestern Mexico

Northeastern Mexico

Baja California