Comparability among four invertebrate sampling methods, Fountain Creek Basin, Colorado, 2010-2012

Zuellig, Robert E.; Bruce, James F.; Stogner, Robert W.; Brown, Krystal D.

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“…For instance, some of the macroinvertebrate communities in wadeable streams were sampled with the following codes: BERW, IRTH, SWAMP, EMAP, CDPHE, and PNAMP. All methods use kick net samplers with similar mesh sizes, and studies suggest that methods are similar in their ability to detect the presence and absence of taxa [28][29][30] . Fish are collected through seining, snorkelling, backpack or raft electrofishing, or some combination.…”

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finsyncR, an R package to synchronize 27 years of fish and invertebrate data across the United States

Mahon,

Jones,

Hill

et al. 2024

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The United States government collects some of the most comprehensive data on freshwater systems in existence, but barriers exist for new users to apply these data without institutional guidance. ‘finsyncR’ (fish andinvertebratesynchronizer inR) is an R package that streamlines the process of acquiring, processing, and integrating fish and macroinvertebrate datasets collected in streams and rivers, increasing access to cleaned data and ensuring straightforward application of the data. The data sources are the US Environmental Protection Agency’s National River and Streams Assessment and US Geological Survey’s BioData. The resulting datasets span 27 years (1993 to 2019) and include 8,115 sites, 15,169 sampling events, 963 macroinvertebrate genera, and 687 fish species. We document common challenges to working with these data including understanding sampling designs, harmonizing taxonomy, calculating densities and standardized abundances, accounting for differences in sampling effort, and considering improvements in taxonomic identifications. We anticipate this package will spur research exploring changes in fish and macroinvertebrate communities across space and time and the causes and consequences of those changes.

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finsyncR, an R package to synchronize 27 years of fish and invertebrate data across the United States

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Jones,

Hill

et al. 2024

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“…In addition, to account for differences in sampling techniques and equipment, the following method codes for sampling events were selected: BERW, IRTH, SWAMP, EMAP, CDPHE, and PNAMP. Previous studies have suggested that these methods, which use similar mesh sizes, are comparable in their ability to detect the presence and absence of taxa (41)(42)(43). Only area-limited sample data were used.…”

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Density declines, richness increases, and composition shifts in stream macroinvertebrates

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Documenting trends of stream macroinvertebrate biodiversity is challenging because biomonitoring often has limited spatial, temporal, and taxonomic scopes. We analyzed biodiversity and composition of assemblages of >500 genera, spanning 27 years, and 6131 stream sites across forested, grassland, urban, and agricultural land uses throughout the United States. In this dataset, macroinvertebrate density declined by 11% and richness increased by 12.2%, and insect density and richness declined by 23.3 and 6.8%, respectively, over 27 years. In addition, differences in richness and composition between urban and agricultural versus forested and grassland streams have increased over time. Urban and agricultural streams lost the few disturbance-sensitive taxa they once had and gained disturbance-tolerant taxa. These results suggest that current efforts to protect and restore streams are not sufficient to mitigate anthropogenic effects.

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Evaluation and review of ecology-focused stream studies to support cooperative monitoring, Fountain Creek Basin, Colorado

Zuellig,

Wahl,

Hennessy

et al. 2024

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Comparability among four invertebrate sampling methods, Fountain Creek Basin, Colorado, 2010-2012

Abstract: Vertical coordinate information is referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83). Elevation, as used in this report, refers to distance above the vertical datum.

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finsyncR, an R package to synchronize 27 years of fish and invertebrate data across the United States

finsyncR, an R package to synchronize 27 years of fish and invertebrate data across the United States

Density declines, richness increases, and composition shifts in stream macroinvertebrates

Evaluation and review of ecology-focused stream studies to support cooperative monitoring, Fountain Creek Basin, Colorado

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