%0 Journal Article %J Checklist %D 2006 %T Fish, Conewango Creek, Allegheny River Drainage, New York, USA %A R. A. Daniels %A R. S. Morse %A B. R. Weatherwax %K Allegheny River Drainage %K Conewango Creek %K Fish %K New York %X

Fishes of the Conewango Creek basin of the Allegheny River watershed were surveyed in 2004 and 2005. This basin is a part of the extreme northeastern portion of the vast Mississippi River drainage in North America and includes several species on the periphery of their range; many are rare in the state of New York, USA. One goal of the survey was to develop a species list for the system and assess the change in status of species by comparing recent catches to those of a synoptic survey conducted in 1937. We collected
representatives of 70 species and three hybrid taxa. Ten of these fishes have not been reported from the system previously. Prior to this survey, 69 species of fish were reported from the basin. We failed to collect representatives from nine of these species. We collected representatives from 16 families, with 26 species in Cyprinidae and 11 in Percidae, the two most speciose families.

%B Checklist %V 2 %P 14-19 %G eng %U http://www.biotaxa.org/cl/article/download/2.1.14/10286 %0 Journal Article %J Checklist %D 2006 %T Fish, Ichthyomyzon bdellium, Ichthyomyzon greeleyi, Noturus flavus, Moxostoma breviceps, Lythrurus umbratilis, Notropis buccatus, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, Morone americana, Lepomis cyanellus, Ammocrypta pellucida: Distribution extensions %A R. A. Daniels %A Carlson, D. M. %A R. S. Morse %A B. R. Weatherwax %K Ammocrypta pellucida %K Distribution extensions %K Fish %K Ichthyomyzon bdellium %K Ichthyomyzon greeleyi %K Lepomis cyanellus %K Lythrurus umbratilis %K Misgurnus anguillicaudatus %K Morone americana %K Moxostoma breviceps %K Notropis buccatus %K Noturus flavus %X

Conewango Creek drains approximately 2,325 km2 in southwestern New York and northwestern Pennsylvania, U.S.A. It is part of the Allegheny River watershed, which drains into the Mississippi River drainage through the Ohio River. The first synoptic survey of the fishes of the basin occurred in 1937 (Greeley 1938). After this initial survey, workers from the state management agency (New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)), colleges, environmental organizations and museums collected information on fish distribution episodically during the next seven decades. Carlson et al. (1999) compiled and updated this earlier information on the status of fishes and listed 69 species from the basin. In a survey conducted in 2004 and 2005, Daniels et al.
(2006) collected representatives of ten species not previously reported from the streams of the basin.

%B Checklist %V 2 %P 10-13 %G eng %U http://www.biotaxa.org/cl/article/download/2.1.10/10285 %0 Journal Article %J Hydrobiologia %D 2006 %T Long-term Changes in Ecosystem Health of Two Hudson Valley Watershed, New York, USA, 1936-2001. %A Stainbrook, K. M. %A Limburg, K. E. %A R. A. Daniels %A Schmidt, R. E. %K aquatic invertebrates %K biotic indices %K Fish %K historic trends %K New York %K stream ecology %X

We examined long-term ecological change in two Hudson River tributaries, the Wappinger and Fishkill Creek watersheds in Dutchess County, New York State. Fish data spanning 65 years (1936, 1988, 1992, and 2001) and shorter term macroinvertebrate data (1988, 2001) were used to assess the influence of land use practices. Between 1988 and 2001, macroinvertebrate index Biotic Assessment Profile (BAP) improved by 113–165% in the Fishkill Creek watershed, and fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) improved by 117–140%. Fish IBI and fish species richness were significantly different (p < 0.01) between the watersheds, with Wappinger Creek in better condition. Long-term fish IBI scores showed degradation in both watersheds since the 1930s. Changes in species composition suggest community homogenization on par with overall changes in the fish fauna of New York. Most notable were increases in tolerant species and declines in intolerant or moderately tolerant species. Whereas Fishkill Creek IBIs showed decline in 1988 relative to 1936, followed by improvement, Wappinger Creek declined monotonically in environmental quality. Development has intensified in both watersheds, but Fishkill Creek is improving while Wappinger Creek watershed is undergoing less mitigated degradation. We find that older, semi-quantitative data can be used to construct environmental quality indicators, and can be of great use for measuring long-term change.

%B Hydrobiologia %V 571 %P 313-327 %G eng %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0254-5 %R 10.1007/s10750-006-0254-5 %0 Journal Article %J Northeast Naturalist %D 1999 %T Status of Fishes of the Allegheny River Watershed of New York State %A Carlson, D. M. %A R. A. Daniels %A Eaton, S. W. %K Allegheny River Drainage %K Fish %K species %K status %X

The Allegheny River drainage in southwestern New York supports a diverse fish fauna that i ncludes reports of 95 species. Of these, nine species are classified as endangered, threatened, or of special concern in New York; this number represents 38% of the listed species in the state. Thirteen of the 95 species are reported only from the Allegheny River drainage and have not been found in other New York drainages. Eleven species are introduced, and four may have migrated into the drainage recently. Individual waters with high species richness, 46-67 species, include the Allegheny River, French Creek, Olean Creek, and Chautauqua Lake. The ichthyofauna of the Allegheny River drainage is important because of the number of rare fish species present in the drainage (26) when compared to other New York drainages.

%B Northeast Naturalist %V 6 %P 305-326 %G eng %U http://www.jstor.org/stable/3858272 %R 10.2307/3858272 %0 Journal Article %J Reviews in Fisheries Science %D 1997 %T Natural Enemies of Zebra Mussels: Predators, Parasites, and Ecological Competitors %A D. P. Molloy %A Karatayev, A. Y. %A Burlakova, L. E. %A Kurandina, D. P. %A Laruelle, F. %K Birds %K ciliates %K Dreissena %K Fish %K sponges %K trematodes %X

This paper reviews the international literature on the natural enemies of Dreissena spp. and discusses the biology and ecology of organisms known to be involved in their predation (176 species), parasitism (34 species), and competitive exclusion (10 species). Research on natural enemies, both in Europe and North America, has focused on predators, particularly birds (36 species) and fish (15 and 38 species eating veligers and attached mussels, respectively). Other field‐documented predation includes consumption of pelagic larvae by copepods and coelenterates, and consumption of attached mussels by leeches, crabs, crayfish, and rodents. Cannibalism of veligers by adult zebra mussels has also been reported. Ciliates and trematodes are the most commonly reported obligate parasites, with occasional records of suspected bacterial or ascetosporan infection. Mites, nematodes, leeches, chironomids, and oligochaetes have been observed to be associated symbiotically within the mantle cavity, but with few to no adverse effects. Organisms capable of competitively displacing zebra mussels from hard substrates include sponges, amphipods, algae, bryozoans, hydrozoan coelenterates, and other bivalve species (including interspecific competition among Dreissena spp.).

Although the vast majority of the organisms that are natural enemies in Europe are not present in North America, ecologically similar species do exist on this continent, and zebra mussels represent a novel and abundant organism for these native predators, parasites, and ecological competitors — the new natural enemies of Dreissena. However, the idea that these organisms could eliminate zebra mussel populations, even in limited areas of North America, is far more hopeful than realistic. As in Europe, there will likely be isolated reports of major impacts by natural enemies, and on the whole we will likely see a cumulative effect of a suite of enemies having a constant, but limited, role in suppressing zebra mussel populations.

%B Reviews in Fisheries Science %V 5 %P 27-97 %G eng %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641269709388593 %R 10.1080/10641269709388593