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DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Characterize Distribution, Status & Genetic Differences in Freshwater Mussels New Project Proposal

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Purpose Provide critical information on the status of freshwater shellfish Necessary to recover functioning salmonid ecosystems in rivers impacted by dams Necessary to protect traditional ceremonial and subsistence uses by Indian tribes Identified as a priority for management in the Umatilla Subbasin Summary

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Why Is This Important? Restoring mussels is part of restoring salmon. Mussels are an important traditional source of food and shells for Native Americans Tribes and federal agencies would like to recover mussels in areas where they have been extirpated but little scientific knowledge is available to guide those recovery efforts Mussels were once an important component of the freshwater salmonid ecosystems in the Umatilla and elsewhere in the Columbia Basin that has been lost or threatened by dams

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Relationship to Fish & Wildlife Program Addresses Actions in Umatilla Subbasin Summary to recover and preserve the health of native fish injured by hydropower system Consistent with goal to recover and preserve the health of native fish injured by hydropower system (Section 10, Fish and Wildlife Program) weak, but recoverable, native populationsalso provide benefits for wildlife and/or anadromous fish Consistent with priority for weak, but recoverable, native populations and projects that also provide benefits for wildlife and/or anadromous fish (Section 10) a thorough and comprehensive approach to conserving genetic diversity a plan for conserving genetic diversity Called for by guidelines that programs involving artificial propagation (including transfers) need a thorough and comprehensive approach to conserving genetic diversity and a plan for conserving genetic diversity (Section 7 &10)

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review What Do We Know? Six Endemic Species: Western pearlshell Margaritifera falcata

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review What Do We Know? Six Endemic Species: Western ridgemussel Gonidia angulata

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review What Do We Know? Six Endemic Species: Oregon floater Anodonta oregonensis

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Status California floater Anodonta californiensis Willamette floater Anodonta wahlametensis Western floater Anodonta kennerlyi Western pearlshell Margaritifera falcata Western ridgemussel Gonidia angulata Oregon floater Anodonta oregonensis Six Endemic Species: Umatilla River Presence RegionalHistoricalExtant (Williams et al. 1993) (Frest and Johannes 1995) Unknown Endangered Threatened Sensitive Extinct?

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Relationship with Salmon Glochidia attach to fish gills Attachment is host specific Glochidia metamorphose into juveniles and then drop off Mussels use salmon as hosts during one phase of their life history Mussels filter water of particulates and reduce silt in salmon streams

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Causes of Mussel Decline Dams Loss of specific fish hosts Siltation from poor forestry and agricultural practices Pollution

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Importance to Tribes Mussels were an important source of food and shells Often collected during salmon fishing or when river conditions were favorable Often collected during salmon fishing or when river conditions were favorable Use has declined in recent years Harvest remains a reserved treaty right Umatilla Encampment, early 1900s

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Archeological record of harvest goes back over 10,000 years Importance to Tribes

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Recovery Efforts Little scientific information is available to guide recovery efforts, including Efforts might include improving habitat and reseeding it by transplantation or aquaculture Surveys of distribution and status Knowledge of habitat and physiochemical characteristics affecting distribution and abundance Local adaptation that might affect successful transplantation

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Study Objectives Determine the distribution and status of freshwater mussels in the Umatilla River Identify the macrohabitat and physiochemical factors controlling distribution and abundance of freshwater mussels Test whether genetic differences may exist among aggregations of western pearlshell mussel, Margaritifera falcata, from different streams in the Columbia River

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Objective 1: Distribution and Status Scope: Scope: a systematic, qualitative survey of mussel densities in the Umatilla and Middle Fork John Day rivers Umatilla River Middle Fork John Day River Columbia River A B C D E F OREGON WASHINGTON Study Reaches: Every 4 km in main stem Every 2 km in tributaries Count mussels in seen in 1 hr along latitudinal transects Collect sample for aging Categorize by relative abundance (e.g., none, low, moderate, high)

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Objective 2: Habitat Factors Scope: Scope: Model of habitat factors controlling mussel distribution and abundance. Post stratify reaches (Objective 1) based on relative abundance Quantify mussel density in selected 0.25 m 2 quadrants Adaptive cluster sampling (low abundance reaches). Convention random sampling (high abundance reaches) Measure habitat variables (e.g., water quality, channel morphology, sediment) at each site Describe relationships using multivariate logit model or discriminant analysis H 0 : No relationship

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Objective 3: Genetic Variation Umatilla River Middle Fork John Day River Columbia River A B C D E F OREGON WASHINGTON Scope: Scope: Test for genetic population structure in M. falcata. H 0 : No genetic differences among geographic aggregations individuals from five aggregations (see map) & a different species 6-8 microsatellite DNA loci Mitochondrial DNA variation

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Objective 4 & 5: Final Report & Publication Scope: Scope: Share information with managers and scientific community Report to funding agency Submit genetic data and tissues to NBS archive Present results at regional and national meetings Make results available on Internet Publish in peer-reviewed journals Journal of Shellfish Research Transactions of the American Fisheries Society North American Journal of Fisheries Management

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Products Map of relative mussel density Map of relative mussel density at 80 locations in Umatilla and Middle Fork John Day rivers and an assessment of status Test of a qualitative systematic survey method Test of a qualitative systematic survey method that could be used to assess and monitor mussel status elsewhere in the Columbia Basin Predictive model Predictive model of macrohabitat and physiochemical factors controlling mussel abundance that could be used to survey mussels in other subbasins. Knowledge of geographical genetic differences that might be important in the choice of brood stocks for mussel transplants or reseeding

DISTRIBUTION, STATUS & GENTICS Recovering Freshwater Mussels 2002 Provincial Project Review Why Is This Important? Restoring mussels is part of restoring salmon. Mussels are an important traditional source of food and shells for Native Americans Tribes and federal agencies would like to recover mussels in areas where they have been extirpated but little scientific knowledge is available to guide those recovery efforts Mussels were once an important component of the freshwater salmonid ecosystems in the Umatilla and elsewhere in the Columbia Basin that has been lost or threatened by dams