Congaree Swamp Survey Species Diversity and Condition of the Fish Community in the Congaree Swamp National Monument Leo Rose.

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Congaree Swamp Survey Species Diversity and Condition of the Fish Community in the Congaree Swamp National Monument Leo Rose

COSW South Carolina

Project Goals Inventory the fish in the COSW Determine the relative health of the fish community Assemble a permanent collection of fish and link this to a public display Develop a GIS-based database Buckhead Creek

Electrofishing Gear

Electrofishing Shank’s Creek

Fish Sorting Mud minnow Seagreen darter Whitefin shiner Swallowtail shiner Coastal shiner Sailfin shiner Myers Creek

Collected Species American eel Banded pygmy sunfish Banded sunfish Blackbanded sunfish Bluegill Bluehead chub Bluespotted sunfish Brook silverside Chain pickerel Coastal shiner Creek chubsucker Dollar sunfish Dusky shiner Eastern mudminnow Flier Golden shiner Green sunfish Largemouth bass Lined topminnow Longnose gar Margined madtom Mosquitofish Mud sunfish Pirate perch Redbreast sunfish Redear sunfish Redfin pickerel Sailfin shiner Sawcheek darter Seagreen darter Spotted sucker Spotted sunfish Swampfish Tadpole madtom Tessellated darter Warmouth Whitefin shiner Yellow bullhead Yellow perch Yellowfin shiner

Determining Relative Health Develop an Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) –A method that uses key biological metrics to compare fish communities IBI Metrics Number of Species Number of Darter Species Number of Sunfish Species Number of Sucker Species Number of Intolerant Species Number of Individuals Percent Green Sunfish Percent Omnivores Percent Insectivorous cyprinids Percent Piscivores Percent Hybrids Percent with Anomalies –Metrics need to be eco-region specific

IBI Metric Sensitivity Hypothetical range of sensitivity to degradation for each metric included in the IBI LOWHIGH

Scoring The IBI 1, 3, or 5 for each metric Scores are totaled to give one index number for each stream (IBI) IBI relates to stream class Stream Class Excellent Good Fair Poor Very Poor

Species Richness Metric Data

Database Relationships

COSW Database Tables

Database Queries

Database Reports Buckhead Creek 13 th October 2000

GIS Data

2001 Sampling Objectives Initiate sampling mid June Complete sampling in September (weather permitting) 30 sites have been selected Full-time summer assistant will be hired At least one public sampling day (Late July) Continue to develop database, GIS and fish reference collection

2001 Sampling Logistics 2001 Sampling Permit Access Concerns Possible sampling assistance from park staff

Summary 2000 Sampling objectives met –Stream sampling successful –Database developed –GIS developed and sites geo-referenced to database –Reference collection developed and linked to database 2001 Sampling plan developed –Sites selected –Sampling will begin mid June

Cedar Creek