Defining Biotic Integrity in the Prairie Pothole Region and Biological Responses to Priority Pollutants Using Macroinvertebrates

 

 

 


Funding Source

 

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station

 

 

Project Duration

 

October 2005 – October 2008

 

 

Project Objectives

 

1)      Develop and maintain a comprehensive voucher collection and ecological database of aquatic macroinvertebrates inhabiting prairie aquatic systems.

2)      Develop load-response relationships between priority non-point source contaminants and optimal measures of macroinvertebrate community structure.

3)      Develop demonstration and educational outreach programs to showcase linkages between nonpoint source loadings of priority pollutants and measures of biological integrity.


Linked Projects

 

Cheyenne River Water Quality Project

EPA Intermittent Stream Project

State Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Collections Project

Fecal Coliform Source Tracking Project

Kingsbury County Lakes Assessment Project

National Park Service Water Quality Project

 

 

Current Personnel

 

Nels H. Troelstrup, Jr. Phone:  (605) 688-5503; Email: Nels.Troelstrup@sdstate.edu

Kristopher Dozark Phone:  (605) 688-5114; Email: kgdozark@jacks.sdstate.edu

 

 

Thesis Title

 

Sedimentation Effects on Macroinvertebrate Communities in Two Habitat Types of a Prairie Pothole Lake

 

 

Progress Reports

 

2007 AES Report

2006 AES Report

2005 AES Report

 

 

Delivered Presentations

 

Dozark, K. and N.H. Troelstrup, Jr. 2007. Prairie pothole sedimentation: A study looking at effects on macroinvertebrates. Presented at the East Dakota Water Conference, Sioux Falls, SD.

 

Dozark, K. and N.H. Troelstrup, Jr.  2007.  Examining Effects of Sedimentation on Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Communities of Oak Lake.  Presented during the Oak Lake Research Retreat, Oak Lake Field Station, SD.

 

Dozark, K.G. and N.H. Troelstrup, Jr. 2007. Aquatic macroinvertebrate community response to regional sediment loads in macrophyte beds of a prairie pothole lake. Presented during the 2007 Meeting of the North American Benthological Society, Columbia, SC.

 

Troelstrup, N.H., Jr. 2007. Limnological attributes of the Oak Lake basin: A summary of monitoring data over the past 14 years.  Presented during the Oak Lake Research Retreat, Oak Lake Field Station, SD.

 

Troelstrup, N.H., Jr. 2007. The role of biology in water resource monitoring and management: Developing an understanding for the Northern Plains.  Presented as a seminar to the SDSU CEE 702 Colloquium

 

Troelstrup, N.H., Jr. and K. Dozark. 2007. Macroinvertebrates in the littoral of a prairie pothole, Oak Lake, Brookings County. Presented during the 2007 Meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science, Brookings, SD.

 

Dominiack, E. and N.H. Troelstrup, Jr. 2006. Location and characteristics of springs contributing water to the Oak Lake basin. Presented at the 2006 Oak Lake Research Retreat, Oak Lake Field Station, SD.

 

Dozark, K. and N.H. Troelstrup, Jr. 2006. Aquatic macroinvertebrate community response to regional sediment loads in the littoral zone of a prairie pothole lake. Presented at the 2006 Oak Lake Research Retreat, Oak Lake Field Station, SD.

 

Troelstrup, N.H., Jr. 2006. Versatile biological indicators: A cross-system comparison. Presented during the 2006 Eastern South Dakota Water Conference, Brookings, SD.

 

Rust, J.D. and N.H. Troelstrup, Jr. 2005.  Insect communities in aquatic systems of the Great Plains Network.  Presented during the 2005 Natural Areas Conference, Lincoln, NE.

 

Troelstrup, N.H., Jr. 2005.  Aquatic ecosystems monitoring in the Northern Great Plains Network.  Presented during the Annual Meeting of the National Park Service I&M Network, Rapid City, SD.

 

Troelstrup, N.H., Jr. 2005.  The Lake Campbell phytoplankton bloom of 2005.  Presented to the Lake Campbell Association, Lake Campbell, SD.

 

 

Publications

 

Dominiack, E. and N.H. Troelstrup, Jr. 2007.  Location and characteristics of springs contributing water to the Oak Lake basin, Brookings County, SD.  Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science (in press).

 

Dozark, K.G. and N.H. Troelstrup, Jr. 2007. Aquatic macroinvertebrate community response to regional sediment loads in macrophyte beds of a prairie pothole lake.  Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society 24(1): 298.

 

Dozark, K.G. and N.H. Troelstrup, Jr. 2007. Prairie pothole sedimentation: A study looking at effects on macroinvertebrate communities. 2007 Eastern South Dakota Water Conference and 52nd Annual Midwest Groundwater Conference Program and Abstract Book, Sioux Falls, SD (P30).

 

Smart, A.J., N.H. Troelstrup, Jr., K.W. Bruns, J.A. Daniel, J.E. Held. 2007. Western snowberry response to fire and goat browsing. Sheep & Goat Research 22: 20-25.

 

Troelstrup, N.H., Jr., S. Brich, E. Rasmussen, R. Vander Vorste, P. Lorenzen. 2007. Delineation of stream reference sites using ATtILA for the Northern Glaciated Plains ecoregion of South Dakota. 2007 Eastern South Dakota Water Conference and 52nd Annual Midwest Groundwater Conference Program and Abstract Book, Sioux Falls, SD (P32).

 

Troelstrup, N.H., Jr., J.D. Rust, D. Licht. 2007. Comparison of lotic macroinvertebrate communities among national parks of the Northern Great Plains Network (USA). Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society 24(1): 304.

 

Troelstrup, N.H., Jr. and K.G. Dozark. 2007.  Macroinvertebrates in the littoral of a prairie pothole, Oak Lake, Brookings County.  Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science (in press).

 

Lorenzen, P.B. 2006. Optimal macroinvertebrate metrics for assessing biotic integrity of intermittent prairie streams. MS Thesis, Department of Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD. 161p.

 

Rust, J. 2006. Establishing baseline data for aquatic resources in national parks of the Northern Great Plains Network. MS Thesis, Department of Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD. 177p.

 

Rust, J.D. and N.H. Troelstrup, Jr. 2006.  Descriptive analysis of aquatic invertebrate communities in wadable and non-wadable streams of the Northern Great Plains Network.  Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science (In Press).

 

Troelstrup, N.H., Jr. and J.D. Rust. 2006.  Vital signs monitoring in our parks:  What to measure?  Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science (In Press).

 

Carroll, D. 2005. The effects of sedimentation on the invertebrate assemblage within a lacustrine littoral zone. MSc Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England. 65p.

 

Jorgenson, E.  2005.  Use of antibiotic resistance analysis as a bacterial source tracking technique to facilitate water resource management in South Dakota. M.S. Thesis, Department of Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD. 190p.

 

Rust, J.D. and N.H. Troelstrup, Jr. 2005.  Description of aquatic resources in national parks of the Great Plains Network.  Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science (In Press).

 

Troelstrup, N.H., Jr., B. Bleakley, E. Jorgensen. 2005. Fecal coliform strain identification project. Final completion report submitted to the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Pierre, SD.