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Page 1: The Great Lakes Aquatic Gap Analysis Project Overview Jana Stewart U.S. Geological Survey.

The Great Lakes Aquatic Gap Analysis Project

Overview

Jana Stewart

U.S. Geological Survey

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Great Lakes Aquatic Gap ProjectFunding:

USGS Biological Resources Division

National GAP Analysis Program

Co-Principal Investigators:

Donna Myers, USGS Great Lakes Coordinator

Dora Reader, USGS BRD Great Lakes Science Center

Steve Aichele, USGS WRD Michigan District

James McKenna, USGS Tunnison Laboratory

Jana Stewart, USGS WRD Wisconsin District

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What is “GAP”?Program

• Terrestrial (1988) - Most states in progress

• Aquatic (1997) – Statewide projects MO and OH

1) to map the species distributions and diversity of fish and other aquatic species and their habitats

2) Identify the gaps in conservation of these species and associated habitats

Aquatic Gap Goals

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Great Lakes Aquatic Gap Studies

Riverine systems• Eight states - Great Lakes watershed• Focus on fish (other aquatic biota in future)• Common methods and approach (MO, OH, MIFR, TNC)• Focus of WI project and talks today

Coastal Pilot• Focus on method development for habitat classification• Nearshore coastal systems• Pilot areas – Lake Ontario and Erie

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• Biological coding (IT IS)

• Organization of databases for all states and areas in the region into a single central Oracle database system.

Regional Standardization across StatesRegional Standardization across States

• Valley Segment Type (VST) classification

• National Hydrography data (NHD) – 1:100K

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Objectives: Aquatic Gap for Riverine SystemsObjectives: Aquatic Gap for Riverine Systems1) Delineate and map ecologically similar drainage areas.

2) Classify aquatic habitats in streams using regionally consistent methods (VST).

3) Develop aquatic biological databases at the State and regional scale.

4) Map known and predicted occurrence and distribution of fish and other aquatic species for streams.

5) Complete a gap analysis of fish and selected aquatic biota.

6) Serve these data on the Internet and CD ROM.

7) Analyze and interpret results at statewide, lakewide, and basinwide scales.

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How does GAP work?• Institutional cooperation and partnerships

• State level projects

• Identify

- stakeholders and level of participation

- related projects to coordinate with

• Develop products with value at the local, State, and Regional level

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Stream Segment Classification:Valley Segment Types

Valley segments stratify a continuous stream network into distinct hydrogeomorphic patches

Temperature Stream Size Flow Gradient Geology Valley Segment Types

Individual Variables Unique Valley Segment Types

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Aquatic Biological Data needed for Target Biota

Location:

- stream name, latitude, longitude, hydrologic unit, river mile

• Sample Information:

- date

• Species Information:

- scientific name, common name, species ID code, count

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Link Aquatic Biological and GIS Databases

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How might the results be used?

1) mapping species distributions

2) identifying data gaps

3) developing biomonitoring networks

4) modeling to predict species distributions

5) developing management strategies

6) developing policy,etc.

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Prioritize WatershedsFor Future Fish Survey Efforts

Number of samples

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GAP Analysis - Public Lands

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Great Lakes Aquatic Gap Timeline

Great Lakes Aquatic Gap Timeline

‘99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘06 ‘08

OH

MI

WI

NY

MN

IL

IN

PA

PILOT

Coastal

 

PLANNING ANALYSIS PUBLICATION

Coastal

‘05 ‘07Year starting