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(Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the Western Basin of Lake Erie University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Publications, Agencies and Staff of the U.S. Department of Commerce U.S. Department of Commerce 1991 Long-Term Decline in Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the Western Basin of Lake Erie Thomas F. Nalepa Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, [email protected] Bruce A. Manny National Fisheries Research Center-Great Lakes James C. Roth University of California - Berkeley Samuel C. Mozley North Carolina State University at Raleigh Donald W. Schloesser National Fisheries Research Center-Great Lakes Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdeptcommercepub Part of the Environmental Sciences Commons Nalepa, Thomas F.; Manny, Bruce A.; Roth, James C.; Mozley, Samuel C.; and Schloesser, Donald W., "Long-Term Decline in Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the Western Basin of Lake Erie" (1991). Publications, Agencies and Staff of the U.S. Department of Commerce. 389. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdeptcommercepub/389 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the U.S. Department of Commerce at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Publications, Agencies and Staff of the U.S. Department of Commerce by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. J. Great Lakes Res. 17(2):214-219 Internat. Assoc. Great Lakes Res., 1991 LONG-TERM DECLINE IN FRESHWATER MUSSELS (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE) OF THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE Thomas F. Nalepa', Bruce A. Manny2, James C. RothJ, 2 Samuel C. Mozley4, and Donald W. Schloesser ABSTRACT. Long-term trends in the abundance of unionids in the western basin of Lake Erie were examined from data collected at 17 stations in 1961, 1972, and 1982. The mean number of unionids at these stations declined over this time period, decreasing from 10 m~2 in 1961, to 6 m~2 in 1972, down to 4 m~2 in 1982. This decline in abundance was reflected in the decrease in the number of stations where mussels werefound; unionids werefound at 16 of the 17 stations in 1961, but at only 6 stations in 1982. Reasons for the decrease in the unionid population are not generally apparent, but are probably related to the decline in water quality and periods of low oxygen levels over the time period of the surveys. INDEX WORDS: Mussels, mollusks, benthic fauna, Lake Erie, pollution effects. INTRODUCTION Through the years, the macroinvertebrate commu­ addition, former stream connections in the post­ nity of the western basin of Lake Erie has under­ glacial period allowed a diverse assemblage of spe­ gone some dramatic changes. The decline of Hex­ cies from the Ohio-Mississippi basin to populate agenia populations in the 1950s and the subsequent the area (van der Schalie 1941). Of the 39 species increase in the number of oligochaetes, chirono­ recorded in the Great Lakes, 36 are known to have mids, and sphaeriids in the 1960s clearly demon­ inhabited Lake Erie, and most of these were once strated the negative impact of pollutant loadings found in the western basin (Mackie et al. 1980). into the basin (Britt 1955, Carr and Hiltunen While unionid populations in the western basin 1965). Since the early 1970s, water quality condi­ have apparently declined over the past few decades tions have generally improved as a result of phos­ (Wood and Fink 1984), quantitative evidence of phorus control measures (EI-Shaarawi 1987), and, these declines are lacking. When Carr and at least in certain areas of the basin, Hexagenia is Hiltunen (1965) documented changes of most ben­ becoming re-established (Thornley 1985) and olig­ thic groups in the period between 1930 and 1961, ochaete numbers have declined (D. W. Schloesser quantitative changes in unionid populations were et al. unpublished manuscript). not included because the 1930 data set (Wright Historically, the western basin of Lake Erie has 1955) did not include abundance estimates for been characterized as having one of the richest and unionids. Wood and Fink (1984) compared most abundant unionid assemblages in North unionid populations in 1973-74 to populations America (Goodrich and van der Schalie 1932). The found in 1951-52; however, they used a drag­ basin's relatively shallow depth and high flushing dredge which did not allow abundances to be rate ("river-lake habitat") provide conditions that are highly favorable to unionid populations. In reported with certainty. This paper documents changes in the abundance 'Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 2205 Common­ and species composition of mussel populations in wealth Blvd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 the western basin of Lake Erie over the 21-year 2National Fisheries Research Center-Great Lakes, 1451 Green Rd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 period between 1961 and 1982. The data were 3Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Health Laboratory, Univer~ obtained from surveys conducted in 1961 (Carr sity of California - Berkeley, 130 I S. 46th St., Richmond, California and Hiltunen 1965), 1972 (1. C. Roth and S. C. 94804 4Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, Mozley unpublished data), and 1982 (B. A. Manny North Carolina 27695 et al. unpublished manuscript). 214 DECLINES IN UNIONIDS OF WESTERN LAKE ERIE 215 ONTARIO .140 MICHIGAN 110• .70 40. .9l .4R .8l 4l 10l SR· • • .Sl .6l .3l .7l .2l SM• N ------- 1l OHIO W+E • S 0 S 10 km I I I OHIO FIG. 1. Location of sampling stations in western Lake Erie. METHODS script) used a Ponar grab. Although the Peterson grab is less efficient than the Ponar in collecting Locations of the 17 stations sampled in each of the most benthic invertebrate forms (Flannagan 1970), three surveys are given in Figure 1. Most of the efficiencies of the two grabs are likely to be similar stations were located in the open, offshore waters when collecting unionids. The greater "shock­ of the basin. An additional 23 stations, located wave" of the Peterson, which blows away small over a broader area of the basin, were sampled in organisms at the sediment surface just before 1961 and 1982 only. Exact locations (longitude and impact, should not have any effect on these large, latitude) of all stations are given in Carr and heavy-shelled forms. The effect is minimal even Hiltunen (1965). Sampling methods and proce­ for the shelled but much smaller Sphaeriidae (Flan­ dures were basically similar in the three surveys nagan 1970, Nalepa et al. 1988). While grab sam­ (Table 1). Carr and Hiltunen (1965) used a Peter­ plers generally underestimate unionid abundances son grab, while both Roth and Mozley (unpub­ (Haukioja and Hakala 1974, Isom and Gooch lished data) and Manny et al. (unpublished manu- 1986, Nalepa and Gauvin 1988), any bias in abun- 216 NALEPA et al. TABLE 1. Summary of sampling methods of the three surveys that have given density estimates of Unionidae in the western basin of Lake Erie. Survey Carr and Hiltunen Roth and Mozley Manny et al. (1965) (unpublished) (unpublished) Year sampled 1961 1972 1982 Replicates/Station 3 5 3 Grab sampler Peterson Ponar Ponar Sieve size 0.6mm 1.3mm 0.6mm dance estimates should be reflected similarly in the did not change substantially between 1930 and three surveys. The coarser mesh screen used by 1961, with 12 species being found in the former Roth and Mozley to sieve sediments was fine year and 10 in the latter; however, only 5 species enough to retain all mussels older than 1 year. were found in 1982 (Table 3). A similar decline was The 1961 survey data, as published by Carr and reported by Wood and Fink (1984); a total of 14 Hiltunen (1965), contained some errors in the species were found in the open lake in 1951-52 but reported abundance and species composition of only 4 species were found in 1973-74 (Table 3). unionids Jarl K. Hiltunen, personal communica­ Further, they reported that the proportion of tion, 1990); the 1961 data given in this paper con­ recently dead shells (two valves attached and tain the necessary corrections. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION TABLE 2. Abundances of Unionidae (numbers per square meter) in the western basin of Lake Erie at 17 A general decline in the abundance and distribu­ stations that were sampled in each of the three surveys; tion of unionids in the western basin of Lake Erie 1961 (Carr and Hiltunen), 1972 (Roth and Mozley between 1961 and 1982 was apparent (Table 2). unpublished), and 1982 (Manny et al. unpublished Mean abundances at the 17 stations in 1961,1972, manuscript). 2 2 2 and 1982 were 10 m- , 6 m- , and 4 m- , respec­ Year tively. This decline in mean abundance is reflected Station 1961 1972 1982 in the dramatic decrease in the number of stations at which unionids were collected. In 1961, mussels lL 13 0 7 were found at 16 of the 17 stations, but this num­ 2L 0 0 0 ber declined to 11 in 1972 and to only 6 by 1982. 3L 30 8 0 4L 8 8 0 The number of species collected also declined over 5L 4 12 7 this period, with 7 species found in 1961, 6 in 1972, 6L 22 8 0 and 5 in 1982. Two of the species collected in 1982, 7L 8 4 14 Lampsilis r. siliquoidea and Ligumia nasuta, were 8L 18 20 0 the most common species in 1961 and 1972. To 9L 4 8 0 provide a broader perspective on the decline of lOL 4 4 0 species in the western basin, the species reported 4D 8 0 14 from surveys conducted in 1930 (Wright 1955), in 7D 8 12 0 1951-52 (Wood 1963), and in 1973-74 (Wood and lID 4 0 0 Fink 1984) are presented, along with the species 14D 4 8 21 reported in the surveys of 1961, 1972, and 1982 4R 8 0 0 5R 14 4 7 (Table 3).
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