Table of Contents COMPLETED PROJECTS ............................................................................................................. 1 Paul L. Angermeier ..................................................................................................... 1 1. Habitat suitability for Roanoke logperch near Philpott Reservior (PI: Angermeier) ....... 1 2. Assessing impacts of Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project on the endangered Roanoke Logperch (PI: Angermeier) ........................................................................................ 2 3. Assessment of the distribution and abundance of Roanoke logperch (Percina rex) in the Dan River basin of Virginia (Lead PI: Roberts) ......................................................................... 3 4. Survey of the freshwater mollusk assemblages in the Little River, Virginia (Lead PI: Ostby) ...................................................................................................................................... 4 5. Status of the freshwater mussel fauna in the Powell River, Virginia and Tennessee (Lead PI: Henley) ...................................................................................................................... 5 Michael R. Vaughan .................................................................................................... 6 1. Evaluating potential effects of widening US highway 64 on red wolves, Washington, Tyrell, and Dare Counties, North Carolina. (PI: Michael Vaughan & Marcella Kelly) .............. 6 2. Evaluating potential effects of widening US highway 64 on the black bear population of Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Dare County, North Carolina (PI: Michael Vaughan & Marcella Kelly) ..................................................................................................................... 8 3. Multigenerational, multi species test for endocrine disrupting chemical effects (PI: Michael Vaughan & Kathy Alexander) ................................................................................... 10 4. Noninvasive tracking of jaguars (Panthera onca) and co-occurring feline species in Belize by genotyping feces and remote camera trapping (PI: Marcella Kelly & Michael Vaughan)................................................................................................................................ 11 CURRENT PROJECTS ................................................................................................................ 12 Paul L. Angermeier ................................................................................................... 12 1. Assessing post-construction impacts of the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project on the endangered Roanoke logperch (Lead PI: Roberts) .......................................................... 12 2. Endangered fish surveys for the Virginia Department of Transportation (Lead PI: Angermeier) ........................................................................................................................... 13 3. Habitat suitability for Roanoke logperch near Philpott Reservior (Lead PI: Roberts) .. 13 4. Population ecology of variegate darter in Virginia (Lead PI: Angermeier) .................. 14 5. Spatial analysis of relations among conservation practices, aquatic ecosystem services, and human well-being in the Albemarle-Pamlico basin (Lead PI: Angermeier) .................... 15 6. Development and assessment of tools for evaluating stream fish community responses to climate change along thermal gradients (Lead PI: Angermeier) ...................................... 17 i 7. Regulating services as measures of ecological resilience on DoD lands (Lead PI: Angermeier) ........................................................................................................................... 17 8. Comparison of habitat suitability among sites supporting strong, localized, and extirpated populations of candy darters (Etheostoma osburni) (Lead PI: Dunn) .................. 18 9. Bayesian population dynamics modeling to guide population restoration and recovery of endangered mussels in the Clinch and Powell Rivers, Tennessee and Virginia (Lead PI: Jiao) ......................................................................................................................... 19 10. Biological monitoring and geomorphological characterization for the USGS Eastern Region Initiative on the Clinch (Lead PI: Ostby) ..................................................................... 20 11. An evaluation of freshwater mussel body burdens following in situ exposure to contaminants in Clinch River (Lead PI: Ostby) ....................................................................... 20 12. Stream surveys for Villosa perpurpurea and other native mussels in Beech Creek, Hawkins County, Tennessee (Lead PI: Ostby) ........................................................................ 21 13. Semi-quantitative freshwater mussel surveys in the Wards Creek, Rocky Creek, Buck Mountain Creek, and Swift Run sub-watersheds of the Rivanna River (Lead PI: Ostby) ....... 21 W. Mark Ford ............................................................................................................ 22 1. Evaluating ecological threats under climate change (Lead PI: Ford) ............................ 22 2. Effects of a hierarchal and spatially differential disruption of roosts and roost areas on non-random assorting (social) dynamic in bats using ephemeral forest conditions (Lead PI: Ford) ...................................................................................................................................... 23 3. Acoustical sampling following white-nose syndrome at Fort Drum, New York: pilot test to determine efficacious techniques to address surveillance needs (Lead PI: Ford) ............. 24 4. Assessing occupancy and detection rates for the Carolina northern flying squirrel: examination of nest-box surveys in Program Mark and Program Presence and development of acoustical survey techniques (Lead PI: Ford) ..................................................................... 25 5. White-tailed deer impact and vegetative response in the Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley and Appalachian Plateau of Virginia in relation to landscape and land ownership characteristics (Lead PI: Ford) ............................................................................................... 27 OTHER FACULTY COOPERATORS .................................................................... 28 Sarah Karpanty and James Fraser ............................................................................. 28 1. Assessing the responses of breeding shorebirds to military jet overflights of the Core MOA at Cape Lookout National Seashore ............................................................................. 28 James Fraser, Daniel Catlin, and Sarah Karpanty ..................................................... 29 1. Missouri River piping plover population dynamics in relation to natural and artificial sandbars; least tern and piping plover response to flooding on the Missiouri River ............ 29 Fred Benefield ........................................................................................................... 30 1. Evaluation of the functional role of freshwater mussel beds in maintaining water quality and suitable habitat for fishes and endangered freshwater mussels ....................... 30 ii Jess W. Jones ............................................................................................................. 30 1. Development of demographic metrics to evaluate success of mussel reintroductions in the upper Tennessee River system......................................................................................... 30 1. Restoration of freshwater mussel populations to high priority geographic areas in the upper Tennessee River system ............................................................................................... 31 Emmanuel Frimpong ................................................................................................. 32 1. Modeling how traits mediate fish vulnerabilities to specific habitat alterations ....... 32 Carola Haas ............................................................................................................... 33 1. Restoration of Pine Flatwoods Wetlands on Eglin Air Force Base ................................. 33 William F. Henley ..................................................................................................... 34 1. Histological evaluations of organ tissues of Pheasantshells (Actinonaias pectorosa) from Horton Ford and Simones Island, Clinch River, Tennessee and Virginia. ...................... 34 PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR 2010-2011 ................................................................................... 36 Paul L. Angermeier ................................................................................................... 36 W. Mark Ford ............................................................................................................ 37 PUBLICATIONS and PROFESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED .............................................. 38 Published ................................................................................................................... 38 In Press ...................................................................................................................... 39 In Review .................................................................................................................