Ecological studies of larval Glyptotendipes paripes (Chironomidae: Diptera) in selected central Florida lakes for creating an exploratory temporal and spatial model of nuisance populations

178 Pages·2001·6.7 MB·English

by  Lobinske, Richard J.

ECOLOGICALSTUDIESOFLARVALGlyptotendipesparipes(CHIRONOMIDAE:
DIPTERA)INSELECTEDCENTRALFLORIDALAKESFORCREATINGAN
EXPLORATORYTEMPORALANDSPATIALMODELOFNUISANCE
POPULATIONS
By
RICHARDJ.LOBINSKE
ADISSERTATIONPRESENTEDTOTHEGRADUATESCHOOL
OFTHEUNIVERSITYOFFLORIDAINPARTIALFULFILLMENT
OFTHEREQUIREMENTSFORTHEDEGREEOF
DOCTOROFPHILOSOPHY
UNIVERSITYOFFLORIDA
2001
Copyright2001
By
RichardJ.Lobinske
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Iwishtoexpressgratitudetothemembersofmycommitteewhoprovided
valuableinsightintodesignofthestudy,Drs.ArshadAli,CharlesCichra,KondaReddy
andJerryStimac. Dr.JonAllen,acommitteememberuntilhisretirement,provided
criticalinformationneededtodesignthecomputermodel. Materialandtechnicalsupport
forthisresearchwasprovidedbytheAquaticEntomologyandEcologyprogram(Dr.
ArshadAli),UniversityofFlorida,InstituteofFoodandAgriculturalSciences,Mid-
FloridaResearchandEducationCenter,Apopka. Thisprogramhasprovidedadditional
supportbyallowingmetoconductthisresearchaspartofmyregularemploymentasa
BiologicalScientistwiththeUniversityofFlorida. Permissionandcooperationofthe
FloridaFishandWildlifeConservationCommissionforfishcollectionusedforgut
analysisisgratefullyrecognized. Mr.BillJamesandthestaffoftheUniversityof
Florida'sLakeWauburgRecreationAreaprovidedvaluableassistancefortheLake
Wauburgportionofthisstudy. Dr.JanFrouzprovidedassistanceinmultivariateanalysis
ofthefielddataandprovidedaccesstothenecessarycomputerprogramstoaccomplish
this,andalsoprovidedassistancewithdatacollectionforthedevelopmentstudy,
proofreadingandeditorialassistance.Mrs.JulieL.BortlesandespeciallyMr.RobertJ.
Leckel,Jr.providedassistanceduringfieldcollectionsforthestudylakesandlonghours
ofsampleprocessing. Mrs.LouisePare-Lobinskeprovidedproofreadingandtechnical
assistanceonuseofMicrosoftWord®forpreparationofthismanuscript.
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
page
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii
LISTOFTABLES vi
LISTOFFIGURES viii
ABSTRACT xiii
CHAPTERS
1 GENERALINTRODUCTION 1
2 REVIEWOFRELEVANTLITERATURE 5
3 DESCRIPTIONOFSTUDYLAKES 14
4 MAPPINGBATHYMETRICANDSELECTEDSEDIMENTPHYSICO-
CHEMICALCHARACTERISTICSOFSTUDYLAKES 17
Introduction 17
MaterialsandMethods 17
ResultsandDiscussion 19
5 LARVALDISTRIBUTIONSOFGlyptotendipesparipesINRELATIONTO
WATERANDSEDIMENTPHYSICO-CHEMICALPARAMETERSIN
STUDYLAKES 39
Introduction 39
MaterialsandMethods 40
ResultsandDiscussion 43
6 FISHPREDATIONONCHIRONOMIDMIDGESINSTUDYLAKES 88
Introduction 88
MaterialsandMethods 89
ResultsandDiscussion 90
IV
7 DETERMINATIONOFTEMPERATURE-RELATEDDEVELOPMENTOF
Glyptotendipesparipes 98
Introduction 98
MaterialsandMethods 99
ResultsandDiscussion 100
8 DEVELOPMENTOFASPATIO-TEMPORALCOMPUTERMODELFOR
GlyptotendipesparipesLARVALDISTRIBUTIONSINCENTRALFLORIDA
LAKES 106
Introduction 106
MaterialsandMethods 107
ResultsandDiscussion 113
9 SUMMARYANDCONCLUSIONS 137
REFERENCES 142
APPENDIX MATLAB®COMPUTERPROGRAMSUSEDINSTUDY 152
BIOGRAPHICALSKETCH 161
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LISTOFTABLES
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Table
1. wMaetaenrd±epStDhoffrosemlmecatpepdisnegdismuernvteyphoyfsLiackoe-cshDeomircaa(lMpaayr-aSmeetpetresmbaenrd
1998),Yale(October-December1998),andWauburg(February
2000) .24
2. Comparisonofmeanpercentofsample±SDofsedimentparticles
retainedbysieveseries(1,000,350,250and125-umporemesh)from
muckandsandsedimentscollectedfromLakeDora(May-September
1998)andLakeYale(October-December1998) 24
3 Monthlymean±SDofselectedwaterphysico-chemicalparameters
(waterdepth,Secchidisktransparency,watertemperature,dissolved
oxygen,specificconductance,chlorophylla,chlorophyllbandtotal
chlorophyll)andsedimentdryweight(DW)forLakeDora(Lake
County,Florida)fromMarch1999toFebruary2001 54
4. Monthlymean±SDofselectedwaterphysico-chemicalparameters
(waterdepth,Secchidisktransparency,watertemperature,dissolved
oxygen,specificconductance,chlorophylla,chlorophyllbandtotal
chlorophyll)andsedimentdryweight(DW)forLakeYale(Lake
County,Florida)fromMarch1999toFebruary2001 55
5 Monthlymean±SDofselectedwaterphysico-chemicalparameters
(waterdepth,Secchidisktransparency,watertemperature,dissolved
oxygen,specificconductance,chlorophylla,chlorophyllbandtotal
chlorophyll)andsedimentdryweight(DW)forLakeWauburg
(AlachuaCounty,Florida)fromMarch2000toFebruary2001 56
6. Meanmonthlydensity(No./m2)±stratifiedSDofselected
Chironomidaelarvae[Chironomuscrassicaudatus,Glyptotendipes
paripes,Cryptochironomusspp.(Crypt.),Tanytarsini(Tanyt,mostly
Cladotanytarsusspp.),Tanypodinae(Tanyp.),totalChironomidae
larvae,G.p.biomass(mg/m2)andtotalChironomidaebiomass
(mg/m2)]collectedforLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),March
1999-February2001 57
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7. Meanmonthlydensity(No./m2)±stratifiedSDofselected
Chironomidaelarvae[Chironomuscrassicaudatus,Glyptotendipes
paripes,Cryptochironomusspp.{Crypt.),Pseudochironomusspp.
(Pseud.),Tanytarsini(Tanyt,mostlyCladotanytarsusspp.),
Tanypodinae(Tanyp.),totalChironomidaelarvae,G.p.biomass
(mg/m2)andtotalChironomidaebiomass(mg/m2)]collectedforLake
Yale(LakeCounty,Florida),March1999-February2001 58
8. Meanmonthlydensity(No./m2)±stratifiedSDofselected
Chironomidaelarvae[Glyptotendipesparipes,Tanypodinae(Tanyp.),
totalChironomidaelarvae,G.p.biomass(mg/m2)andtotal
Chironomidaebiomass(mg/m2)]collectedforLakeWauburg
(AlachuaCounty,Florida),March2000-February2001 59
9. Mean±SDofGlyptotendipesparipeslarvaldrybiomass(mg/larva)
by1-mmsizeclassandcuberootofmeanvalueusedforcalculatinga
size/biomasscurve 60
10. Meanlengthandgutcontentsofbluegill(Lepomismacrochirus)
collectedonfouroccasionsbetweenMay1999andDecember2000
byelectrofishinginLakesDoraandYale(LakeCounty,Florida).
Meanlengthandnumberofchironomidlarvaeperfish±SDand
percentcomposition(showninparentheses) 95
11 Mean±SDdevelopmenttime(hours)foreachlifestageof
Glyptotendipesparipesrearedatarangeofconstanttemperatures±1
°Cand14:10hourlight:darkphotoperiod. Numberofindividuals(«)
includedincalculationsareshowninparentheses 104
12. Slopeandx-interceptfromlinearregressionequationsofmean
developmenttimesperlifestageofGlyptotendipesparipeswith
temperatureusedtoestimatelowertemperaturedevelopment
threshold(To). Numberofdatapointsusedforeachstageisshownin
parentheses 105
13. Estimatedmean±SDdegree-daysabove9.0°Cforeachdevelopment
stageofGlyptotendipesparipes 105
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LISTOFFIGURES
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Figure
1 BathymetricmapofLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),May-
September1998andDaneketal.(1991) 25
2. BathymetricmapofLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),October-
December1998andDaneketal.(1991) 26
3. BathymetricmapofLakeWauburg(AlachuaCounty,Florida),
February2000andLakewatch(pers.comm.) 27
4. SedimentpercentdryweightinLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),
May1998-February2001 28
5. SedimentpercentdryweightinLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),
October1998-February2001 29
6. SedimentpercentdryweightinLakeWauburg(AlachuaCounty,
Florida),February2000-February2001 30
7. SedimentpHinLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),May-September
1998 31
8. SedimentpHinLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),October-
December1998 32
9. SedimentpHinLakeWauburg(AlachuaCounty,Florida),February
2000 33
10. Sedimenttotalorganiccarbon(TOC)inLakeDora(LakeCounty,
Florida),May-September1998 34
11 Sedimenttotalorganiccarbon(TOC)inLakeYale(LakeCounty,
Florida),October-December1998 35
12. Sedimenttotalorganiccarbon(TOC)inLakeWauburg(Alachua
County,Florida),February2000 36
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13. SedimentparticlesizespatialdistributionsinLakeDora(Lake
County,Florida),May-September1998 37
14. SedimentparticlesizespatialdistributionsinLakeYale(Lake
County,Florida),October-December1998 38
15 iSnpaLtaiaklelDaorvraal(diLsatkreibCuotiuonntsy,loFgl(oNriod.a/)m,2+Ma1r)cohf,GMlyapytot1e9n9d9ipesparipes 61
16. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+1)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),July,September1999 62
17. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),November1999,January2000 63
18. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+1)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),March,April2000 64
19. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),May,June2000 65
20. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+1)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),July,August2000 66
21. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),September,October2000 67
22. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),November,December2000 68
23 Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+1)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),January,February2001 69
24 iSnpaLtaiaklelYaarvlael(dLisatkreibCuotuinontsy,loFgl(orNiod.a)/,m2M+a1r)cohf,GMlyapyto1t9e9n9dipesparipes 70
25. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),July,September1999 71
26. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),December1999,February2000 72
27. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),March,April2000 73
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28. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),May,June2000 74
29. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+1)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),July,August2000 75
30. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),September,October2000 76
31 Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+1)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),November,December2000 77
32. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),January,February2001 78
33. SinpaLtaiaklelWaravuabludrisgtr(iAblutaicohnusalCoogu(nNtoy.,/mF2l+or1i)dao)f,GMlayprtcoht,enAdpriiples2p0a0r0ipes 79
34. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+1)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeWauburg(AlachuaCounty,Florida),May,June2000 80
35. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeWauburg(AlachuaCounty,Florida),July,August2000 81
36. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+1)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeWauburg(AlachuaCounty,Florida),September,October
2000 82
37. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeWauburg(AlachuaCounty,Florida),November,December
2000 83
38. Spatiallarvaldistributionslog(No./m2+l)ofGlyptotendipesparipes
inLakeWauburg(AlachuaCounty,Florida),January,February2001 84
39. Canonicalcorrespondenceanalysis(CCA)ofselectedwaterand
sedimentphysico-chemicalparameterswithChironomidaelarval
communityinLakeDora(LakeCounty,Florida),March2000-
February2001 85
40. Canonicalcorrespondenceanalysis(CCA)ofselectedwaterand
sedimentphysico-chemicalparameterswithChironomidaelarval
communityinLakeYale(LakeCounty,Florida),March2000-
February2001 86