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

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

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. in 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 .. LISTOFTABLES page 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 VI . 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 Vll .. LISTOFFIGURES page 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 Vlll ... 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 IX . 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

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